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Well I finally got a new “Handy” (what Austrians call mobile phones). The first thing I did after charging it, was to find some practical software for my shiny unlocked travel phone. I came across the Internet Dictionary Project (IDP) and the Freedict organization. Both offer free dictionaries that can be installed on mobile phones [...]

The international Haydn festival in Eisenstadt, Austria began with the oratorio “Il ritorno di Tobia” last Thursday. This yearly celebration of Hadyn’s flourishing years spent working at one of the Esterházy families’ castles is a little bit extra special this time around. This year’s festivities are especially important since it marks 20 years of the [...]

Why scan music scores? Well for one, it is easier to carry your music library on a single DVD; you only print what you need as you need it. Scanned scores are also a great way to instantly give a copy of music to a voice pupil if you teach. Thirdly, scanning music is a [...]

For those of you who know German or are working towards German proficiency, this is a website you will love. It has lots of movies and TV series in German that can be watched for free. You don’t need any special software or to download anything; it is all viewed in your web browser.
http://www.kino.to/

As a traveling singer it can be very frustrating not being able to watch DVD’s you buy or rent in Europe on your American laptop.
The DVD technology is the same regardless what country in the world you are in. What is different is an artificial limitation created by Hollywood. The DVD has a zone number [...]

As I was preparing for my recent trip to Sofia, Bulgaria, I was reminded unintentionally by my voice teacher how far technology has gone for the traveling singer. He asked me if I was packing a small piano keyboard in which to practice. When I explained that I didn’t own one, he nicely offered that [...]