Online Singing, Voice Training and Music Resources.

Following are a list of links to other singing websites that may assist you in your search for finding free online singing, voice training and music information both on the web and in Orlando, Florida.

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    1. General Singing Websites and Links
    2. General Singing Techniques
    3. Singers Physical Health
    4. Sheet Music and Compilations
    5. Repertoire Suggestions
    6. Practice Tapes, CD's and MIDI's
    7. Ear Training
    8. Orlando Music Stores
    9. More Orlando Singing Teachers!
    10. Orlando Academics: Singing Schools and Programs
General Singing Websites and Links

vocalist.org.uk - This large, lighthearted, yet informative UK singing website tries to think of everything and then gives a link to it.

uwm.edu/~nschild - Nancy Schild offers a breadth of useful links in her singing webliography. The list is old in Internet terms (November 2000) but then so is singing.

MusicianAve.com - Cody has started a website for fellow Central Florida artists with recommended resources.

General Singing Technique, FAQ's and tips

briangilbertson.com.au - Brian Gilbertson, an Australian singing teacher, offers a new one of his own brand of singing tips each week.

member.rivernet.com.au/awinter/ - Anthony Winter, another Australian singing teacher, has tips and though it isn't listed as one, it's the closest thing to a singing students FAQ. Other places to look for FAQ's include NATS-online which include part of Cindy Sadlers' strategy/business oriented FAQ or a definition based French vocalist FAQ at L'Atelier du Chanteur.

marybella.server101.com - Post a question to Mary Bella, Canadian soprano, and she will answer with her opinion and offer advice in her "Ask Mary" section. (Nice website too.)

Singers Physical Health

posturepage.com - Gives summary of the differing philosophies of posture from the methodologies of Alexander Technique, Yoga, Tai Chi, Feldenkras, etc.

alexandertech.org - The American Society of Alexander technique offer a site that offers a teacher lookup and listing of ongoing workshops.

alexandercenter.com - The Alexander Technique Center of Washington DC offers an article by Ron Murdock on Alexander Technique and the voice.

alexandertechnique.com - Robert and Anne Rickover offer a jumpsite by which you can find out more about the Alexander Technique.

Sheet Music and Compilations

When shopping for sheet music try to look for compilations with songs that interest you rather than buying individual sheet music. Over the long run it will cost less, expose you to more music and, unless you put the sheet music immediately into a binder, it will be far harder to lose.

<<Look for my recommended books for the beginning and intermediate vocal student here.>>

sheetmusicplus.com - Sheet Music Plus carries the full stock of Schirmer and Hal Leonard editions as well as a comprehensive catalog of vocal and instrumental sheet music:

Amazon.com - has a large selection of sheet music compilations and books on music theory & singing at prices typically lower than your local bookstore!

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With Sheetmusicdirect.com you can purchase, download and immediately print sheet music from their website. byronhoyt.com also offers downloadable sheet music online with over 15000 songs available as printable sheet music for about 25¢ a page.

classicalvocalrep.com - Classical Vocal Repertoire specializes in out-of-print and hard to find sheet music. Also offers used music but that part was broken last time I visited them.

If that's not enough music stores, check out this link from Hal Leonard which lists all the on-line music stores that carry their books. If you own an Anthology book it was probably published by Hal Leonard. Joan Boytim publishes monthly articles on their site which center around repertoire selection.

Indiana University Library offers an online Opera Score prototype.

bestwebbuys.com This shopper-bot site scans 12 online stores, including Amazon, Books-a-Million and Barnes and Noble, for the best prices on new and used books. They also list the latest coupons codes. Other shopper-bot super sites include pricescan.com and mysimon.com and esmarts.com.

Repertoire Suggestions

<<Look for my recommended books for the beginning and intermediate vocal student here.>>

Karen Mercedes-Contralto suggests lists of repertoire for classical and legit singers.

opera.stanford.edu/misc/UnaVoce The OperaGlass site has gathered a list of operas which require six or fewer characters.

Both Joan Boytim and briangilbertson.com.au, mentioned above, have archives of articles relating to repertoire selection by age, voice type and the singers level of difficulty.

A collections of opera synopsis of works I have performed in are here.

Practice Tapes, CD's and MIDI's

Having a private accompanist can be an expensive proposition, especially when just learning a song, and singing along to a recording of an artist singing your part constrains your interpretation. To help out with this there are practice tapes and computer accompaniment that you can turn to.

