Toby asked:


Hi. I’m 17 years old and for several years now I have wanted to become an opera singer. Singing is my passion. I have been singing in choirs since a young age and I am taught by an ex-opera singer. Today I took my grade 8 singing. I can sing in different styles but I prefer opera above all else. I love the adrenaline and the excitement and the rush I get from singing an aria and getting into character. I have done my research. I know that my voice is nowhere near ready to a professional standard, and that I need a lot more training, but I have a few other problems too.

I can’t sight read, and singing is my only instrument (I play piano to a grade 4/5 standard, but NOT well). Obviously I have my Grade 5 theory (Merit) but I know this will not get me very far. I was hoping to get into a music college after university because I heard that post-grads are more likely to get in on one instrument. Please please pleeease can someone give me some tips on how to make it in the music world. I don’t care about money too much, and fame isn’t all that important, I just don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t sing everyday. I love performing, and while I’m singing I have been told I am a pretty good actress (when I’m not singing, it’s not so great).

Advice?

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Katelyn asked:


I am doing an all county solo this coming month and part of it involves sight reading. does anyone know any good sites where i can print off sight reading music? ((preferably in an alto range and with no skips!))

Also…

any suggestions for becoming a better sight reader?

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there is one section in the song that goes rather high in my range and is marked fortissimo. i can barely sing it in tune, let alone that loud! any suggestions for that problem?
the sight reading i have to do is stuff that i’ve never seen or heard before. all i get to go from is a scale and my starting pitch.

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Madeleine asked:


i’ve been singing with the same teacher for around a year now, i’m learning classical. But after my lessons i ask myself what i;ve learned that’s new and the answer is nothing. We do a vocal warm-up, sing through a couple of songs (some i’ve been singing for months now) And that’s it. I don’t feel like i’ve improved as much as i could have. She had taught me to breath properly but she hasn’t taught me about breath control yet and i still struggle to hit notes in songs that i can hit in the warm-up. We did one lesson on sight reading but nothing else, and i taught myself to read music. So what am i actually learning? She has a good reputation in the area but i’m losing my faith in my teacher. Is it that i’m just learning slow? Or that i’m not any good and she want tell me? Should i find another teacher?
Thanks i really need some advise x

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Amelcr2 asked:


I have really bad stage fright. It’s only really bad when I’m singing a solo. I can a duet or trio, I can do oral presentations and say lines for a play, and I can play a solo on the violin and piano. But I choke up whenever I sing a solo. I don’t know why. My choir teacher is trying to get me to sing more solos because I help other students with their music and notes, and I lead my section whenever we sight-read because I’m one of the best-sight readers. But I can’t sing a solo. Any advice?

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hello asked:


I have a sight reading test tomorrow in choir and i know how to read music notes but the problem is that I need to be able to simply look at the note and know what it is in a split second… Is there any way to practice this? Help please

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