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Spend a few minutes talking to the group that sang last night at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, and you have to start revising some of your pet ideas about sopranos. In fact, the whole image of the prima donna—temperamental, competitive, a sort of predatory monster who will allow no other member of her species to encroach about her territory—begins to crumble.
Suddenly, here is a group of sopranos who get together to help one another, who talk about their nurturing instincts, their desire to give of themselves to one another and to the community. In the five centuries, more or less, since the term "soprano" came into common usage, this may be a historic first.
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If necessity is the mother of invention, then the high cost of maintaining a singing career gave birth to The Washington Vocal Consortium. A decade ago, a group of professional singers began meeting regularly to coach each other, discuss vocal technique and the business of singing, trade concert gowns and share babysitting. "Initially, we were just helping each other", says Cate Frazier-Neely. But their networking and collaboration "and a lot of trial and error" eventually led the singers to a business partnership. Each consortium member continues to perform and teach independently, but the come together once a month or more to present full-day workshops for singers, voice teacher and choral director. "We're now into our eighth year of tem-taught workshops and we're also developing vocal training materials for publication."
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