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From:  "jjh" <jjh@n...>
Date:  Wed Apr 12, 2000  10:40 pm
Subject:  RE: Age limits (wasOPERA: Met Regional Audi tions)


Dear Vocalist:

This thread reminded me of a recent conversation with one of my colleagues
whose hair has gone prematurely white. Lately, she's been noticing that
cars just zoom around her in traffic, and she's also noticed that the
zooming cars are typically young girls (and some young guys). She's
convinced that the other drivers see her white hair and assume "senior
citizen!" So, as she said to me this weekend, "once you pass the age of 35,
you start becoming a detriment to society." Since I'm approaching 37, my
heart sank! Better break out the Miss Clairol quick!

As for the Met Auditions, I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that these age
limits have been extended at least once, but perhaps not recently. Now that
we know more about laryngeal maturation, they could probably stand to be
extended once again. Once again, the mythology of singing wins out against
voice science!

Someone asked about specific singers who matured late--Renée Fleming always
seems to be mentioned as a "late-blooming" singer.

Cheers!

Jana
--
Jana Holzmeier
Dept. of Music
Nebraska Wesleyan University
5000 Saint Paul Ave.
Lincoln, NE 68504
jjh@n...
402-465-2284
Visit the Music Department website at http://music.nebrwesleyan.edu/







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550 Re: Age limits (wasOPERA: Met Regional Audi tion Karen Mercedes   Thu  4/13/2000   2 KB
552 Re: Current status of Vocalist.org Karen Mercedes   Thu  4/13/2000   4 KB
554 Re: Current status of Vocalist.org Jennifer   Thu  4/13/2000   2 KB
559 Re: Age limits (wasOPERA: Met Regional Audi tion John Alexander Blyth   Thu  4/13/2000   3 KB

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