Resources

DC Area Arts

• ShowBizRadio - Theater Info for the Washington DC Region contains listings of all the theaters in the area, season information, links to company websites, audition notices, and more.
  

Opera

• Operabase contains databases of performances, opera companies, and artists, cross-referenced so that you can find out who is singing what, where, and when.
  
• Grandi-Tenori is devoted to the operatic tenor. Rare recordings and much history here.
  
• Ópera Actual - "la revista de ópera de España con toda la ópera del mundo". ("the opera magazine from Spain with all of the opera of the world"). A very well done magazine in print and web formats.
  

Song

• The Lied and Art Song Texts Page. Terrific resource for translations.
  
• The Lotte Lehmann Foundation - "The dual missions of the Lehmann Foundation are to preserve and perpetuate Lotte Lehmann's legacy, and to honor her dream of bringing art song into the lives of as many people as possible." The Foundation sponsors a biennial art song performance competition called CyberSing.
  
• The Latin American Art Song Alliance is dedicated to settings of Spanish and Portuguese texts.
  

Musical Theatre

• Broadway Theatre Project "The world's most prestigious musical arts education program for high school and college students."
  
• Musicals 101 - John Henrick's vast resource for everything you ever wanted to know about the American musical.
  
• StageAgent is a web service dedicated to the performers and producers of musicals, dramas, and operas. Has casting requirements (character descriptions, vocal ranges, etc.) for shows.
  
• Music Theatre International has information for the many shows that it holds the licenses for. Includes information on some shows not included at StageAgent.
  

Vocal anatomy and function

• The Voice Problem Website - Great educational website. Very clear pictures and descriptions of vocal anatomy, how vocal sound is made, and vocal disorders.
  
• National Center for Voice and Speech - The "Science for Singers" section contains short, readable articles by Ingo Titze relating to vocal function in singing.
  

Miscellaneous

• Bel Canto Forum is a place to discuss Bel Canto technique. There are some good documents in the Library.
  
• Thinking about a career in music? ASCAP's "JAM" pages are a great place to read more about the business side of a music career.
  
• National Association of Teachers of Singing or "NATS" The Journal of Singing contains many interesting articles and reviews representing the varied points of view of teachers and singers worldwide. NATS sponsors educational and networking opportunities for its members.
  
• International Web Directory
  

Books on Singing

• Discover Your Voice: How to Develop Healthy Voice Habits (1996), Oren L. Brown. Singular Publishing Group, Inc. Comes with a CD of exercises. Interesting and useful book about healthy singing.
  
• The Naked Voice: A Wholistic Approach to Singing (2007), W. Stephen Smith. Oxford University Press. Includes a CD of exercises sung by many different singers. A fresh approach to acquisition of a balanced vocal technique.
  

By and about Cornelius Reid:

• A Dictionary of Vocal Terminology (1983) , Cornelius L. Reid. Recital Publications
  
• Essays on the Nature of Singing (1992), Cornelius L. Reid. Recital Publications If you only read one of his books, this is the one. It is his most recent, which reflects his pedagogy after 50 years of teaching and research. As radical and refreshing today as Bel Canto was in 1950.
  
• Bel Canto: Principles and Practices (1950), Cornelius L. Reid.
  
• The Free Voice: A Guide to Natural Singing (1965), Cornelius L. Reid.
  
• Voice: Psyche and Soma. (1975), Cornelius L. Reid.
  
• The Modern Singing Master: Essays in Honor of Cornelius L. Reid (2002), ed. Ariel Bybee and James E. Ford, pub. Scarecrow Press Fascinating reading, primarily by students and others associated with Mr. Reid. A wide variety of points of view, all in support of Reid's functional approach to vocal training.