“Yap” (Young Artist Program) is a course designed for young singers on training. The program is usually used by large companies, such us, Metropolitan Opera and Florida Grand Opera among many others, to hire singers by seasons and give the expose necessary to develop their performing skills.
Julie Baron, general manager of Yap Tracker, earned a master’s degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music in 2004. Enjoying a career as a young mezzo-soprano and singing in different countries, she decided that her other passion was technology. As a result, she combined both activities, and created the popular website YapTracker.com. The number of users that currently enjoy the website is over 8,000, and it is still growing strong, by reaching singers all over the world.
Baron created the website in 2005 with the intention of bringing something new and fun to her family and peers; she never thought it was going to grow up to the point is it today. The website has become essential to young singers, and it has over 2500 listings. Some of the benefits Yap offers to the audience include: singing guidance, competitions and auditions opportunities, and performing advices.
The website it self is friendly to use, and there is also a mobile version that offers the same benefits. The membership fee starts at $55.00 a year and includes full access to all the auditions and competitions, email alerts, and reminders of the datelines for each audition. It also offers tracking tools and direct notifications to the mobile.
Because of the benefits that Yap tracker offer, it is described as the stepping stone for any young aspiring artist; it represents not only a professional guidance one can rely on, but the dreams and illusions of future singers.
Source: Amelia Northrup,Yap Tracker: Organizing the Uncertain World of Audtions, September 29, 2010. From: http://www.technologyinthearts.org/?p=1466
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