Date sent: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:25:52 EST
Subject: Re: Depressed in Miami
To: vocalist
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In a message dated 01/20/2000 12:03:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LeAnneFoust-at-aol.com writes:

<< PLEASE!! 24 is too old! I started my Masters in Performance at Iowa when
I
was 26 and I stayed here for my DMA. >>

I started my Master's when I was 28. I wonder if this line of thinking
comes from working with instrumentalists, who, I would think, generally tend
to be physically ready at an earlier age. I believe I read that pianists,
for example, should start young because the muscles are more flexible and can
learn the coordination more easily at a young age. Singers, on the other
hand, can mature rather late, depending on the type of voice. So perhaps
ideas that may be valid for instrumentalists just aren't valid for singers.
I would think that looking at another school might be a good idea.

Lee Morgan
Mezzo-soprano