Comments |
"I very much look forward to working
with your kids again. I want to tell you how impressed I was with
their level of development
and I was especially pleased to see that they were singing in a healthy
manner which was appropriate for their ages.....Not only were they
singing appropriately for their ages, but they were unusually well
prepared and aware, which was refreshing. I certainly wish that there
had been a program like this when I was in high school. It is innovative
programs like these that contribute to the highest forms of culture....All
the best to a job well done."
-Dolora Zajick-Mezzo soprano, Principal Artist, Metropolitan Opera |
"I was amazed at the level of work they
achieve, and I couldn't believe that this was achieved by high
school students. Everyone
who understands singing could recognize immediately that these kids
have the knowledge of how to sing the proper way, and not push their
voices beyond their limits."
- Valentin Peytchinov, Bass, Principal Artist, New York City Opera |
"You and your students have my great
admiration for what you have achieved, and I look forward to hearing
of your continued success
in the future."
- Nelly Miricioiu - Soprano, Principal Artist, Metropolitan Opera |
"As a professor at a graduate level
university, I am impressed with the talent.....these young singers
possess beautiful, well-trained
voices. They sing with musical and dramatic understanding. One might
think this was a performance from an undergraduate music school.
The Governor's School provides intensive educational opportunities
for identified gifted students."
-Joan Wall- Professor of Music, Head, Opera Workshop Texas...Women's
University;Former Principal Artist, Metropolitan Opera |
"Our lasting impressions were amazement
and delight at the abilities and accomplishments of the students.
Mr. Fischer has done
a splendid job of preparing his students vocally, but their understanding
of musical style and their presentations were on par with many college
juniors and seniors. I hope to be recruiting several of the young
people currently in his program...."
- Dr. John Van Cura - professor of Vocal Studies, Baylor University |
" I was extremely impressed with the
overall quality of the performance. Your repertoire choices showed
real understanding of
these young voices. In all cases, there was no pushing or trying
to make the voices bigger or darker than they are. ...I greatly respect
that each oneof these young singers is being taught the healthy,
basic principles of good singing. My congratulations on your work."
- Joan Patenaude-Yarnell-Vocal Faculty, The Curtis Institute, former
Principal Artist, New York City Opera |
"I am very impressed with the work you
are doing with these young students....too often as we hear auditions,we
find the students
are ill-prepared for the kind of work that awaits them at the top
music schools. ...even worse, they have no performance experience
or knowledge of serious vocal music....every single one of the students
we heard showed the basics of good healthy vocal technique. Your
program is the kind we so desperately wish were available to talented
high school students everywhere.
- Margaret Cusack-Vocal Faculty, Westminster Choir College; Former
Principal Artist, New York City Opera |
"I was amazed at how they comported
themselves at so young an age.....even at the high school they
seemed close to the career
readiness as many of the students leaving the conservatories these
days. What I enjoyed most was the sense of style they had. Whatever
the vocal resources, the composer's individual style came through,
not just in the characterizations, but in the vocal interpretations.
A program such as this one is rare today."
- Michael Rosen-Artist's Manager, Robert Lombardo Associates |
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