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News from Elisabeth Howard
Join me in Italy this May and June for workshops, master classes and lessons in Brescia and Grosetto. Anna Gotti and I will be giving exams to eight more Vocal Power Instructors for certification in the Vocal Power Method. These singer/teachers are traveling from all over Italy including Sicily to study for months and then take the exam where they must demonstrate teaching the Vocal Power Method and sing two songs.
We have twenty-two Vocal Power certified Instructors throughout Italy including Bolzano, Sardegna, Rome, Firenze, Brescia, Crema, Milan, Padova, Siena, and more cities. Very excited to tell you that my book "SING!" translated into Italian by Eva Simontacchi with Anna Gotti, that comes with 4 cds and the "Born to Sing" DVD, is now being published and distributed throughout Italy by Volonte Co. in Milan. For info on workshop dates, etc. contact Anna Gotti: annagotti@virgilio.it
In June, 2011 after working two weeks in Italy, Elisabeth will go to Paris to train more singer/voice teachers in the Vocal Power Method and then to Birmingham, England to do a workshop for the National Associateion of Teachers of Singing. In July and August Elisabeth will teach a Jazz master class on a Crystal Cruise line to Alaska.The theme for the trip is "Emerging Artists."
Guitarist, Andy Summers sent lead singer, Ananda Sen to Liz for polish on his soon to be released new album.
Cherish Alexander has a new cd soon to be released with her new project BELLA BAZARRIA..visit her website for more info. www.cherishalexander.com | www.bellabazarria.com
Kelly Kristofferson and her Dad Kris Krisofferson
and the family after her show, the musical,
"Little Women" when she played the role of Amy.
News from Devon Guthrie
Devon Guthrie, Juilliard graduate student covered the role of "Amor" at the Metropolitan Opera in 2011. She covered a role in Santa Fe in the 2010 summer season. She was a finalist in the Licia Albanese competition. Devon won First Place in the art song division of the Liederkranz Competition in New York. She received $5,000. In June, 2011 Devon will sing a role in '"The Cunning Little Vixen" with the New York Philharmoic Orchestra.
Griffith Frank, a senior at UCLA, is on YouTube singing "In a Very Unusual Way" for the soundtrack of the movie, "Nine."
Kudos to Vietnamese Singing Star, Vy DoDoan on her video shoot!
Kudos to Electra Barakos, Vocal Power Instructor and singer/songwriter on her video shoot!
News from Julie Bermel
Julie Bermel is graduating with a masters in Opera from Boston Conservaory this May. While at the conservatory she has sung the roles of Pamina in "The Magic Flute," Alice in Verdi's Falstaff, Mom in the childrens' opera "Little Red's most unusual day!", Magda in Puccini's "La Ronide", Gretchen (The Mother) in "Hansel and Gretel", and is currently working on Yum Yum in G &S "The Mikado" opening March 31st. She has also taken up directing opera scenes and has put on her own production of "Student Directed Opera Scenes" at the conservatory. She is also currently writing a new farce comedic opera based on combining characters of various operas into one.... more to come later. Julie final performance at the Boston Conservatory will be her voluntary Grad Recital in May with dancers, musicians, and the finale from Massenet's Thais.
K'Sandra Knight performed at the pre Grammy Event at the Beverly Hilton.
Sixteen year old, Kaley Casenhiser, was a semi-finalist in The Music Centers 2011 Spotlight Awards for the second year.
"Miss Saigon, now lights up the nights at the San Diego-adjacent Moonlight Amphitheatre Joseph Andreas brings a menacing sexiness and a terrific tenor to Thuy, Kim's childhood fiancé and eventual tormentor." --Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA.com, September 11, 2010
News from Bobbi Stamm, singer, actress September 2010
"My Old Friends" at the Victory Theatre Center (summer of 2008)
"eLove-A Musical.com/edy" by Wayland Pickard at Group Rep Theatre, NoHo Arts Center, the Victory Theatre Center (both spaces), the New York Club in Palm Springs
"Rockin' With the Ages" - a seniors musical revue at the Actors Forum Theatre (fall of 2009)
"The Lady With the Little Dog" - Tony Tanner's musical adaptation of Anton Chekhov's one act play - in Plummer Park (winter of 2009)
"Rockin' With the Ages II" - a seniors musical revue at the Whitefire Theatre (spring of 2010)
Comedy bit on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with The Dan Band in early 2010
"Happy Families" - a reading of a musical play by Tony Tanner (summer 2010) Coming up 2011:
"Rockin' With the Ages III" - a seniors musical revue at the Victory
Theatre Center (spring 2011)
(possibly) "Ashes in Yonkers" - an Irish tragedy (summer 2011)
New Jazz album from Eva Simontachhi in Milan and interview
IN PRIMAVERA NUOVO ALBUM PER LA CANTANTE JAZZ EVA SIMONTACCHI
Che cos'è il metodo Vocal Power di Elisabeth Howard?
"E' un metodo che la signora Elisabeth Howard di Los Angeles ha codificato in maniera egregia e che permette di lavorare sulla voce in maniera molto efficace. Ho sperimentato tantissimi metodi personalmente. Alcuni li ho trovati molto validi e interessanti, ma il metodo Vocal Power l'ho trovato completo, serio e molto ben fatto. La signora Elisabeth Howard è una docente molto capace, da cui ho imparato molto".
Megan Moran sang the role of "Amy" in Mark Adamo's opera, "Little Women" at Pepperdine Unieversity.
Jessica Tisdale sang the role of "Mabel" in "The Pirates of Penzance" and the role of "Papagena" in "The Magic Flute."
News from Johnathan McCullough
19 year old, Johnathan McCullough, from Sherman Oaks, California, is a Freshman Baritone studying voice at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. In the past two years he has performed with LA Opera in their yearly Cathedral Project under the baton of Maestro James Conlon. Johnathan is the recipient of many awards including; the Los Angeles Music Center's Spotlight Award in Classical Voice for 2010, the Cerritos Performing Arts Center's Friends of the Arts Award, an NFAA Young ARTS Finalist, as well as a Classical Singer Magazine Competition Finalist. At Curtis he has sung roles that include; Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Gendarme), The Cunning Little Vixen (Cricket) and La Tragedie de Carmen (Garcia) for the Curtis Opera Theatre; for the Los Angeles Opera: Le nozze di Figaro (Antonio), Rigoletto (Herald), L'elisir d'amore (Chorus) for Center Stage Opera in Canoga Park, Calif.; opera scenes at SongFest and Pacific Opera Institute. Other roles in opera and musical theatre productions in Los Angeles; and, as a soloist, appearances at the Hawaii Performing Arts, and Bear Valley Music Festivals. He was recently asked to return to the National Children's Chorus a guest artist in their performance at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. He will attend the Aspen Summer Music Festival this summer on a full scholarship.
News from Robin Parry
Robin Parry, who has worked with Drug McBroom, Blue Pearl/Pink Floyd
Annabella lwin, Bow Wow Wow-'I want candy', Angelo and Norwood from Fishbone has recently appeared in Wedding scene from 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2', Comicon teaser for 'Tron legacy' and Around the world in 80 days
