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Founded by Metropolitan Opera Assistant Conductor Joan Dornemann and Metropolitan Opera Conductor Paul Nadler in 1986, the International Vocal Arts Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding and training the most talented young opera singers around the world. IVAI's diverse activities have included worldwide intensive training programs in Israel, the United States, Mexico, France, Puerto-Rico, Canada, Japan and China. IVAI in NYC is an intensive training ground designed to tailor fit your needs. Whether you are a young singer with boundless potential, or a career ready performer looking for extra polish, IVAI is designed with you in mind to help push you to the next level. IVAI is a three week intensive program providing private voice lessons, private coachings, and training in vocal technique, dramatic presentation, acting, language and diction, as well as opportunities to sing in masterclasses, concerts, and fully staged productions. Apply now via YAP Tracker.

The Georg Solti Accademia will be holding live auditions for the 2017 Masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music London on the 18th and 19st of January 2017, or alternatively by MP3. Répétiteurs Masterclasses, Venice Italy, 12th-21st April Bel Canto Masterclasses, Castiglione della Pescaia Italy, 27th June-16th July. This year we are exceptionally fortunate to have as our guest teachers Jeffrey Tate and Richard Bonynge at the Répétiteurs course and Barbara Frittoli, Richard Bonynge and Massimo Giordano at the Vocal course. Application deadline is Friday, December 16th 2016 . All details in the Apply section of our website www.georgsoltiaccademia.org.

Our final application deadlines are approaching! Los Angeles, Ann Arbor deadline: November 29 at 11:59pm Pittsburgh, recorded audition deadline: December 1 at 11:59pm Solo roles, concerts, recitals, masterclasses, private lessons, and coachings form the basis of one of the most extensive and individualized Young Artist programs in the country. Work with and perform alongside world-class faculty from the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, New York City Opera, and San Francisco Opera. Opportunities for pianists and stage directors are available, as well. For more information, visit: http://otsummerfest.org/company-opportunities/young-artist-program

By Sunday November 27th: Make the COSI Application Deadline, and GET CONNECTED for "Extraordinary Opera Training!" We are excited to announce auditions for our productions of Don Giovanni, Suor Angelica, L'Elisir d'Amore, our oratorio, Dvorák's "Stabat Mater," our Opera Scenes: works by Mozart, Gluck, and our upcoming premiere of Dean Burry's "Pygmalion." COSI opens professional gateways for singers, pianists, and intern stage directors, conductors (opera/opera chorus), and production directors. Our Internationally expert opera artist-educators help you make all the difference. Claim your turning point to your best skills, your best artistry, and your best future.

Final Deadline to apply November 30!! Now in its tenth year, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar will present six performances of Rossini’s La Cenerentola in Theater Rudolstadt’s 2017 professional mainstage season. Participants will sing a full role in performances accompanied by the Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, conducted by Maestro Oliver Weder, with stage direction by LOSW General Director Damon Nestor Ploumis. LOSW is a comprehensive opera training program designed for emerging professional singers considering a career in Europe, with a focus on the German theater system. We offer intense training in singing, movement, rehearsal process and role study, master classes, individual lessons and stagecraft instruction, as well as daily German language and diction coaching. In addition to performing a role in a fully-staged opera in a professional production with orchestra, students receive sessions in audition techniques and career management and have the opportunity to audition for German state and private agents. Scholarships available! Apply online at; there is no application fee.

LAST WEEK TO APPLY!! The Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition returns for its 29th year in the re-envisioned and expanded format. The Guild is accepting applications from residents of all 50 states and U.S. Territories. Finalists will perform with The Dallas Opera Orchestra under the baton of renowned Music Director Emmanuel Villaume. $10,000 for the first prize winner. More information at http://dallasopera.org/support/guild/vocal-competition/

Applications are now open for Toronto Summer Music Academy's Art of Song program. This program, for a small cohort of eight singers and four pianists is devoted to the study and performance of Art Song. Participants study with all faculty members, voice and piano, thus receiving advice from a variety of musical traditions and perspectives. The session also offers detailed study of text, diction, and action coaching. This year’s Mentors include the great Finnish Soprano, Soile Isokoski, Kammersängerin of the Vienna State Opera, as well as Martin Katz, one of the world’s most celebrated collaborative pianists. Steven Philcox will be coordinating and coaching the Fellows again this summer.

November 15 DEADLINE approaching for Miami Wagner Institute applications! Collaborative pianist positions available! WAGNERIAN/DRAMATIC SINGERS: The Miami Wagner Institute is an elite tuition-free Young Artist Program and the first of it’s kind for dramatic/lyric-in-transition singers led by pre-eminent Wagnerian performers, educators and specialists including Christine Brewer, Alan Held and Kathleen Kelly. This program aims to provide much-needed training and professional-level performance opportunities for the unique demands of the dramatic singer. Last summer's inaugural Miami Wagner Institute premiered to rave reviews, "words fall short to praise this presentation” (EL NUEVO HERALD), culminating in a sold-out performance at the New World Center with Christine Goerke and Alan Held, joined by Young Artist soloists and the MMF Symphony Orchestra.

The Halifax Summer Opera Festival is Canada's friendliest and most supportive summer opera program, now auditioning for its 13th season! Spend four weeks in beautiful Nova Scotia rehearsing and performing a role in one of our three operas for 2017: Handel's Ariodante, Bizet's Carmen or Britten's Albert Herring. Open to singers of all ages and nationalities. In person auditions in Canada in November, distance applications accepted by digital upload until all roles are filled. Come and experience opera in a positive, collaborative environment where you're treated like an individual.

2017 Voice/Vocal Piano Programs at the Music Academy of the West Application deadline extended to October 31! Full-scholarship summer program in Santa Barbara, CA, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Singers and pianists participate in weekly private lessons with world-renowned faculty/visiting artists, and abundant performance opportunities including weekly public masterclasses and recitals with large audiences, fully-staged opera (Donizetti's Elixir of Love), opera scenes production, vocal chamber music, and the Marilyn Horne Song Competition awarding one singer and one pianist each a $4,000 cash prize and recital tour. Innovative Wellness Program includes free weekly cardio, kickboxing, and yoga classes, & counseling services.