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Mirror, mirror

Our own Victoria Hamilton who studied voice with Christina Rovics for some eight years just released her debut CD, Little Red Book. It contains songs that she wrote and songs written for her, produced by Rob Fusari.  One full track can be heard here, Mirror Mirror.

Victoria's story is an interesting one. You can learn about her by going to Our Students in this website. Victoria is there under Professional Achievements.  In February 2010 she appeared at our Karaoke Songfest as our special guest. You can see her in the Karaoke Songfest Video on this blog.

Victoria will be appearing  June 1st on channel 3 (WFSB) at 3:00 pm,  before Oprah.

She has a strong presence in the social media. Click on any of these listed below:

My Space     Twitter    Facebook  

Every year many of our students participate in musical theatre productions - mainly high school shows, community theatre, and summertime festivals.  It is auditioning for these venues that this article is addressing although people also need to audition for admission to choral groups, solo parts in choral productions, school talent shows and participation in major all-state events. 

A few have their eye on highly competitive venues like American Idol, America’s Got Talent, or contracting with an agent.  Auditioning is challenging. and good preparation is essential.  It helps to have an understanding of the overall process and a good attitude.  What follows is some practical advice that comes from training people year after year. It’s an accomplishment to win a leading role in a production but it’s also a huge commitment of time and energy that often involves the family schedule -- getting to long, after-school rehearsals, being 100% reliable, staying healthy and, in the end doing anywhere from three to eight performances. Even a minor role in the ensemble is very time consuming but can be an important part of the learning process.

I’m often asked “what should I sing for an audition?”

First of all, check carefully all the information you can get about the specific audition. Do they want something from a specific show?  Will they listen to a complete song or is the audition limited to part of a song, like  one minute, or 32 bars, or even only 16 bars?  When the selection is particular short it may take some guidance to determine which sixteen bars will show your voice in the best light.