Southeast Regional NATS Winners

I am so proud of all of my students who sang at the 2010 Southeast Regional NATS at Stetson University on March 26-27. The competition was stiff but my students stayed calm and sang well.


From left to right...
Ryan O'Leary, 3rd place Sophomore Men-Musical Theatre
Moi,
Hannah Freeman, 2nd place Sophomore Women-Musical Theatre, 3rd place Sophomore Women-Classical
Emily Tweedy, 2nd place Junior Women-Musical Theatre
Laura Collins, 1st place Advanced College Women-Musical Theatre

Catch me on Naxos

Both of my recordings on Albany Records, The American Soloist and Midnight Tolls, are now on the Naxos Music Library. Members can hear me singing Rodrigo's Cuatro madrigales amatorios or the world premiere of Lee McQuillan's Seasons of Gold. I had a fabulous time recording these works in Prague with Julius Williams conducting the Dvorak Symphony Orchestra.

Photo L to R: Lee McQuillan, Linda Lister, Julius Williams

Yoga for Singers article in VOICEPrints

For a sneak preview of my Yoga for Singers book, check out the article I wrote for the March/April issue of VOICEPrints, the journal of the New York State Singing Teachers' Association.
Click HERE to read the article pp. 4-5.

Sampling Yoga Workshops

I greatly enjoyed my Character Portraits recital and the audience seemed to as well. Besides working on the program, I have been busy with yoga workshops as of late.

February 27 I attended a workshop at Clear Spring Yoga in Chattanooga. I didn't realize until afterwards that the teacher, Manju Jois, is the son of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who brought Ashtanga yoga to the U.S. It was an intense experience (my hamstrings took a week to recover!) and the Sanskrit chanting was most interesting.

March 7 I took my first class at Rome's new Spring Stone Yoga studio. Beth Novian Hughes teaches a monthly Yoga and Sound Healing class the first Sunday of every month. Since I was the only one in attendance, I got a private lesson. She shared neat insights into toning on vowels and the power of sound to bring peace and harmony.