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CoOperative Program
July 6 - 26, 2008
The CoOPERAtive program is designed to help young singers prepare for acceptance into an advanced young artist or summer apprentice program.
Listen to a podcast featuring Susan Shiplett Ashbaker, former director of artistic and music administration at the Opera Company of Philadelphia, discussing the CoOPERAtive program, as well as career planning and audition preparation, with Westminster alumnae and 2007 Metropolitan Opera Council’s National Auditions finalists Kiera Duffy and Dísella Làrusdóttir (also a CoOPERAtive alumna) and Laura Brooks Rice, their teacher and co-director of the CoOPERAtive program.
Summer 2008 Events
Please join us for evening master classes and recitals.
Save the Date! CoOPERAtive students will present a special recital in the Arts Council of Princeton's new Paul Robeson Center on Tuesday, July 22.
Master Teachers for 2008
Susan Shiplett Ashbaker
Steven Crawford
Kathleen Kelly
Ted Taylor
Marc Verzatt
Nova Thomas
Jaime Stover Schmitt
Mark Moliterno
Debra Scurto-Davis
William Hobbs
Justina Lee
Special Presentations and Classes with:
Deborah Birnmaum www.breathsupport.com
Cindy Sadler www.businessofsinging.com
Mark Williams, IMG Management
NEW for 2008: Program for coach/accompanists. See "The Program" and "How to Apply Program and Fees" for details
Individualized Instruction
Each week master teachers present classes and private sessions. In addition, singers had the opportunity to have weekly, private sessions with: stage directors, conductors, language coaches,as well as private sessions with Alexander Technicians, yoga classes.
Improved Performance Techniques
A three week intensive program with private coaching focusing on operatic style, performance techniques, dramatic presentation, language and diction, resume and application advice and body awareness.
Take the next step toward an operatic career
2007 CoOPERAtive Participants
CoOPERAtive Program Success Stories:
BREAKING CoOPERAtive NEWS!
Elizabeth Jarrett (pictured above in the turquoise print dress) wins first place in the Southwest Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Elizabeth says...."Thank you for your help (CoOPERAtive), I could not have made it to the finals without your help!"
“I sang the same arias at my Sarasota audition that I sang for my graduate school auditions the previous year. I was not accepted to any of the programs I applied to that year. The difference this year, however, is the refinement, polish, and ownership I have concerning my arias. I gained this at the CoOPERAtive program during three weeks of intense coaching and scrutiny from some of the most respected teachers, conductors and coaches in the business.” Justin Lamont Hopkins, bass-baritone recently accepted into the Sarasota Young Artist Program.
“The CoOPERAtive experience has been invaluable to me and I have the chance to utilize all of the technical and artistic concepts I learned during my time there.” Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano recently accepted into the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theater of St. Louis
“I have never spent a more productive three weeks in my life than I have at CoOPERAtive. Through multiple daily one-on-one coachings with some of the most esteemed and knowledgeable musicians in the opera community, I have gained a year’s worth of knowledge in three weeks time. I would highly recommend this program to any young singer who is serious about perfecting the difficult craft that is opera." Disella Larusdotir, soprano Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions National Finalist 2007
Disella Larusdotir on the stage of the Metropoltan Opera during the 2006 National Council Auditions
