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    Full Service Career Development for Classical Singers

  • SoftlyLoud Artist Consulting

    Bridging the Gap between Singers and a Singing Career

     

    We help all levels of singers develop a life-changing game plan with easy systems to reach their performance and career goals.

     

    WHAT WE OFFER:

    Private Consulting

    Repertoire Coaching

    Networking Sessions with Industry Professionals

    Career Advisement

    Message from Founder and CEO, Rebecca Davis:

     
     

    "Looking back at the way my career twisted and turned, I know I could have used more career advice. When I was establishing myself as a professional, there could have been a straighter path to finding the financial security that I craved. There were several forks in the road and I picked a direction, just using my intuition. I wish I could have really talked through my options and known more about the specific workings of the industry. For a long time, I was really just flying blind from one Young Artist program to the next, without knowing when to break out of the cycle. I had a wonderful freelance career, but still wanted something more, Stability. I wanted to have a family. I wanted to have it all.

     

    When I landed a coveted Fest position in Germany, many personal and professional opportunities opened up for me. Then I found my real voice. My colleagues were reaching out to me for advice. I loved hearing about their journeys and brainstorming ways they could take their next steps.

     

    I created SoftlyLoud to give singers more opportunities. To connect them to great industry leaders. To help them collect feedback and information for them to make well-informed decisions in their careers. To help look within themselves, Softly, to know who they are and then to Loudly proclaim it in everything they do.

     

    I am so excited that our amazing team and industry experts will be helping singers to guide them toward more successes in their careers.

     

    I look forward to hearing your stories and helping you find a more direct path. We have a lot of exciting things in store for you!"

     

    Sincerely, Rebecca

    Our First Anniversary Celebration!!!!!

    See what our Crescendo Crew members had to share!

     

     

    Forte Club

    $60 a month

    (ONLINE AUDITION or VIDEO SUBMISSION REQUIRED)

    Meets the First Sunday of each month (Business of Singing topics)

    • Monthly Scheduled Online and In Person Feedback Sessions with Casting Directors, General Directors, and Agents (Past guests have included David Lomeli, Boris Ignatov, Yoel Gamzou, Priti Gandhi, Anna Fauth, Samuel Krum, Francesco Milioto, Gabriel Preisser)
    • Private Strategy Sessions
    • Includes all Crescendo Crew masterclasses

     

     

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    SEMINARS!! 

    "Intro to How to Fest" Sunday, September 10 at 19:00CET/13:00ET

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    COURSES!!

     

    "Leveling Up your Career" 1:1 Sessions

     

    6 week Course

    (1x a week & includes 6mth Forte Club membership)

    Would you like to get an Agent's or Casting Director's feedback without leaving your living room?

     

    Once you're ready to present your refined websites and materials, I arrange consults to make dynamic connections.

     

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    ONE ON ONE CONSULTATION!!

     

    Are you interested in developing your career working in a One on One environment? We offer fast-tracking for those who are ready to get started today! 

     

    We customize VIP experiences: including Audio- Visual recording, Website building, Photography and fast-tracking our signature Leveling Up course.

     

    Contact us for more information on our memberships, small groups, or to book your personal VIP Experience!

    "One is just given a talent, and it's one's duty to make the most of it." ~ Joan Sutherland

  • Leveling Up!

     
     
     
     
    Where Established Singers Learn How To Distinguish Themselves and Market Their Special Brand!
     
    Great Opportunities to Consult with Casting Directors and Agents.
     

    1:1 Sessions over a Six week period

    Individually Tailored for your goals

  • Spring Masterclasses

    Masterclasses for Crescendo Crew Members and Guests

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    Q&A with Julia Bullock,

    Curating recitals and recording projects

     

    April 15, 2023 at 18:00CET

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    Baroque Repertoire

    with Rolando Garza Rodriguez

    Sunday, April 23rd at 18:00 CET

    (Singer Participation)

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    The Hormonal Seasons and The Voice

    What Singers (And Teachers) Need to Know

    with Joanne Bozeman: Co-author of Singing Through Change: Women’s Voices in Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond

    Saturday, April 29th at 18:00CET

    $25 Admission/ Free to members

    If you are interested in singing on the masterclasses, please fill out our contact form. Membership into Crescendo Crew is required to join the Masterclass Series. Contact us for a consult!

