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Professional Development Class in the Works

		By Dr. Kimberly James in General Published: Sunday, 19 October 08 - 05:51 PM (GMT) Last Updated: Monday, 20 October 08 - 12:09 AM (GMT)

Creighton & I have been giving a lot of thought to this lately, but we want to be sure that University of Montana voice majors are ready for auditions - local opportunities, competitions like Vocal Arts and Concerto Aria, graduate school auditions, young artist programs, comprimario and chorus auditions for area opera companies. 

I expect that he and I will start blogging more regularly about professional readiness, but here are a few areas that we should address very soon:

1. materials - you all should have headshots and resumes ready
2. repertoire - all senior performance majors and graduate performance majors should have at least 3 arias (if not five) that are ready at all times
3. appropriate dress
4. your audition begins the moment you enter the room
5. "nuts and bolts" preparation - text, subtext, notes, music
6. preparing your audition folder for your pianist
7. dramatic preparation
8. stylistic preparation
9. how to find auditions that are appropriate for you now

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