CD's and tapes

operapracticeperfect.com - Practice Perfect offers piano accompaniment on CD for many Operas and arias.

musicminusone.com - Music minus one is the other big one of the CD accompaniment recordings.

music.wcu.edu/choral/italian offers mpeg piano accompaniment of Schirmer's classic staple "Twenty-four (24) Italian Songs and Arias" for high and low voice.

MIDI's

aria-database.com - The Aria Database provides brief info, translations and a large selection of MIDI's of famous operas. It's an ugly looking website that only opera lovers can love. You can even search through arias by fach.

classicalarchives.com - The Classical Music Archives has the largest collection of classical MIDI files on the Internet. Over 20,000 files!

hamienet.com - has a large selection of MIDI files in their Open Education Music Library.

broadwaymidi.com - has discontinued their Broadway shows but you can find some opera midis here.

recmusic.org/midi - Classical Midi with Words offers a collection of art songs you can use as your own digital karaoke.

Silvis Woodshed - G Silvis offers choral MIDI files consisting only of melody with no accompaniment.

Translations

recmusic.org/lieder the Lied and Songs Text Page offers text translations of art songs and other classical vocal pieces.

babelfish.altavista "Babel Fish Translation: song translations are often grammaticale and semantically complete with humor."

Ear Training

The following sites focus on interactive drills and exercises to improve ear training and music ability.

"Music Notes" a trio of Lakeland (NY) high school seniors put together this website for a Thinkquest '98 competition. Includes info on music theory, history, games and a glossary.

Some commercially available tutoring software are Alfred's, Auralia and MiBac Music Lessons.

Music Theory

"Practical Music Theory at Teoria.com" Extensive online reference from basic to intermediate. A great first stop.

"Resources for Music Theory Instruction" Dr. Murrow has compiled a large list of music theory links on his webliography.

Songtrellis offers to teach you enough about music that you can be composing after only a few hours.

Aural recognition: Intervals, Scales and Chords

"Musical Intervals Tutor" - try some interval training.

"Big Ears" - drill at intervals recognition with a range up to an octave plus a fifth.

"Good Ear" - test your recognition of interval, scale and perfect pitch here.

musictheory.net - learn various pieces of music theory and download a standalone version of the lessons.

"Etude for the Scale of all Majors" - sing or hum along to major scales at this website from Japan.

Sight singing development

Western Michigan University offers some sight singing assistance in their "Aural Comprehension Guide".

"Techniques for Learning and Practicing Sight Singing Skills" there is a lot of dense info here related to the formal teaching of sight singing.

Los Angeles Music Stores

 

Other Los Angeles Area Singing Teachers

For students in Los Angeles the following is a list of other local providers of vocal education. Other than me that is! It doesn't hurt to shop around to find the best fit. As I mentioned on my lessons page it is possible to use the web to help narrow down your teacher search. These are some of the popular voice teacher directories:

Music Staff, Private Lessons, Classical Singer, The Music Teachers List as well as the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) teacher locator service. Other places to look for an instructor are local colleges (adjunct professors are generally the most able to take on non-matriculated students due to a lighter workload) and even the bulletin board at your local music store. Shop around for a teacher you like as it's the responsibility of you, the student, to confirm if a teacher fits your needs at whatever stage you are at now.

Additional private voice instructors with websites include:

Lisa Popeil (Sherman Oaks) is the founder of her Voiceworks method and offers private lessons in person or over the phone.

Clark Harris (Los Angeles) has a large roster of well-known students.

Lori Moran (Los Angeles & Redondo Beach) teaches private and group lessons.

Joanna Cazden (Burbank) is a speech pathologist who offers private lessons.

Shigemi Matsumoto (Northridge) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The University of Southern California (USC)and a senior voice faculty member at California State University, Long Beach

Los Angeles Academics: Singing Schools and Programs

Following are a list of schools local to Los Angeles which offer programs in Music and vocal arts.

Graduate: DMA, MA, MM ,MME

  • California State University, Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, has B.M., M.M., D.M.A. and Graduate Certificate programs in Vocal Arts and Opera.
  • The voice division of the Music department at Cal State University Long Beach focuses on Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies. CSULB offers a (BM) Bachelor of Music in either Music Education or Performance, Composition, and Music History. They also offer BA and MA's in Music with concentrations in Musicology, Music Theory, and Music Education. The (MM) Masters of Music is offered with concentrations in Composition, Conducting-Instrumental, Conducting-Choral, Jazz Studies, Opera Performance, and Instrumental/Vocal Performance. They also offer a Minor in Music.

