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Comment on Consider Consideration OR Tips on Upgrading Your Ability to be a Suitable Colleague by Question of the Week | Operagasm

Question of the Week | Operagasm — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:50:22 +0000

[...] you’d like to read more about my thoughts, check out today’s feature. (Only if you’re in the mood for slight bitchiness.) [...]

Comment on Question of the Week by Lori

Lori — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:35 +0000

My favorite colleagues have always been the ones who are a good mix of being serious about their work and also being a lot of fun to be around. Nothing is worse than someone who goofs around for the entire rehearsal and doesn’t know their music but the people who can’t take a joke or laugh at anything are equally annoying to me.

Comment on Question of the Week by Consider Consideration OR Tips on Upgrading Your Ability to be a Suitable Colleague | Operagasm

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:06 +0000

[...] of upgrading, can we just review some of the basic rules of being a good colleague? That’s my Question of the Week. Oh, and this is going to be the feature today because it’s [...]

Comment on Musical Joke of the Week by matt

matt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:05:30 +0000

How many sopranos does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to do it, another to hold her diet coke and mumble how much better she could do it. Or; One to stand on the ladder, and hold the light bulb while the world revolves around her.

How many altos does it take to screw in a light bulb? Nevermind, they can’t reach that high.

In Mozart’s Don Juan, how can you tell when the bass has replaced the statue? The “statue” starts to look a little stiff

Comment on Mahler’s Marimba? by YouTube Clip of the Week | Operagasm

YouTube Clip of the Week | Operagasm — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:03:59 +0000

[...] week we told you about how Alan Gilbert of the New York Philharmonic got all badass and stopped the performance of Mahler’… This week we have Slovakian violist Lukas Kmit who was not about to let the nuisance of a ring [...]

Comment on Question of the Week by Amy Austin

Amy Austin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:04:16 +0000

Prior to Iphones (yes there was such a day) I was driving to a lesson and knew I was having trouble with one note in a piece. So i put my giant portable keyboard in the front seat and hit that note (while I was driving) every time I came to it. Good lord!

Comment on iPad Apps for the Voice Studio by VisaliaVoiceStudio.com

VisaliaVoiceStudio.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:56:17 +0000

I love the app, ForScore. You can download free opera scores directly from IMSLP.org (which you can do without the app too) then you can mark up your digital score as much as needed. You can link into your Itunes music as well so you can listen and follow in your score all from the app. I’ve even used my ipad in a concert performance for Aida where I was singing the priestesses role in a darkened corner so my lit screen made the score visible!
I second the piano apps as well. I have a couple of them one with lifesize keys and one with two small keyboards stacked so I have most of the 88 keys all on one screen.
As for my teaching studio, I like to use youtube for easy access to recordings of any new arias I am recommending to my students.

Comment on iPad Apps for the Voice Studio by Esha Datta

Esha Datta — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:22:17 +0000

Also, the Scanner Pro app which lets you scan in music and save as PDF. It’s pretty awesome.

Comment on iPad Apps for the Voice Studio by Bryce Smith

Bryce Smith — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:12:59 +0000

Don’t forget the piano app for practicing in rooms without a piano. That’s my favorite!!

Also, I love making PDFs of all of my music and putting them into my Books app. No more bulky music folder!!! I can carry 300 opera scores in my book bag and not be weighed down!

Comment on Operagasm’s First ‘Hot Opera Plot’ Contest! by Marisol

Marisol — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:49:46 +0000

Great!

I only recently discovered this site, and am finding more and more reasons to ADORE it every day.

I’m already coming up with stuff for this contest, but I can’t wait to see what other people will make!