With James McCray at the Plaats in The Hague, The Netherlands. xThere was never a time in my career singing opera that I thought I had everything I needed to reach my best singing. I always knew I had certain shortcomings during my career. I believe most people probably have…
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How to Sing: My one and only article on the topic.
I’ve never written anything about singing that I can remember. But, I thought it might be interesting to talk about my experience in singing and in music in general. Who knows maybe it will help someone sometime. Learn at least 2 instruments besides voice. The first thing to learn is…
Competitions in Music: What are they really about?
Probably one of the biggest misconceptions I had during the early years of my quest to become a professional musician was my general disdain of competitions. Back in those days there weren’t nearly as many as there are now and after having had a career in opera I feel the…
Teaching Voice: The Most Difficult Thing to Teach There Is
The instrument of the voice is internal, invisible and uniquely different from person to person.
Mozart: The 7 Things That Make His Music ''Masterpieces''
7 Great Things about Mozart!
Pavarotti: The Art of Declamation
Pavarotti was a great example of the Art of Declamation.
The 10 Best Things About Being an Opera Singer
The 10 Best Things about being an opera singer!
Music is My Passion: Blog about your passion!
It is easy to blog about what you are most passionate about.
Honest Opera: Enrico di Giuseppe and Vincent La Selva
Two guys whose love for music, opera and people were above their career ambitions
I first met Enrico Di Giuseppe at the Julliard School of Music back around 19
Tim, what are you doing?
”What Are You Doing?” Timothy Simpson ”What are you doing?” This is a question I get a lot these days and to be honest I haven’t really known how to answer that question when people ask me. The reason is that I haven’t really been able to focus on anything….