Bachelor: BA, BM ,BME

Community College: AA, AS

Orlando Music Stores

Here are some music stores in the Orlando area that also have websites :

Other Local Orlando Singing Teachers

For students in Orlando the following is a list of other local providers of vocal education. Other than me that is! It doesn't hurt to shop around to find the best fit. As I mentioned on my lessons page it is possible to use the web to help narrow down your teacher search. These are some of the popular voice teacher directories:

Music Staff, Private Lessons, Classical Singer, The Music Teachers List as well as the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) teacher locator service. Other places to look for an instructor are local colleges (adjunct professors are generally the most able to take on non-matriculated students due to a lighter workload) and even the bulletin board at your local music store. Shop around for a teacher you like as it's the responsibility of you, the student, to confirm if a teacher fits your needs at whatever stage you are at now.

Additional private voice instructors in Winter Park/Orlando area include:

VICTORIA SCHULTZ an accomplished performer, specializes in celtic and popular styles as a singer and teacher. She is also a skilled pianist and harpist who enjoys teaching students of all levels of experience.

CARLA DELVILLAGGIO Lyric Soprano, is a professional vocalist with over 20 years experience. Ms. DelVillaggio enjoys working with adult and young adult students in all styles of music and levels of experience:songbird5619@aol.com

TIM EVANICKI teaches at his studio in Metro West and satellite studios in Venice, FL and Daytona Beach, FL. Tim attended The Juilliard School, recently moving to Orlando from New York: (321) 299-7464 or admin@timevanicki.com

JUDY LEONARD maintains a busy private voice and piano studio. She teaches students at all levels in all styles: 407-484-1803, 407-478-0083 or jlprodorlando@aol.com

SUSAN E. STEWART, member of NATS and mezzo-soprano teaches Voice and Beginning Piano: susaneastewart@aol.com or (407)716-4082

ALAN GERBER, who has formerly performed with Orlando Opera, is an adjunct teacher at UCF, Seminole and Valencia Community Colleges and teaches private voice lessons in Southeast Orlando (407)380-1383

KRISTIN PATTERSON for piano and voice is a visiting Soprano from San Francisco: diva@bsharper.com or (415)516-6584 (cell)

In Daytona Beach:

JANET RABY-MEYER, mezzo soprano teaches privately and at Daytona Beach Community College. Among other operatic experience, she sings locally with Treasure Coast Opera: SingerRx@aol.com

themasterclassacademy.org - The Master Class Academy in Winter Park is a full-service performing arts academy for acting, dance, voice and piano. They offer small semester-based group classes as well as private instruction for all students age 3 and up.

thepopshopinc.com - Located in Longwood, the Pop Shop offers a large list of teachers, classes, and a summer camp for aspiring pop vocalists.

 

Orlando Academics: Singing Schools and Programs

Undergraduate: BA, BM, BME

University of Central Florida offers a BA in Music, Music Education and Music Performance, a minor in Jazz Studies and an undergraduate certificate in Music Technology. They have the largest selection of voice and music courses in the Orlando area and their faculty is learned and strongly involved with Opera. When you walk through the voice department at Colbourn Hall you can't swing a baton without hitting somebody with a doctorate. See their current catalog for information on their degrees.

Florida State University offers a minor and BA in Music on top of specialist (BM) Bachelor of Music Degrees such as Music Theatre, composition, theory, history and literature as well as music therapy. Also offered is a (BM) Bachelor of Music Performance in voice. You can also continue your higher education with 23 different (MM) Master of Music degrees which include Opera and voice as well as a 11 (DM) Doctor of Music including performance and voice and a (MME) Master of Music in Education. An additional 5 PhD degrees are offered.

Rollins College offers a BA in Music through their evening extension program at Hamilton Holt as well as through the Main Campus. Edmund Leroy is the Professor of Voice.

Stetson University's School of Music in DeLand offers both the BM and a BME in Voice. They also offer a minor in Church Music.

Community College: AA, AS

Seminole Community College in Sanford offers an AA of music in six tracks: Vocal Performance, Choral Music, Instrumental Performance, Instrumental Music Education, Vocal Jazz Studies and Instrumental Jazz Studies.

Valencia Community College offers an AS in Music Production Technology in either a performance or technology specialization out of Orlando's east campus. They also offer a technical certificate in Musical Production.

High School

Dr. Phillips High School sits across from Universal Studios Florida in Orlando and has a magnet program for Visual and Performing Arts.

 

Thanks for visiting and good luck on your journey.
-Elizabeth
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