Between the Notes Podcast

Join us as we discuss our warm up and practice methods in this fun chat!

Join us with our friend of the pod, Jon Price along with his mother, Kathy Price as we discuss the Westminster Choir College Masters in Vocal Pedagogy as well as their week-long intensive Vocal Pedagogy Institute!https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-arts-sciences/westminster-choir-college/graduate/master-voice-pedagogyhttps://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-arts-sciences/westminster-choir-college/programs-opportunities/voice-pedagogy-institute

You asked and we answered! Join us as we round out our three part series discussing how we deal with performance day rituals!

A behind the scenes look with Zach Borichevsky at how opera singers make things work at home, so performances around the globe come off looking so easy!

Join us for a wonderful conversation with Opera director and Intimacy coach, Frances Rabalais, to learn about the necessity and importance of feeling safe on stage!

Join us as we discuss rising young soprano Virginia Mim's career and talk about Weston and Virginia's upcoming production of The Ballad of Baby Doe with Central City Opera.

Join us for a lively chat about what we are up to this week!

Join us as we discuss the gamut of emotions that we go through as opera singers!

Join us with our friend of the pod, Jon Price as we dive deeper into vocal pedagogy and how to better understand what it is that we are all striving for!

Join us as we talk all about interesting and surprising stories from the stage!

Join us with our friend of the pod, Isabella Lamadriz as she talks all about her journey with hyper-mobility, becoming a pilates instructor, and everything in between!

Join us as we discuss how to know when a voice teacher is right for you or when it might be time to move on.

Join us with the Queen of the Night herself, Rainelle Krause, as we discuss artistry, creating safe places to work and how Rainelle deals with hyper-mobility as an aerialist and performer.

Join us as we discuss the career of rising young soprano Julia Ernst.Personal website: https://juliaernst.com/Goodnight moon: https://youtu.be/UaGzVeEi_Uw?si=twkKRcaduVzKfNpJ

Join us as we discuss vocal pedagogy in the voice studio

Join us as we begin a series devoted to thoughts on vocal pedagogy. How different teachers have such different approaches on what seems to be an agreed upon outcome.

Join us as we discuss the cross-section between sports and singing!

Join us with our Grammy Award winning guest Adelmo Guidarelli as he talks all about learning from the greats, super bowl commercials, and the sacrifices of keeping this career going.

Join us along with special guests Donata Cucinotta, Megan Berti, and Brennan Blankenship as we discuss the importance of advocating for yourself as an artist and creating the opportunities that you want to see!

Join us as we discuss how singers make money, fee structures, etc.

Join us as we have a conversation about how dangerous a place the stage can be!

Join us as we talk about Weston's time at Indiana University as a student and Bryan's first semester as a full-time professor! GO HOOSIERS!!!!

Join us as we talk about our time spent in New York City!

Join us as we discuss the realities of coming home after being on the road!

Join us as we talk about the importance of maintaining balance throughout this life of singing - whether its a choir director asking you to sing a part thats too high, a manager pushing you into repertoire you dont feel is right, or just making sure you find enough rest at the end of the day!

World-renowned Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn joins us to talk about the truths every young singer needs to know!

Join us as we talk about everything from hotel stays, the benefits of frequent flier programs, credit cards, and more!

Join us as we discuss the illustrious career of soprano Rebecca Myers as she talks about how she has found success mostly without opera!https://www.rebeccamyerssoprano.com/home

Join us for an informative talk with rising star soprano Juliana Zara as she shares her story with us!!Julianazara.comhttps://www.instagram.com/juliana__zara?igsh=MWNudGRmcWxlMG8wYw==

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Join us as we sit down with tenor Ben Reisinger who is in his second year at the Lindemann Program at The Metropolitan Opera and who happens to be singing Alfredo with me at Opera Colorado this month!Ben’s website: http://benreisingertenor.com

When is the right time to take singing seriously? When is it time to get a manager? When should I start taking voice lessons? Join us as we try to answer all these questions and more!

Join us as we discuss how historic recordings of operas influenced us as young singers and why YOU should listen too!!

Weston and Bryan talk all about auditioning from the singer's perspective and then invite Maestro Steven White to talk about what he listens for in auditions as well as in those initial music rehearsals! Join us for all of this and more!Steven White, conductor: https://www.stevenwhiteconductor.com/https://www.fletcherartists.com/steven-white

We at Between the Notes Podcast dive into a step by step process for how to learn an operatic role effectively.

Join us for our Season 2 premiere with our guest Karen Slack. Find out more about this amazing artist who grew up in Philadelphia and took the opera world by storm! We talk about how she got started and how she started over. Www.sopranokarenslack.com

Cuban American soprano Isabella Lamadriz, known for her powerful performances across the U.S. and Europe, is the founder of the Cuban Art Song Project, created in collaboration with Latin music maestro Pablo Zinger. After a successful operatic career, she now focuses on preserving and celebrating Cuban vocal music through concerts, recordings, and educational initiatives, including the acclaimed 2025 debut album Se Fue.Cuban Art Song Project:https://www.cubanartsongproject.org/

Jonathan Price is a New York City–based operatic tenor and renowned voice teacher, known for his performances in major lyric tenor roles and his cross-over concerts spanning classical and musical theater. He serves on the voice faculties of Rider University and Marymount Manhattan College, leads a thriving private studio, and is a respected pedagogue and presenter, as well as President of the Cuban Art Song Project Organization.Vocal Pedagogy Institute: https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-arts-sciences/westminster-choir-college/programs-opportunities/voice-pedagogy-institute

How to stay in the black financially as a singer with correlating careers!https://www.theempoweredmusician.com/

We continue our discussion with guests Alexandra LoBianco and Lori Sonnenberg about Lexi's vocal injuries and her rehabilitation with Speech Language Pathologist Lori Sonnenberg.Alexxandra's Website:https://quintanaartists.com/roster/alexandra-lobianco/Lori Sonnenberg's Website:https://www.sonnenbergvoice.com/

Dramatic Soprano Alexandra LoBianco and Speech Pathologist Lori Sonnenberg join us today to talk all about vocal injuries.Alexandra LoBianco's website: https://quintanaartists.com/roster/alexandra-lobianco/Lori Sonnenberg's website: https://www.sonnenbergvoice.com/

Myra Huang, Head of Music for the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Metropolitan Opera joins us for an informative discussion about the pianist / singer relationship and what she listens for in a young singer.https://www.metopera.org/about/who-we-are/lindemann-young-artist-development-program/

Mezzo soprano and content creator Madeleine Lyon joins us today to talk all about social media and how best to put your thumbprint on digital media.Madeleine's website: https://www.madeleinelyonmusic.com/Madeleine's social media handle: dontclaptwice

Integrative Performance Coach, Beth Clayton, joins us as we discuss the challenges and survival tips of life on the road as a performer.Beth's website: https://bethclayton.com/about.html

In today's episode we talk about the importance of having close relationships as part of your team.

Integrative performance coach, Beth Clayton, joins us in this episode to talk about how to find stability in an unstable career.

From how we met to nightmare audition stories... and beyond.

Integrative performance coach, Beth Clayton, joins us as our guest to talk about how to deal with nerves and anxiety surrounding auditions.Beth's website: https://bethclayton.com/about.html

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