NATS (National Association for Teachers of Singing) and the NATS Foundation recently announced winners of the 2016 Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Teachers – and I was one of them!! What an incredible honor. Several voice teachers from across the country were selected based on their education, performing and teaching experience, as well as […]

YES! Go Pippa! So very proud of you. Making your mark in a big way. The nominees for for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical are…Laura Benanti (Roundabout Theatre Company‘s She Loves Me), Carmen Cusack (Bright Star: A New Musical), Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple Musical), Jessie Mueller (Waitress the […]

Can’t stop thinking about this…just catching up on all that ‪#‎PhillipaSoo‬ has been doing in NY. Only 3 years after graduating from Julliard, she won this year’s Lucille Lortel Award for Best Lead Actress in an Off-Broadway Musical. Also the 2015 Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Female Performer in the NY metropolitan scene. She’s […]

Check out the story that Barrington Life ran on Bel Canto Studios! Here’s a link to the article from page 2 of today’s paper: http://www.mybarringtonlife.com/2013/08/09/community-corner-bel-canto-studios/axigjtk/.

Jeanie Carter will be serving as treasurer for the Illinois State Music Teachers Association (ISMTA) through December of 2015. She was recently appointed to the position by ISMTA’s president Janice Razaq and welcomed by existing board members at their April meeting. Jeanie brings experience to her new role. She successfully streamlined the treasurer position for her local chapter, NWSMTA, a couple […]

If you weren’t able to see the Youth Arts Alive concert at BHS a couple of weeks ago, consider it for next year. This is a Barrington-wide arts event sponsored by the BADPC (Barrington Aread Drug Prevention Coalition). Organizations providing entertainment included: Barrington Children’s Choir, Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble, Bataille Academie of the Danse, Bel […]