Episode 8: Nailing Your Post Pandemic Auditions with Ann Baltz
Auditions can mean nerves, nerves, and more nerves! Originally posted in July 2021, we sat down with Ann Baltz to talk about all things auditions to help you nail your post-pandemic live auditions!
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Ann Baltz is recognized as one of the leading opera educators in America. As OperaWorksTM founder and former artistic director, her revolutionary holistic approach to singer training was the first of its kind. Her teaching encompasses the musical, dramatic, vocal, physical, psychological, and entrepreneurial aspects of performers. Musical improvisation is a mainstay of her work as a tool for releasing musicians' innate musical and dramatic talents. The success of these methods has been documented in a two-year study published in the “International Journal of Music Education”.
Deeply committed to advocating for social justice through the arts, Baltz creates and directs new pastiche operas nationwide on current issues such as homelessness, immigration, and disinformation. For OperaWorks’™ she created the Arts for Social Awareness Project to produce original opera/theater performances to bring a human face to social issues. She was nominated by the NAACP as Best Music Director for her production of The Discord Altar, addressing homelessness. She is the recipient of the Red Carpet Award from “Women In Theatre” recognizing her outstanding achievements in theater in Los Angeles.
Baltz’s diverse career includes roles as assistant conductor, chorus master, and coach-pianist for numerous opera companies; and speaker at national conventions. She is sought after to teach residencies, master classes, and workshops nationwide.
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