Help Alberto sing in Germany professionally
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To whom this reaches,
I would like to preface this with some background as to who I am and where I come from. My father was a hard working low income worker who supported my mother and me. At the age of three, I lost my father to cancer and my mother has moved mountains to make education a reality for me. I am now proud to say that I come from a hard working middle class family. I am a first generation college student climbing his way through tuition grants, full time work, and help from my friends and family to get to where I want to be. I have climbed extremely far to get to a profession in voice, but now I humbly ask you, the reader, to consider helping me reach a new dream.
My name is Alberto Rodriguez and I am a classical vocalist who recently graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Masters degree in Choral Conducting and a Classical voice emphasis. At this institution, I was able to win the hearts and ears of the vocal professors there, who helped sponsor a trip to Germany where I was given the opportunity to sing with the company, "Opera Classica Europa". For the month I was there, I was to memorize and perform four operas alongside other talented vocalists: La Traviata, Aida, and Nabucco by Verdi, as well as La Cenerentola by Rossini.
As I performed for more ears, one month of Germany, turned into three months, since I received unanimous endorsements from the heads of the Opera company and other lead vocalists there. They urged me to stay in Germany and seek employment in several opera houses. I took this opportunity to meet as many educators and employers as possible to make a name for myself. For every audition I took, I received a call back audition in January to move on to a possible second step of employment. Unfortunately, my travel visa for Germany ended in November, so I was forced to leave before I could make the call backs.
This is where I humbly ask help from whoever may be reading this. I need assistance getting back to Germany by June to pursue a career in performing. Included in this post is a YouTube video of me performing Votre Toast from the Opera Carmen. I submit this video to you as a small showcase for what my voice is capable of under professional circumstances at the Kurhaus in Bad Schwalbach.
I have set the goal to $5000 to help me pay for a one way ticket there including one checked luggage for my tuxedo and a small amount of clothes. $5000 would also help cover living for the first few months there while I re-audition to places that once approved of my voice. Any of the left over money would go strictly to helping me pay for more high end auditions if it is required.
Benefits in the future to all donors would include:
-Personalized emails of updates to my pursuit of a career in an opera house.
-Videos of my performances emailed directly to you.
-Your name in the end credits of my personal performances
Thank you so much to anyone who took the time to read this today. Although donations are helpful, knowing my story is also extremely valued to me. With insurmountable appreciation, I thank you for your consideration. I will do anything and everything in my power to show you what your contributions have done. Although I have made this a small list of ways you would see your money put to use, I am more than willing and excited to update this list with more benefits as time and donations progress. Depending on how fruitful my work in Germany becomes, I love the thought of being able to seat donors in my performances for free.
If you are interested in helping, but would like more direct benefits to come from your contributions, lessons are also available at a lower rate through zoom, or in person (masked and distanced of course) if in Northern Colorado at the normal rate.
For any further inquiries or specifications, I am open to phone calls or emailed questions.
Thanks again to whomever this may reach.
*Disclaimer: lessons are ALWAYS best in person, so I encourage everyone interested in voice to seek a teacher near you.
I would like to preface this with some background as to who I am and where I come from. My father was a hard working low income worker who supported my mother and me. At the age of three, I lost my father to cancer and my mother has moved mountains to make education a reality for me. I am now proud to say that I come from a hard working middle class family. I am a first generation college student climbing his way through tuition grants, full time work, and help from my friends and family to get to where I want to be. I have climbed extremely far to get to a profession in voice, but now I humbly ask you, the reader, to consider helping me reach a new dream.
My name is Alberto Rodriguez and I am a classical vocalist who recently graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Masters degree in Choral Conducting and a Classical voice emphasis. At this institution, I was able to win the hearts and ears of the vocal professors there, who helped sponsor a trip to Germany where I was given the opportunity to sing with the company, "Opera Classica Europa". For the month I was there, I was to memorize and perform four operas alongside other talented vocalists: La Traviata, Aida, and Nabucco by Verdi, as well as La Cenerentola by Rossini.
As I performed for more ears, one month of Germany, turned into three months, since I received unanimous endorsements from the heads of the Opera company and other lead vocalists there. They urged me to stay in Germany and seek employment in several opera houses. I took this opportunity to meet as many educators and employers as possible to make a name for myself. For every audition I took, I received a call back audition in January to move on to a possible second step of employment. Unfortunately, my travel visa for Germany ended in November, so I was forced to leave before I could make the call backs.
This is where I humbly ask help from whoever may be reading this. I need assistance getting back to Germany by June to pursue a career in performing. Included in this post is a YouTube video of me performing Votre Toast from the Opera Carmen. I submit this video to you as a small showcase for what my voice is capable of under professional circumstances at the Kurhaus in Bad Schwalbach.
I have set the goal to $5000 to help me pay for a one way ticket there including one checked luggage for my tuxedo and a small amount of clothes. $5000 would also help cover living for the first few months there while I re-audition to places that once approved of my voice. Any of the left over money would go strictly to helping me pay for more high end auditions if it is required.
Benefits in the future to all donors would include:
-Personalized emails of updates to my pursuit of a career in an opera house.
-Videos of my performances emailed directly to you.
-Your name in the end credits of my personal performances
Thank you so much to anyone who took the time to read this today. Although donations are helpful, knowing my story is also extremely valued to me. With insurmountable appreciation, I thank you for your consideration. I will do anything and everything in my power to show you what your contributions have done. Although I have made this a small list of ways you would see your money put to use, I am more than willing and excited to update this list with more benefits as time and donations progress. Depending on how fruitful my work in Germany becomes, I love the thought of being able to seat donors in my performances for free.
If you are interested in helping, but would like more direct benefits to come from your contributions, lessons are also available at a lower rate through zoom, or in person (masked and distanced of course) if in Northern Colorado at the normal rate.
For any further inquiries or specifications, I am open to phone calls or emailed questions.
Thanks again to whomever this may reach.
*Disclaimer: lessons are ALWAYS best in person, so I encourage everyone interested in voice to seek a teacher near you.
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Alberto Rodriguez
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Novato, CA