NOTEBOOK
We know we need to ask ourselves more questions, collaborate more, invite more perspectives into the discussion, and ultimately experiment more—not just with what is on stage, but with the inner administrative workings too. This magazine issue underscores this movement: • This issue’s cover features Ottawa-native Sharleen Joynt. She blazes her own path, knows her strengths on and off the stage, and shows us that professional life off the stage is imperative to her success on the stage. In other words, we are human and should celebrate and engage our individuality; it’s not a one-way road to success. • New York-based Canadian pedagogue Joan Patenaude-Yarnell’s vantage complements this idea, as she encourages singers to embrace their imagination and tilt their perspective around tackling the audition circuit. • Internationally renowned bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, soon…