Fee

$60.00 per hour. Once you confirm with me you will pay for all the arranged coachings in advance.

Payment must be received 48 hours in advance.

• I accept payments via VENMO, PayPal, or ZELLE.
• Additional $5.00 Fee for international payments using PayPal.

Preparation

• You must have accompaniment: either a live accompanist with you or a pre-recorded accompaniment.
  • Having a live accompanist with you is best. If you are using a recording, you will want to have marked some timings on your own music to make starting and stopping smoother– we do not want to spend most of the time cueing up the music.
• Email me a pdf of a clean copy of the music at least 48 hours in advance.
  • If your aria is not in French or English, I will also need a legibly written word-for-word translation on the line of music: not a translation on another page, and not the existing English translation of the piece which is not word specific.
• Position your camera so I can see your full body.
• Be certain that in the AUDIO SETTINGS, you have Un-checked the box that automatically adjusts your microphone level, and CHECKED the box for Original Sound.
  • If you are using an iPhone or iPad to access ZOOM, please read this Sound information before entering the Coaching Session.
• You must be memorized “off book.” Please be familiar with the entire show as our work of creating action will be informed by the context of the selection within the entire work.
• PLEASE NOTE: We will work on Audition Material such as an Aria from and Opera or Song from a Musical. We will not work on Art Song or Lieder unless agreed in advance. Singers who wish to work on The Doll Song from HOFFMAN, Glitter and Be Gay from CANDIDE, Mein Herr Marquis from DIE FLEDERMAUS, or “scenas” like Ophelia’s Mad Scene from HAMLET, Max’s Aria from DER FREISCHUTZ, Non monsiuer mon mari from LES MAMMELLES de TIRESIAS, or Zerbinetta’s Aria from ARIADNE please let me know in advance as they require special considerations and will require a longer period of time or number of sessions

Cancelation

I need 48 hours to cancel or move a coaching time at no cost to you, since it will take me that long to replace the hour with another artist. You may cancel or re-arrange coachings after that, but it will not affect any fees paid or owing.

Please note: due to limited availability, there are NO cancellations for Weekend coachings: once confirmed, you must pay for that time.

Several companies ask for spoken monologues as part of the audition package, and many singers have asked to work with me on spoken texts. We will analyze the monologue with dramatic tools and then tweak the presentation so you can perform it on camera or in a larger space.

Fee

$60.00 per hour. Once you confirm with me you will pay for all the arranged coachings in advance.

• Additional $45.00 charge to provide a monologue for you.

Payment must be received 48 hours in advance.

• I accept payments via VENMO, PayPal, or ZELLE.
• Additional $5.00 Fee for international payments using PayPal.

Preparation

• Monologues generally take at least 2 sessions before you are confident performing them on your own.
• Monologues must be in English. 
• We will work with the text in front of you for the first session and then off-book.

Cancelation

I need 48 hours to cancel or move a coaching time at no cost to you, since it will take me that long to replace the hour with another artist. You may cancel or re-arrange coachings after that, but it will not affect any fees paid or owing. 

Please note: due to limited availability, there are NO cancellations for Weekend coachings: once confirmed, you must pay for that time.

How do you become an accomplished operatic stage director? It seems to be an elusive pathway for some – imagined to be an innate talent that evolves through experience. I believe it is a skill that can be learned and developed so I have created a complete curriculum program I am presenting annually with Ithaca College that presents the skills you need to develop your vision and direct with confidence. 

I also present Private Mentoring Sessions for Opera Stage Directors that you can access now.

Fee

$70 per hour
$85 if I need to research and organize in advance for specific topics.

Payment must be received 48 hours in advance.

• I accept payments via VENMO, PayPal, or ZELLE.
• Additional $5.00 Fee for international payments using PayPal.

Cancelation

I need 48 hours to cancel or move a coaching time at no cost to you, since it will take me that long to replace the hour with another artist. You may cancel or re-arrange coachings after that, but it will not affect any fees paid or owing. 

Please note: due to limited availability, there are NO cancellations for Weekend coachings: once confirmed, you must pay for that time.

Topics Include

• Training as a Stage Director
• Acting as an Assistant Director
• Your Artistic Vision / Director’s Vision for a particular production
• Text Analysis, Dramatic Arcs, etc.
• The differences between Staging, Directing, Telling people what to do
• Creating Action and not Description
• Collaboration: Giving and Taking Criticism
• Collaborating with Designers and Production Team
• Company Expectations / Production Paperwork
• Time Management for Pre-Production and in Rehearsals
• Creating a Rehearsal Schedule—what you need to know and how to create a Daily
• In the rehearsal room / In the theatre
• The Field of Opera Direction—Gatekeepers, Personal Creativity
• Gaining Experience Directing
• Marketing yourself to companies
• Vision, Validation, Gatekeepers, Competition Grids, etc…
• Negotiating Contracts and Offers without a manager
• Etc