Vocal Rising Stars Week,
Day One
Artistic Director of Schwab Vocal Rising Stars and New York Festival of Song, Steven Blier gives insight into the week of rehearsals at Caramoor.
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Vocal Rising Stars Week,
Vocal Rising Stars: The Girl Who Stunned Even Herself by Chelsea Morris, Soprano
Chelsea Morris, soprano, joined the 2015 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars for their week-long residency and concluding performance at Caramoor. Read more
Vocal Rising Stars: Reflections by Chris Reynolds, piano
Chris Reynolds, piano, joined the 2015 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars for their week-long residency and concluding performance at Caramoor. Read more
Vocal Rising Stars, Seventh Season: Days 5 & 6 by Steven Blier
Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars (VRS), shares his impressions in this annual blog series. VRS is a week-long mentoring intensive for aspiring vocalists at Caramoor. Read more
Vocal Rising Stars, Seventh Season: Day 4 by Steven Blier
Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars (VRS), shares his impressions in this annual blog series. VRS is a week-long mentoring intensive for aspiring vocalists at Caramoor. Read more
Vocal Rising Stars, Seventh Season: Day 3 by Steven Blier
Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the Terrance W. Schwab Vocal Rising Stars (VRS), shares his impressions in this annual blog series. VRS is a week-long mentoring intensive for aspiring vocalists at Caramoor. Read more
Day One of the Schwab Vocal Rising Stars Residency
Pictured above, Steve Blier and Olivia Betzen.
By Steven Blier, Artistic Director, mentor and pianist
Today was the first day of the 2014 Vocal Rising Stars program at Caramoor—the sixth season NYFOS and Caramoor have collaborated on this project. Every year has its own distinctive atmosphere, like the unique timbre of an instrument or the tantalizing aroma of something in the oven. Our cast is a bit younger than usual—just a few years, really, but for people in their twenties the age difference is significant. One of our singers, Annie Rosen, has sung in opera houses overseas, but the other three—soprano Olivia Betzen, tenor Miles Mykkanen, and baritone Theo Hoffman—are just entering the professional world. Theo is still an undergraduate (he’s the youngest we’ve ever had in the program), and Olivia is fresh off the boat—she moved to New York about six weeks ago Read more