I Want To Get Out Of The

I Have A Certain Image That's More Classic, And I'm Happy To Stay Out Of The Fray.

I've Lived In New York All My Life, And We Went To The Mormon Pageant Each Year In Upstate New York. It Still Is A Wonderful Production. I Remember Going And Seeing The Performance And Listening To The Music. My Father Had Mormon Tabernacle Choir Music, And We Would Listen To It And Sing With It.

I Was Constantly Being Pushed Toward A European Ideal Of What It Means To Be A Classical Or Opera Singer, Let's Say In The Renata Tebaldi Mode. I Reject That.

For My Own Singing, I Used To Be Attracted By The Baroque, The Flashier The Better, But Now I Prefer A Simpler, Purer Style.

The Student's Job Is To Stay Open-minded, To Quell The Knee-jerk Defensiveness We All Possess In The Face Of Suggestions For Improvement, And To Maintain Patience When Faced With A Process That Is Often Slow, Confusing, And Frustrating.