| Lorelei, I have tried to send you private messages but for some reason they don't go through. I really appreciate your perspective...
Last week I took d to her first college visit: boston conservatory. We didn't really have a good sense of the difference between bc and nec until we actually went there. The we sites make every school loos so good, and don't show any warts at all. To me, bc seemed intimate, but also (no bookstore or even cafeteria, and a very tiny snack bar area) cramped for space. D was able to get a private lesson with a teacher at bc, which was valuable not only to get a feel for bc, but also to get an unbiased opinion about the state of d's voice and how she's been taught. The comments the teacher made were all positibe: mature voice, healthy sound, etc. She had not one negative comment. She did stress enunciating vowels in the lesson, so maybe that's a sign d needs to work harder at that. Thinking over all the things you and others have written about voice teachers, and the comments from that bc teacher, I think d is very well served by her current private voice teacher, as far as developing her voice goes, even though d is not getting into nats competitions (teacher is not in nats). D is getting some solo work at our church, and will solo at her school choral concert this spring. She sang at a talent show at her school and afterward her hs music teacher told us that d could go to any school she wants for music perf, mentioned julliard and curtis as not reaches but likelies...of course as parents we were thrilled to hear this, but we want to be realistic too. There is a ton of competition out there. So, which schools(looking at New England, NY< NJ< PA< OH< DEL< MD>VA) do you think are best for a classical soprano voice major? |