The Singer's Audition & Career Handbook - Paperback

by Claudia Friedlander (Author), Joyce Didonato (Foreword by)

The Singer's Audition & Career Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the training, audition technique, and professional development essential for launching and sustaining a rewarding career in classical singing. Expanding on author Claudia Friedlander's online collaboration with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, the book brings together insights from nearly seventy prominent performers, educators, and opera industry professionals.

Whether you are a young singer preparing for conservatory auditions, a professional opera singer, or an avocational singer seeking to improve your technique and pursue local performance opportunities, this book will help you take inventory of your skills and achieve the next stages of your musical journey.

Author Biography

CLAUDIA FRIEDLANDER is a voice teacher and fitness expert based in New York City. She has presented workshops for the Voice Foundation and the Performing Arts Medicine Association and has been an invited panelist for OPERA America. Her students have performed on Broadway and at leading opera houses, including the Santa Fe Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. She is the author of the monthly column "Musings on Mechanics" in Classical SingerMagazine and writes "The Liberated Voice," a widely read and cited blog on vocal technique and fitness. In 2008, she joined the faculty of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, where she oversees the application process for with Joyce DiDonato's annual master class series. Her first book, Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer's Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy, and Biomechanics, was published in 2018.