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A Master Class in Opera with The Met’s Stephen Brown: Judging Music Competitions
Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown is Company Manager of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Company, as well as a practicing vocal judge and a trained singer. Since joining the Met in 1979, he has served in numerous roles, including stage manager and marketing consultant, and has participated in the Met’s music education programs. His career prior to coming to the Met included time with the Opera Company of Boston, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, and the Royal Court Theatre, London. |
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Description: Stephen Brown of the Metropolitan Opera offers insights to a class at Loyola University, New Orleans into the process and difficulties of judging music competitions – in his case voice competitions. Among the topics he discusses are why judging is practically impossible to do well, what the goal of a great performance is, and how (as a judge or participant) to get through a competition with your wits and sanity intact.
Shoot Date: March 2007 |
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