As a singer, actor, dancer, athlete, instrumentalist, or public speaker, learn how to tap into your core self, and thus elicit a performance that goes beyond performing by using the best of both Eastern and Western models of peak performance.

This flyer-invitation has been written by Lorraine Ernest. Lori is a professional opera singer who has performed with Placido Domingo and other top talents in the opera world.

If you are a singer, actor, dancer, athlete, instrumentalist, or public speaker, chances are you yearn for a performance that calls for a standing ovation. And yet, unless you are already in the top echelon in your profession, it is easy to find that what you hoped would be a magic moment, can easily turn out to be a bit less than you and your audience had hoped for. I can say this with confidence, because as a performer I have found this to be true in my own career.

Luckily, I was introduced to a top performance coach about a year and a half ago, and my ability to perform has gone through a tremendous metamorphoses since then. The name of my coach is Charlie Badenhop, and I hope to share this wonderful person with you in a one day workshop in a couple of weeks time.

Charlie is a multi-talented man who has been living and working in Japan for the last nineteen years. He draws on the following fields of study in his work: Aikido (He is a certified instructor in Japan) NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis (He is a certified trainer in both) Sei Tai (A Japanese system of health and energy management) Rolfing and the work of Hubert Godard, as well as various other kinds of bodywork and therapies. Charlie is very definitely a performance artist in his own right. He has the ability, through his general presence, his voice, and his touch, to really draw a person into being fully present, and in the process he elicits significantly better performances from his clients.

As an opera singer Charlie’s affect on me has been way beyond anything I had hoped for. Although he is not trained as a singing coach or voice teacher, he knows so much about how one’s body and psyche are meant to best work together, that he not only teaches me how to improve the mechanics of what I do, but he has embued my performances with far greater spirit. The outcome for me so far? I am more confident when I perform, more at ease with myself as a person, more at home in my body, and more dynamic when I am on stage.

As a singer, actor, dancer, athlete, musician, or public speaker, you will find that Charlie has the ability to help you tap into your core self, and thus elicit a performance that goes beyond performing. Please come and experience what it feels like inside yourself, when your performance touches the hearts of all those around you, and evokes a standing ovation.

Date: Feb. 7, 2004
Time: 9:30-6:30
Fee: $150
Location: Manhattan, NYC
Venue: To Be Announced

Do you want to take your performance to the next level?
If so, please contact Lorraine Ernest at: loraincing@msn.com.

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Lorraine Ernest, Singer

Lorraine Ernest's roles include the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, the title role in Lakme, Olympia and Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, and Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare. Among her other roles she counts Musetta in La boheme and Adele in Die Fledermaus. She has sung with such companies as the New York City Opera, The Washington Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Tulsa Opera, Mississippi Opera, and Bonn Opera. She has also sung such works as Vivaldi's Salve Regina and Magnificat, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's C Minor Mass and Requiem, and Britten's War Requiem with such orchestras as New York's Little Orchestra Society, France's Sacred Music Festival in Nice, and the Philadelphia Choral Society. Her education includes a Bachelor's degree in Music from the Oklahoma City University, an Apprenticeship Program at the Tulsa Opera, and two years at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. In 2000-2001, she debuted at the Opera Company of Philadelphia as Elvira in L'Italiana in Algeri and sang Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra. In 2001-2002, she repeated the role of Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote in a debut with Opera Grand Rapids and Central City Opera and performed the role of Madamoiselle Jouvenot in Opera Orchestra of New York's concert-version of Adriana Lecouvreur. In 2002-2003 Ms. Ernest appeared in a new opera by Deborah Drattell and Wendy Wasserstein titled Best Friends at Lincoln Center. The 2003-2004 Season brings her debut with Los Angeles Opera as Princess Tatishchev in another new opera by Ms. Drattell, Nicholas and Alexandra, which also stars Placido Domingo.

For 2004-2005 Lorraine will return to LA to sing Frasquita in Carmen and Washington Opera to sing the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. 2006 holds another Queen at Los Angeles.