ANNOUNCEMENT!

Master the challenges that are faced by singers today and all that goes along with reaching your potential. Opera Jam offers podcasts, webinars and private consultations.

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Podcasts:

Author: Allegra Themmen, BM, LPC, MT-BC is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Certified Music Therapist and Opera Singer using her skills and knowledge to help singers overcome stress using a Mind Body and Spiritual treatment approach specific to singers.

Author: Louise Montello is an internationally known authority on music and wellness and award-winning author of "Essential Musical Intelligence: Using Music as Your Path to Healing, Creativity and Radiant Wholeness" (Quest 2002). A licensed psychoanalyst, music therapist, and Founder/Director of the Creative Arts Therapy Certificate Program at The New School, Dr. Montello conducted clinical research on the use of an integrative music therapy approach to treating and preventing musicians' stress-related disorders in the Department of Psychology at New York University for over ten years. In an effort to bring her ground-breaking music therapy-based prevention program to the musical community, Dr. Montello co-founded a not-for-profit organization, Musicians' Wellness, Inc. with her NYU research partner, neuropsychologist and composer, Dr. Edgar E. Coons, in 2000.

www.performancewellness.org

Opera Jam podcasts and webinars are developed to educate the singer in how to use a holistic approach to not only sing, but to feel the best that they possibly can while singing. We look at Stress Management techniques, diet, mental and emotional needs, perfectionism, positive attitude, competition, physical and mental debilitation, various opinions and managing everyday logistics.

Some of our upcoming podcasts and webinars will include:

Foods for a Healthy Voice: Determine the appropriate foods to eat to maintain a healthy mind, body and voice.
How to maintain a Healthy Voice: Identify ways to maintain a healthy voice physically, mentally and emotionally.
How to start singing after disappointment: Determine ways to shift feelings of disappointment to something more positive.
How to start singing after having feelings of perfectionism: Identify ways to manage perfectionism.
How to Maintain a happy attitude within a competitive environment: Look at the competitive nature of singers and how to manage it.
Stage Fright: Manage debilitating feelings of Stage Fright.
Relationship between your voice, self and voice teacher: Look at the positive and negative feelings one may have with their voice and teacher.
How to manage your voice and your life at the same time: Organize your life and still be able to sing too.
How to manage expectation: Looking at expectations of self and others as a singer.

Quotes:

Allegra Themmen-Pigott

Allegra Themmen-Pigott quotes:

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A GREAT OPERA SINGER? THE ANSWER IS A COMBINATION OF MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AND VOICE.

The truth be told, opera singers can no longer just "Open their mouths and sing beautifully!" They must be strong in mind, body, spirit and voice to ever meet the demands of an operatic career today.

Opera Jam webinars and podcasts are developed to educate the singer in how to use a holistic approach to not only sing, but to feel the best that they possibly can while singing. We look at Stress Management techniques, diet, mental and emotional needs, perfectionism, positive attitude, competition, physical and mental debilitations, various opinions and managing everyday logistics. Drawing from the experts, we utilize a combination of Eastern and Western philosophies to develop a holistic approach to singing.

The question is always: "What does it take to become a great opera singer?"

We have to use our greatest mental capacity and have the strongest physical control of our muscles, diaphram and breath. Not only must we master our vocal technique, many languages, opera roles, and musical genres, but much more.

In today's active society, the demands on opera singers are even greater than ever before. We may have to learn multiple roles at the same time, travel world-wide, juggle domestic challenges as well as maintain our health and public image in order to reach our career goals. Singers have to be healthy emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually in order to maintain the strength that they need to sing.

Our goal is to give you the education and support you need to address any issues that you may have so that you can feel confident that your mind, body, spirit and VOICE are in tip top shape.