When Dr. Leah Giselle Field, Esq., is our guest, the show is like baking soda and vinegar — very white, somewhat explosive, and a lot of fun. We're talking career streams this week: Dr. Field has recently plunged into life as a (in her words!) "not-so-young young artist" after having taken the academic elevator straight to the top. Isaiah jumped into YAPs straight out of undergrad and has often wondered if it was the most prudent choice. Chris split the difference – getting a Master's degree because it was "what's done" – and all three have questions about how we are building foundations for young singers. Is there such a thing as too much input for developing artists? How does the default Young Artist Program model promote sustainable growth? Can Classical music culture in general help singers buck the youth craze in order to build from the bottom up? A lot is said, and – in true Overthought tradition – there are more questions than answers. However (in the seemingly original words of Dr. Leah Field) "the course of true love never did run smooth!" -=- Show notes -=- Website- Leah Giselle Field | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-giselle-field-32b962b2 Website - UBC Music at The University of British Columbia http://music.ubc.ca/ Website - Western Music - Don Wright Faculty of Music http://www.music.uwo.ca/ Website - Vancouver Opera - The Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program https://www.vancouveropera.ca/about/employment/auditions/young_artists_program Website - The Old Trout Puppet Workshop http://www.theoldtrouts.org/ Article - 'The End of the Great Big American Voice', by Anne Midgette, New York Times www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/arts/music/the-end-of-the-great-big-american-voice.html      Copyright © 2016 Chris Mayell, Isaiah Bell