>I returned from my vacation on Monday night, opened my snail mail, and found
>that I have been accepted to the NATS Intern Program. For those of you who
>aren't familiar with this program, twelve voice teachers with less than five
>years full-time experience are accepted (based on audiotapes,
>recommendations, resume and letter of application) to work with four master
>teachers for 10 days. The four teachers are Shirlee Emmons (whose book,
>POWER PERFORMANCE FOR SINGERS, I just read during my vacation!!), George
>Shirley, Carol Webber and Paul Kiesgen. It will be held at Ithaca College
>this June.
>
Christine,
So cool!! Congrats on this great honor!
Carol Webber was (is) my teacher - I studied with her while doing my
doctorate at Eastman and still consider her my mentor. I havn't been able
to get a lesson with her in 3-4 years, but she is present in every lesson I
teach. She is absolutely amazing. (I still see her and make a point to sit
in on her studio class when I'm back in Rochester over Spring Break.)
Shirlee is also wonderful, though she has a very different approach. She
is one of the "Exemplary voice teachers" I've interviewed who is included
in my in-progress book "Prominent American Voice Teachers Discuss Teaching
Singing" (working title - I'm still not satisfied with it - we'll see>)
Again, Super congrats!!
PS - Ithaca is a very pretty and neat-o-keen town
EBZ
Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, DMA
Assistant Professor of Voice
Coordinator of Voice, Director of Opera
Heidelberg College - Brenneman Music Hall
Tiffin, Ohio 44883
co-author of "Singing With Your Whole Self: The Feldenkrais Method and Voice."
check it out at www.inspirationpress.homestead.com/main.html
"Your capacity to express your brilliance is limited only to the extent of
which you have been hurt - or are afraid."
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only
plan, but also believe."
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