  • Intro to "How to Fest" Seminar

    Next Live Online Session on September 10th at 19:00CET/13:00ET

    Replay from 2022 session available now.

     

    Do you want to find out about a Full-time career

    in the Fest system as a Young Artist or Professional Singer in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland's numerous historic Opera Houses?

    This short three hour seminar takes you through the basics of Festing to educate on career possibilities in an exciting opera market. This short class will give you insights into the process and whether Festing might be a good fit for you.

     

  • In Person Masterclasses!!!!

     

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    Berlin Masterclass and Concert

    September 21-25

     
  • Supplemental Courses

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    Leveling Up!

    Identify and Market Your Unique Brand

    Ideal for established singers

    Great Opportunities to Consult with Casting Directors and Agents.

    Six weeks of 1:1 sessions

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    Intro to 'How to Fest'

    The basics of auditioning and working "Fest" Contracts in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

    Next live online session on September 10th at 19:00CET/13:00ET!!!

  • Online Seminars and Resources

    Intro to 'How to Fest' Seminar

    Intro to 'How to Fest' Seminar

    $50.00 - $79.00
    $90.00
    One Three hour Seminar on all things Fest.
    Sunday, September 10, 2023 19:00CET/13:00ET
    Attend Live and Participate in the Question and Answer sessions.

    Option to add one hour discounted "game plan" consult.
    Video supplements of the original Intro to How to Fest Seminar + Video recording of full session from the current seminar for review
    Included are guest sessions with three current Fest singers and how they got into the Fest system.
    A complete interview with Rolando Garza Rodriguez, Studienleiter at Theater Bremen on casting practices.
    List of Active Agents in German, Austrian, and Swiiss markets
    Sample Introduction letter to agents in German with relevant terminology.
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    Intro to 'How to Fest' Seminar Replay

    Intro to 'How to Fest' Seminar Replay

    $50.00
    $147.00
    View the replay from our amazing seminar last year. This is a great way to get the basic process and vital information about "How to Fest" in German, Austrian, and Swiss Fest houses.
    Included are guest sessions with three current Fest singers and how they got into the Fest system.
    A complete interview with Rolando Garza Rodriguez, Studienleiter at Theater Bremen on casting practices.



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  • Zenith Opera Competition

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    Semifinals on May 13, 2023

    Finals on May 21, 2023

     

  • Media/Testimonials

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    "The course (Leveling Up) has connected me to myself, my goals, to the singing community, to the professionals in the industry, and through examination, has bonded me more deeply to music as a whole....Thank you, Rebecca, for everything. You have initiated a truly radical 180° change in my focus and trajectory and optimism, and it is already leading to great things."
    -Anna-Louise Costello, Mezzo Soprano

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    I feel 'recharged' and ready for any auditions that come along.
    -Helen Tintes, Mezzo-Soprano

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    Facebook Post after Yvonne Prentki's audition for Casting Director, David Lomeli.

  • SoftlyLoud Blog

    I am a singer. I grew up in a singing family. I sang in church choir and school musicals. I participated in our family's hokey holiday skits. I studied. I embraced singing as a career. I auditioned. I performed. I triumphed. I faltered. I learned. I created. I am a singer, because I am. The...
    Welcome to Part Two of my 'Get a Job' Blog post! Let's dive right back in. Really after this week, I want to wax poetic, but will save that for the end. I enjoyed a lot of great benefits in my new "Job", singing full-time in Germany. I sang roles more than just twice in a production and really...
    December 27, 2020
    Raise your hand. How many of you have heard this notorious phrase come from your most beloved relatives and friends.... or even from yourself. "GET A JOB." What exactly is a "Job" for classical singers? Do they mean a "Job" that isn't singing? I tried that and it didn't feel like me. For...
  • Our Resident Coaches

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    Rebecca Davis

    Founder and CEO, Soprano

     

    Rebecca Davis is an American Soprano working in Germany. She was Fest at the Hannover State Opera for six seasons. Currently she is working freelance and enjoying working on passion projects and helping to coach and cultivate singer's careers.

     

    Rebecca worked freelance in the US for many years after doing several young artist programs, including San Francisco Opera's Merola Program. Some of Rebecca's career highlights included singing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, Opera San Jose's momentous production of Idomeneo, and singing CioCio San and Rusalka at the Hannover Staatsoper.

