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Classical Singer Abbreviations
The following are abbreviations used by Classical Singer in its Classified Ads, Audition Listings and Competitions Listings.
| WORD |
ABBREVIATION |
| accompany (ies, ed, ment, ing, ist) | accomp (s, 'd, 'nt, 'ng, 'st) |
| addition (s, al, ally) | add (s, 'l, 'ly) |
| address | address |
| administrative | admin |
| amount | amt |
| apartment | apt |
| application (s) | appl (s) |
| appointment (s) | appt (s) |
| approximate (ly) | approx ('ly) |
| assistant (s) | asst (s) |
| attention | attn |
| audition (s, ed, ner, ee, ing) | audition (s, 'd, 'r, 'ee, 'ng) |
| available (ility, ties) | avail ('ty, 'ties) |
| avenue | Ave |
| baritone | bar |
| between | betw |
| boulevard | Blvd |
| bring your own | BYO |
| building | bldg |
| circle | cir |
| college | Coll |
| company (ies) | co (s) |
| competition | comp |
| court | ct |
| demonstrate (s, ed, tion, ing) | demo (s, 'd, 'tn, 'ng) |
| department | dept |
| director | dir |
| each | ea |
| East | E |
| educate (s, or, ed, ing, tion, tional) | edu (s, 'r, 'd, 'ng, 'tn, 'tnl) |
| email (no dash) | |
| emerging | emg |
| Emerging Professional | EmgPro |
| English | Eng |
| environment | enviro |
| equipment | equip |
| established | est |
| Established Professional | EstPro |
| evening (s) | eve (s) |
| experience (s, ed, ing) | exp (s, 'd, 'ng) |
| extension | ext |
| first, second, third.... seventeenth, eighteenth | 1st, 2nd, 3rd.... 17th, 18th |
| floor | fl |
| general (ly) | genl ('ly) |
| hour | hr |
| house/housing | hous/hous'ng |
| immediate (ly) | immed ('ly) |
| include (s, ed, ing) | incl (s, 'd, 'ng) |
| individual (s, ly) | indiv (s, 'ly) |
| information | info |
| institute (tion, tional) | inst ('tn, 'tnl) |
| international (ly) | int'l (y) |
| La Boheme | La Bohème (accent is è not é) |
| lane | ln |
| language (s) | lang (s) |
| letter (s) | ltr (s) |
| limited | ltd |
| locate (s, ed, tion, tioned) | loc (s, 'd, 'tn, 'tnd) |
| Los Angeles | LA |
| manage (r, d, ing, ment, able) | mng (r, d, 'ng, mgmt, 'bl) |
| minute (s) | min (same for minutes) |
| month (s, ly) | mo (s, 'ly) |
| national (ly, ity, ities) | nt'l ('ly, 'ty, 'ties) |
| New York/New York City | NY/NYC |
| North | N |
| Northeast/Northwest | NE/NW |
| one, two, three.... seventeen, eighteen | 1, 2, 3.... 17, 18 |
| opportunity (ies) | opp (s) |
| orchestra (s) | orch (s) |
| organization (s) | org (s) |
| page (s) | pg (s) |
| paid | pd |
| parkway | pkwy |
| participate (s, ed, ing, tion) | partic (s, 'd, 'ng, 'tn) |
| payment | pmt |
| percent/percentage | % |
| perform (s, ed, er, ing, ance) | perf (s, 'd, 'r, 'ng, 'nc) |
| phone | ph |
| place | pl |
| possible (ly, ity) | poss ('ly, 'ty) |
| Post Office Box | PO Box |
| prefer (s, ed, ing, able, ably, ence) | pref (s, 'd, 'ng, 'bl, 'bly, 'nc) |
| prepare (s, ed, ing, ation) | prep (s, 'd, 'ng, 'tn) |
| President | Pres |
| previous (ly) | prev ('ly) |
| production (s) | prod (s) |
| professional (s, ly) | prof (s, 'ly) |
| program (s, ed, er, able) | prog (s, 'd, 'r, 'bl) |
| provide (s, ed, er, ing) | prov (s, 'd, 'r, 'ng) |
| reason (s, ed, ing, able, ably) | reas ('s, 'd, 'ng, 'bl, 'bly) |
| receive (s, ed, er, ing) | rcv (s, 'd, 'r, 'ng) |
| rehearse (s, ed, ing, al, als) | reh (s, 'd, 'ng, 'l, 'ls) |
| repertoire | rep |
| resume | rés |
| road | rd |
| room | rm |
| round trip | rt |
| San Francisco | SF |
| schedule (s, d, ing, er) | sched (s, 'd, 'ng, 'r) |
| season (s, ed, ing, al) | seas ('s, 'd, 'ng, 'l) |
| service | serv |
| soprano | sop |
| South | S |
| southeast/southwest | SE/SW |
| spring | Spr |
| street | st |
| suite | ste |
| summer | Sum |
| telephone (tel) | ph |
| tentative (ly) | tent ('ly) |
| terrace | terr |
| theater | theatre (re not er) |
| time: 9:00 AM, 1:30 to 4:00 PM | 9am, 1:30-4pm |
| to be announced | TBA |
| transportation | trans |
| U.S. | US |
| university | univ |
| upcoming | upc |
| vacation | vac |
| Washington, DC | Wash DC |
| web/website | website |
| week (s, ly) | wk (s, 'ly) |
| week days | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun |
| West | W |
| winter | Win |
| with | w/ |
| year (s, ly) | yr (s, 'ly) |
