by Erin Marie Hoerchler, special to The Sybaritic Singer Elizabeth A. Baker refers to herself as “A New Renaissance Artist”, with a nod …
in performance: Des Moines’ Civic Music Presents Eighth Blackbird
Nathalie Joachim, the flutist force of nature in Eighth Blackbird, conveyed to the audience in the first opening dialogue that the final …
in performance: Haunting Macbeth at Opera Tampa
Review by Kody Dahlke, Special to the Sybaritic Singer Macbeth is a haunting opera that dives deeply into the theme of corrupting power. …
29 Days to Diva: Day 8 – Invest in Yourself → Upgrade Your Income
If only I had more money... It's a refrain I hear weekly, if not daily, when working with musicians and various creative professionals. …
29 Days to Diva: Day 7 – Not Giving a F***
If you are sensitive to crass language, today's post may not be the post for you... Please feel free to bleep them out in your mind or join …
29 Days to Diva: Day 6 – On the Subject of Practice
Out of all the things we do in our creative professional lives, today's post covers one of the most important aspects — practice habits and …
29 Days to Diva: Day 5 – Your Personal Diva Narrative
"What does a person's life mean to the person?" asks William Todd Schultz in the Handbook of Psychobiography. He points to the growing …
29 Days to Diva: Day 4 – The Incremental Accrual Model
When my friend told me that "school felt ‘like navigating a river – sometimes the mouth of the Mississippi and sometimes the delta; but, …
29 Days to Diva: Day 3 – The Three-to-Five Year Influence Plan
In the past, I've tried to explain the levels of career to a non-music-practitioner by using the analogy of a med student. Future doctors …