Opera Studio

NEC Summer Session 2012

School of Continuing Education Opera Studio

Daniel Wyneken, Chair & Music Director
Janice Giampa, Stage Director
June 11 - June 30

Participants: The School of Continuing Education Opera Studio offers an exciting opportunity for serious singers to receive operatic and stage training in the standard operatic repertoire. This three-week intensive program offers musical coaching and scene preparation, acting and movement, aria staging, and audition techniques, culminating in two public performances of opera scenes at New England Conservatory.

Auditions: Will be held on Saturday May 19, 2012 from 2-5p.m. Two memorized arias are required. Contact Daniel Wyneken at 617-288-8177 for more information and an audition time.

Auditors (No audition required) are invited to observe all class activities, rehearsals, and performances. They are not given scene assignments, however and do not perform.

Tuition: 2 CE credits: $1150
Full participants (Non-Credit): $TBA
NEC College Students: $TBA
Auditors (Non-credit): $TBA

Plus $40 NEC registration fee

*DO NOT proceed with registration until you have applied and been accepted.
*If you are an NEC College Student, please call our registrars at 617-585-1314.

Schedule

Audition Date: Saturday May 19, 2012, 2:00 -5:00 pm (call Daniel Wyneken for an appointment, 617-288-8177)

Monday, June 11, 6:30-9:30p.m.
Tuesdays, June 12, 19, 26, 6:30-9:30p.m.
Thursdays, June 14, 21, 28, 6:30-9:30p.m.
Saturdays, June 16, 23, 10:00 am-1:00 pm, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm

Dress Rehearsal: Thursday, June 28, 5:00-10:00p.m.

Performances: Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30, 8:00 pm.

Housing

The New England Conservatory houses Summer Session participants at Emerson College in The Colonial Building, 100 Boylston Street, Boston, an air-conditioned, 24-hour-a-day secured conference center in the heart of Boston in the Boston Common (two/three stops away from New England Conservatory on Boston’s MBTA Orange Line). There is plenty of room for participants here and can generally choose a single or a double room (bathrooms down the hall) or a room in a suite (bathroom in the suite).  Housing arrangements and payments are made through New England Conservatory; please contact NEC’s Continuing Education Office at 617-585-1131 or continuingeducation@necmusic.edu.
 
Check-in time is 12p.m. and Check-out time is 2p.m. Please check in at the registration desk on the second floor. You will be issued your key upon checking in.  (Please note that Emerson College does not accept payments at the door; admittance requires that your name be on the list of people who have paid through New England Conservatory.)

Provisions: Towels and linens are provided in addition to breakfast; please note that the air conditioning can be very effective and you may want to bring an extra layer of clothing just in case. Single and double rooms have bathrooms down the hall; suites have bathrooms within the suite. There are kitchens in each hall with sinks and stovetops – no microwaves or refrigerators.

To learn more about Emerson College and its location (and directions to it from the airport bus or train stations, etc) please consult the Emerson College Web site
www.emerson.edu.

Photo by Andrew Hurlbut

2011-12-13