Queens Voice Lab is an empowered community of and for professional singing artists sharing ideas, concerns, and actions in order to build mutual support and learning, further our creative work, and amplify our advocacy for artists’ rights and more humane, equitable practice and norms in the vocal arts at large.
Queens Voice Lab is an empowered community of and for professional singing artists sharing ideas, concerns, and actions in order to build mutual support and learning, further our creative work, and amplify our advocacy for artists’ rights and more humane, equitable practice and norms in the vocal arts at large.
Launched in July 2020, Queens Voice Lab is a diverse and inclusive, artist-led community for professional singer-actors. Originally intended as a workspace for artists to center their creative process, QVL has evolved to meet the needs of its artists and now serves primarily as a paid opportunity for participants to regularly engage and cultivate a supportive community of peers. Queens Voice Lab holds twice-monthly meetings to discuss artistic and career-oriented issues, personal goings-on, and anything else that comes to mind. On occasion, the group initiates other projects of interest that advance the community’s knowledge, skill, and common experience. In the future, Queens Voice Lab expects to engage in live public events to share their work and artistry with the Queens community and broader public.
NEW: Queens Voice Lab Panel Series
Check out our livestreamed QVL Panels–
- Mental and Emotional Self-Care for Professional Singers
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 4:30pm EST - Pathways to Professional Success as a Singer
Thursday, November 10, 2022 4:30pm EST - On-Stage Representation vs. Tokenism in Opera and other Vocal Arts
Thursday, December 1, 2022 4:30pm EST
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Explore our other projects
Halcyon
Halcyon (formerly Unfinished ) is a new documentary-style opera that explores the question: “What happens to us when a place that matters to us comes to ruin?”
“Millbrook is a Frame of Mind:” Reflections in Word and Song
As part of Community Day on September 7, 2019, the Millbrook Library and Vital Opera presented the inaugural edition of Millbrook is a Frame of Mind: Reflections in Word and Song, a celebration of Millbrook featuring music, poetry, and prose from the village.
Four Hands of Bridge
In April 2015 we premiered Four Hands of Bridge, an experimental evening featuring four consecutive performances of Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge. This brief, yet intense opera explores themes of consumerism, marital infidelity, the loss of a loved one, and isolation in modern society.
Artist Development Workshop on Le Nozze Di Figaro
Our artist development workshop on Le Nozze di Figaro in November of 2013 was an opportunity for a group of nine singer-actors to delve deeply into the music, text, plot, and characters of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro).
An Edible and Musical Birthday Celebration for Julia Child
In August 2012 we presented An Edible and Musical Birthday Celebration for Julia Child in honor of Julia Child’s 100th birthday.