HGO’s Young Artists’ Vocal Academy was established in 2011 to work specifically with singers at the undergraduate level. The week–long course is held on-site at HGO, and all fees, room and board is covered by the opera company. The deadline to apply is March 3, 2013, and auditions are by recording only.
The Florentine Opera Studio provides season-long, comprehensive artist-in-residence employment for talented singers beginning their professional careers, while serving the mainstage, education and outreach goals of the Florentine Opera Company. The deadline to apply is February 8, 2013 and auditions will be in Milwaukee in March.
What could be better than a summer full of quality vocal instruction in one of the most beautiful cities in European cities? The Florence Voice Seminar application is now up, and live auditions will be scheduled in New York, Philadelphia or Boston; recorded auditions will also be accepted.
We are very pleased to welcome Hubbard Hall Opera Theater as the newest organization to use our application service. Auditions will be held in New York City and Niskayuna, NY. Submit your application for the mainstage through YAP Tracker; materials for their training program can be submitted through instructions found on our website.
Centre for Opera Studies in Italy closes their extended deadline today, the CoOPERAtive program closes tomorrow and OperaWorks closes their live audition deadline on the 17th. Want more information about these programs? See the listings on the applications page, or view the links included in this post to interviews with OperaWorks' Ann Baltz and the CoOPERAtive Program's Laura Brooks Rice.
Summer will return before you know it, so make your plans now to visit one of the most spectacular summer locations on the planet... the Little Traverse Bay area of northwestern Michigan. Deadlines for live auditions range from January through February 2013, with auditions in Bloomington, Oklahoma City, New York, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Oberlin and by recording. Applications for singers and chamber musicians.
For 2013, ECO’s Artist Institute will focus more on individual coaching opportunities rather than a fully-staged production. The ten-day Vocal Intensive will contain arias and scenes performances, as well as a symphony concert including singers from both the Institute’s participants and professional faculty. The deadline to apply is March 18, 2013, so get your recording in soon!
The 6th Annual Taos Opera Institute will be held in beautiful Taos Ski Valley, NM from June 1-July 1, 2013. Applications are now being accepted for live auditions in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and New York, or by recording. The final deadline is February 18, but the live audition locations are held in advance of that date, so be sure to apply early!