     

    Rebecca has a background in Business Administration. Working 10 years for several finance companies,while studying music at Illinois Wesleyan University, Northwestern University, and as a Young Artist.

     

    Rebecca is a wife and mother and has loved finding her balance between work, family, and financial security.

     

    www.rebeccadavis.org

     

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    Cameron Burns

    Conductor, Vocal Coach, and Pianist

    Cameron Burns is a conductor, vocal coach, and pianist, raised in Manchester and London, but with strong Scottish heritage. He graduated with a starred-first in piano performance from New College, University of Oxford where he was an academic scholar, and he subsequently studied with Mirella Freni at CUBEC in Italy, with Dennis O'Neill at WIAV and at the National Opera Studio, London. He is also an alumnus of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme and the Solti-Perretti Accademia. Cameron started his career working freelance for Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mariinsky theatre, aEnglish National Opera, Welsch National Opera, Reisopera, The Netherlands and the BBC Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra. He was a conducting scholar with the London Symphony Chorus, Chorus Master of Grange Park Opera for three seasons, Assistant Chorus Master of ENO and a guest Chorus Master for Reisopera. The Netherlands. He has accompanied masterclasses with many of the world's greates singers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (at the Metropolitan Opera, New York), Dame Felicity Lott, Sir John Tomlinson, and Sherrill Milnes, and he has prepared singers for role debuts at most of the major international opera houses.

    Cameron made his conducting debut in 2012 with the LSO "Take a bow project" and he develped a close relationship with Sir Jeffrey Tate, who mentored Cameron for the final three years of his life. From 2015-2020 he was Kapellmeister of the Staatsoper Hannover, where he conducted over 150 performances of opera and ballet. During this time, he made his Concertgebouw debut in Amsterdam and he conducted operas for Chelsea Opera
    Group, Zomer Opera, Belgium and Opera Triofon, Amsterdam. Cameron is fluent in English and German, and conversant in Italian and Portuguese. He is co-founder of Lisbon Lyric Studio.

    www.camconductor.com

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    Rolando Garza Rodriguez

    Conductor, Vocal Coach, and Pianist

    Rolando is originally from Mexico and has a Bachelors Degree in Piano from The University of Texas and a Masters degree, in Piano, from The Manhattan School of Music. During his years in New York City, he accompanied lessons for the voice studio of the world famous Mezzo Soprano, Mignon Dunn and became one of the most sought after Opera Coaches in the city.

     

    In 2006, he joined the Opéra National du Rhin as Assistant Music Director of “Les jeunes voix du Rhin” and played for several productions for ONR. In 2008, he took the position of Music Director of Opera Avenir, the Young Aritist Program at Theater Basel, Switzerland, as well as Korrepetitor and Conductor. In 2014, he took the position of Studienleiter and Conductor at Theater Bremen, Germany. He has since worked as Studienleiter at Luzerner Theater in Switzerland and Theater für Niedersachsen in Germany.

     

    He is an Italian repertoire specialist and has collaborated with artists of international acclaim; such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Sherrill Milnes, and Anna Moffo. He has been on the coaching staff of many international summer opera programs. Rolando’s expertise in casting has been greatly appreciated in the many opera houses where he has worked. In his free-time, Rolando is also a very accomplished painter.

     

     

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    Maya Barsacq

    Conductor, Vocal Coach, Singer, and Creative Entrepreneur

     
    Maya Barsacq is a French/American Conductor, Composer and former Opera Singer. Barsacq is the Founder and Conductor of Cadenza and Nu. A passionate and dynamic artist, she is a dedicated advocate of Classical Music and especially Contemporary Classical Music. Conducting and Assisting Conducting engagements have included Midsummer Mozart Festival, New Frequencies Festival, Opera Idaho, West Bay Opera, Distinguished Artist Series, Classical Revolution Orchestra, and Lamplighter Theater.
     
    Barsacq loves the theatricality of life and performance. She has recently worked closely with Carlus Padrissa of La Fura dels Baus, an inspiring creator for her. She will continue to collaborate with Padrissa on various upcoming projects.
     
    Barsacq is a strong advocate of Music Education. She frequently is invited to teach masterclass workshops in Vocal technique, Conducting, Opera auditions, Opera business and coaching at conservatories and universities worldwide.
     
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