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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)
e-mail 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)
                                                                                                           

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