How to sign up for rehearsals with Mio

Students,

Dr. Mio Aoike will be your accompanist this term.  Instead of having a sign on the door for rehearsal sign ups, she has gone digital and has provided a link to her Google calendar online.  Remember: if you are signed up for a 30 minute lesson, you must sign up for an additional 30 minutes with Mio.  One hour lessons sign up for one hour.  You may sign her up to attend your lesson as well.  She will be very busy this term as there are a lot of you.  Please be flexible and trade with others when requested if you are able. 

To sign up:
1. Click on the following link (you may want to save it in your bookmarks to access later):

https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUZsYmJ4ZmR4cFlofGRlZmF1bHR8MDU1MThlMWNiM2MwN2E2NzVlMWI5ZTkzNzU1ODgwYjU

2. Click on a time slot and fill in the necessary information (who, where, etc.)  PLEASE leave your PHONE number in the "description" section in case Mio needs to get a hold of you.

3.  If you need to CANCEL or CHANGE your appointment, you can do so from YOUR google calendar (you have one tied to your EOU email account).  Log in and go to calendar, click "cancel appointment" and "notify guests". You

It will be challenging getting used to this new system, but it will save everyone a lot of time and effort in the future. 

For those of you using a different email system (like hotmail or yahoo), you might want to go ahead and learn how to use your eou account.  For starters, Google is AWESOME and provides a great deal of options for you to work with.  EOU will always send things to that account and so will your professors.  When we type your name in our "To:" box, it automatically brings up your EOU address.  It might be easiest if you learned how to use it. :)

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in your lesson and I will walk you through the process.  Like I said, it will take a little time in the beginning, but after that will be many terms with less effort on everyone's part. 

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Jamie Jacobson
Vocal Instructor
Eastern Oregon University
541-910-1102
Office: 541-962-3464

Thomas Florio, Baritone and 2010 NATSSA Winner

I was in the audience for this wonderful performance from Thomas Florio, the 2010 NATSAA Winner.  Thomas performed very well and as the winner, he received large cash prizes, a New York solo debut performance and is scheduled to perform at Carnegie Hall just to name a FEW.  He will also be the featured soloist at the 2012 NATS National Convention in Florida this coming Summer and has been given 2 year internship at Das Internationale Opernstudio der Hamburgischen Staatsoper where he will embark on many opera roles.

NATS can bring wonderful opportunities for singers for those who would like to be involved.



CLICK HERE to read more about Thomas Florio, all the opportunities he has been given as the 2010 NATSAA Winner and his adventures.

Fall 2011 Information

Good Afternoon!

This is Jamie Jacobson and I am your vocal instructor for 2011-2012. We are approaching our fall term and I thought I would make sure that I have accurate emails for all of you and make sure we get you into a lesson time that works well for everyone's schedule. For those of you who have taken lessons with me before, there have only been a couple changes, but for the most part, things are pretty much the same. There are a few things everyone should be aware of before our Fall Term begins. Please read through this email carefully and follow through on any instructions given in it.

1) Please reply and let me know a) you received this email, b) if this is the best email for you on a regular basis, c) your phone number, and d) if I can text you.

2) Please CLICK HERE to access my schedule for Fall Term 2011. Pick a 30-minute spot that works best with your schedule and type your name in the box. The gray boxes are unavailable. If you have registered for 2 credits of lessons, you will need TWO 30-minute spots (not necessarily back to back).

3) Here is a link to MY BLOG. You will want to bookmark this blog and check it regularly. You can find documents (syllabi, reading lists, schedules, etc), listening (links to performer's sites, youtube videos, etc), and important information about the term on this blog. It is your responsibility to check it, so add it to your browser's favorites and select to "follow" it and be emailed when it's updated.

4) Due to the number of students taking lessons this term, I will be emailing the registrar with your student ID numbers to get you registered. For those who have already turned in an add form, thank you for doing so. The rest of you: I will be registering you for your lessons this term. Please DOUBLE CHECK to make sure that lessons show up on your EOU schedule and that you in fact do get registered for them.

5) This term, each singer in the studio will be REQUIRED to attend and perform in a certain number of Master Classes with Dr. Peter Wordelman throughout the term. Please keep at least one of the following times open and available for participation in them. MONDAYS at 3:00 and/or TUESDAYS at 2:00. You can see each of these times reserved on my schedule. I will not be in attendance at these Master Classes, but your participation in them is required by your syllabus (it took the place of a couple other things...it was not added ON TOP OF everything else) and role will be taken each week.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about lessons. Please be sure to follow through with the above instructions and I am looking forward to a WONDERFUL term of music with all of you!

Contact me any time in any of the following ways:

Jamie's Cell: 910-1102 (text ok)
Jamie's Email: jjacobso@eou.edu
Jamie's Office number: 962-3464
Jamie's Office: Community School for the Arts room 204

See you in a couple of weeks!!

Jamie