Careers In Music

Musical Artist: Singing for My Supper
If you have immense pleasure when you sing, then pursue a career in music. Biggest piece of advice I can pass on to another musical artist: Take all the dance, acting, language you can. Find the best teacher, accept criticism, then find your own voice.

Musical Artist: Opera Singer
Singing for a living is purely a personal choice. My bigggest advice to young singers who are considering a career on the operatic stage is this: If there is anything else in your life you can see yourself doing, then do that! A career on the stage is a difficult one full of competition. Only about 5% of those with degrees from college in music actually have careers in the field. BUT, if singing is your number one passion, then by all means...GO FOR IT!

Musical Artist: Opera Singer
Make sure you want it desperately and there is NOTHING else on this earth that you’d rather do, because it’s a hard but rewarding road.

Musical Artist: Jack of all trades, and Master's Degree too!
People will tell you all sorts of truths and lies about success in this career. It is possible to make a very good living, and it is possible to live in poverty. You have to decide how important it is to follow your career path. Instead of a narrow focus, the older I got the more diversified my interests and skill set became, and that is why I'm now working at the Juilliard School.