Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.

Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.

In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.

A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.