Janet Williams' book now available in Paperback

WHAT EVERY WOULD-BE OPERA SINGER, BROADWAY STAR

OR AMERICAN IDOL SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THE BIG AUDITION

Every great performance - be it pop or “serious” music - is made up of four essential elements of optimal performance:

v     Technical Proficiency

v     Inner Awareness

v     Mental Muscle

v     Expressive Freedom

Discovering how to balance the TIME elements in the daily practice routine is the key to giving a knockout performance. It is the secret weapon of every star performer, from Madonna to Pavarotti. 

Nail Your Next Audition, The Ultimate 30-Day Guide for Singers shows singers how to systematically plan their TIME to win important auditions.

Critically acclaimed soprano Janet Williams has put together a step-by-step 30-day guide geared toward the young singer and seasoned pro alike, that incorporates specific performance enhancement strategies into the daily practice routine. The goal of this guide is to prepare the singer to peak in auditions and high-pressure performances.

“This book is a 'must-have' for young singers.”

Vinson Cole, Tenor: MET, Paris Opera, Vienna, La Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera

Professor of Voice, New England Conservatory

Nail Your Next Audition consists of 232 pages detailing personal experiences, case studies, tips from renowned singers and coaches, a 30-day countdown to audition day with over 100 worksheets. It is the perfect accompaniment for the voice studios, opera workshop and master classes, young artist and summer vocal programs and career building strategies.

"I have asked all of my students to buy this book. I especially like the countdown and worksheets. Thanks so much for your wonderful book."

Shirley Verrett, Soprano: MET, La Scala, Covent Garden, Vienna, Paris Opera

Professor of Voice, University of Michigan

“Nail Your Next Audition is absolutely fantastic. I’m going to make it a textbook for my opera workshop class and opera studio.”

Carol Vaness, Soprano: MET, San Francisco, Covent Garden, Paris Opera,

Chicago Lyric Opera, Salzburg Festival

Professor of Voice, Indiana University

Nail Your Next Audition, The Ultimate 30-Day Guide for Singers reveals the secrets of creating the all-important LOVE factor between performer and audience needed to nail any high-pressure performance.

"OK, so Natalie is now officially on fire… she just read Nail Your Next Audition by Janet Williams. Apparently, it works. She is now batting 4 for 4 in auditions!”

Bruce Varner

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Nail Your Next Audition, The Ultimate 30-Day Guide for Singers

by Janet Williams

ISBN-10: 0978752104 ISBN-13: 978-0978752101

Available in paperback or e-book format at:

www.nailyournextaudition.com and www.amazon.com

American soprano Janet Williams has won critical acclaim for performances in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Paris Opera, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Opera de Lyon, Nice Opera, Geneva Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Cologne Opera, Leipzig Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera, Dallas Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre, festivals in Spoleto, Innsbruck, Halle and New York, as well as in concerts throughout Europe, North America, Canada, Israel and Japan with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, René Jacobs, Sir Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Donald Runnicles and Michael Tilson Thomas. Her recordings include Handel’s Messiah with Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony, and Graun’s Cleopatra e Cesare with René Jacobs and Concerto Köln.

Janet Williams’ operatic and concert repertoire spans genres of musical styles from Baroque to Contemporary. She has studied and coached with some of the most respected singers and teachers of our times, including Camilla Williams, Reri Grist, Helen Donath, Marilyn Horne, Regine Crespin, Mirella Freni and noted vocal pedagogue David Jones. She is a former Adler Fellow of the San Francisco Opera Center and winner of prizes from The Merola Opera Program, Indiana University, The National Society of Arts and Letters, and the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions.

The soprano’s interest in “performance enhancement” led her to master the optimal performance methods of noted sports and performance psychologists Barry Green, Timothy Gallwey, Don Greene and Alma Thomas. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music Education as well as a Bachelor of Voice Degree from Michigan State University.

In addition to her professional singing engagements, Janet Williams leads a variety of performance enhancement seminars throughout Europe and the United States. She maintains a voice studio in Berlin, Germany, where she lives with her husband, stage director and set designer Fred Berndt.