Skip to Main Content Skip to Footer
Rider University Home

Header Menu (Mobile)

About
  • Why Choose Rider
  • Virtual Tour
  • Rider Stories
  • Events
  • News
  • Campus Directory
  • Offices & Services
  • Human Resources
  • Leadership
  • Consumer Information
  • Commencement
  • Contact Us
Academics
  • Program Finder
  • Colleges & Schools
  • Engaged Learning
  • Academic Calendars
  • Academic Support Services
  • Academic Programs & Opportunities
  • Career Development & Success
  • Centers & Institutes
  • Course Catalog
  • University Libraries
Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • First-Year Admissions
  • Transfer Admissions
  • Graduate Admissions
  • International Admissions
  • Continuing Education Admissions
  • J-term Winter and Summer Sessions
  • University Partnerships
  • Veterans and Military
  • Visit Options
  • Contact Admissions
Tuition & Aid
  • Financial Aid & Scholarships
  • Tuition & Fees
  • First-Year and Transfer Student Resources
  • Returning Student Resources
  • Graduate Student Resources
  • Continuing Education Student Resources
Student Life
  • Housing and Dining
  • First-Year Experience
  • Campus Events and Traditions
  • Activities and Organizations
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Fraternities and Sororities
  • Health and Wellness
  • Arts and Culture
  • Intramural and Club Sports
Athletics
  • Go Broncs
  • Directions & Facilities
  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Inquire
  • Strategic Plan
    • Gmail
    • Canvas
    • myRider
    • Report an incident
    • BroncNation
    • 25Live
    • Zoom
    • Technology HelpDesk
    • Facilities Work Orders
    • Campus Directory
    • Apporto
    • Alumni
    • Current Faculty & Staff
    • Current Students
    • Prospective Faculty & Staff
    • Prospective Students & Families
  • Give
Home
  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Inquire
  • Strategic Plan
    • Gmail
    • Canvas
    • myRider
    • Report an incident
    • BroncNation
    • 25Live
    • Zoom
    • Technology HelpDesk
    • Facilities Work Orders
    • Campus Directory
    • Apporto
    • Alumni
    • Current Faculty & Staff
    • Current Students
    • Prospective Faculty & Staff
    • Prospective Students & Families
  • Give
  • About
    Why Choose Rider
    Virtual Tour
    Rider Stories
    Events
    News
    Campus Directory
    Offices & Services
    Human Resources
    Leadership
    Consumer Information
    Commencement
    Contact Us
  • Academics
    Program Finder
    Colleges & Schools
    Engaged Learning
    Academic Calendars
    Academic Support Services
    Academic Programs & Opportunities
    Career Development & Success
    Centers & Institutes
    Course Catalog
    University Libraries
  • Admissions
    Apply Now
    First-Year Admissions
    Transfer Admissions
    Graduate Admissions
    International Admissions
    Continuing Education Admissions
    J-term Winter and Summer Sessions
    University Partnerships
    Veterans and Military
    Visit Options
    Contact Admissions
  • Tuition & Aid
    Financial Aid & Scholarships
    Tuition & Fees
    First-Year and Transfer Student Resources
    Returning Student Resources
    Graduate Student Resources
    Continuing Education Student Resources
  • Student Life
    Housing and Dining
    First-Year Experience
    Campus Events and Traditions
    Activities and Organizations
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Fraternities and Sororities
    Health and Wellness
    Arts and Culture
    Intramural and Club Sports
  • Athletics
    Go Broncs
    Directions & Facilities
About the CoOPERAtive Program

About the CoOPERAtive Program

  • Home
  • Westminster Conservatory of Music
  • Westminster Summer Arts Program
  • CoOPERAtive Program
  • About the CoOPERAtive Program

CoOPERAtive Program

  • About the Program
  • How to Apply and Program Fees
  • Audition Information
  • Vocal Coach/Accompanying Program
  • Faculty
  • Alumni Journeys
  • Contact Us

CoOPERAtive Program

  • About the Program
  • How to Apply and Program Fees
  • Audition Information
  • Vocal Coach/Accompanying Program
  • Faculty
  • Alumni Journeys
    • CoOPERAtive Young Artists, Fellows, and Pianists
  • Contact Us

Give Today

CoOPERAtive 2023

July 2–21, 2023

Check in and Opening Master Class: July 2, 2023

Final Concert: July 21, 2023

We look forward to receiving your applications beginning on November 1, 2022 for CoOPERAtive 2023.  You may apply through YAP Tracker or NATS National Summer Program Auditions.  The NATS portal will close on 12/31/2022. YAP Tracker will close on 2/14/2023.

About the program

The CoOPERAtive program provides three weeks of intensive training for the young singer and pianist. The program is presented in cooperation and consultation with professionals in the field to help young singers and pianists build and strengthen their artistic toolbox.  We will help build upon existing skill sets, offer new tools for artistic expressivity and help the young singer and pianist find their focus in how to learn.  

Crucial to the success of the singer is working in consultation with the singer’s teacher, who will be called upon to help customize the program specifically for their singers.  CoOPERAtive will assess the strengths of all participants, nurture their talents and assist in the skill development.

Participants receive private voice lessons, music, language and drama coaching, as well as classes in body work, diction, and drama.  Our focus is on musical style, performance technique, dramatic presentation, language, diction, and body awareness. Selected participants may serve as mentors to the concurrent summer programs at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Susan Shiplett Ashbaker, Director

The CoOPERAtive Experience

CoOPERAtive Young Artists – CoOPERAtive Young Artists are predominantly undergraduate voice majors and graduate voice students.  Coaching and performance of operatic arias, scenes, and art songs is a major part of the Young Artist experience.

CoOPERAtive Pianist Interns – Pianists interested in exploring the many facets of operatic/vocal accompanying and coaching will receive a variety of experiences. There is the possibility of paid intern positions as well as pianists who wish to register for the program with a reduced tuition.

All participants will take part in:

  • Operatic arias and scenes and art song coaching
  • Voice lessons
  • Language coaching
  • Dramatic coaching
  • Body awareness/yoga classes
  • Stage Craft, including Stage Combat, How to Fall, Consent, and Extreme emotions
  • Five public concerts
  • Opportunity to participate in master classes
  • Mentorship opportunities to selected participants
  • Conversations with established professionals in the field

Individualized Instruction

Each week master teachers present classes and private sessions. In addition, singers have the opportunity for weekly, private sessions with: voice teachers, stage directors, conductors, and language coaches.

A typical day in the CoOPERAtive Program:

  • 9:00 - 10:00  Body work
  • 10:30 - 11:30  Diction
  • 11:30 - 12:30 Language Work, Lessons
  • 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
  • 1:30 - 3:30 Drama, Music, Language
  • 3:30 - 4:00 Break
  • 4:00 - 6:00 Drama, Music, Language
  • 6:00 - 7:30  Dinner
  • 7:30 - 9:00 Evening Activity (Master Class, Conversations with established professionals in the field, Recitals)

"We always take notice of an applicant with CoOPERAtive on their resume - it's a sign not only of talent but also that they have worked with some of the best in the business and they always have something to say as artists"
Laura Canning
Former Director at Houston Grand Opera

"Knowing many of the teachers who work for the CoOPERAtive, I know that the participants will be getting information from some of the best trainers in the business. This isn't a recreational program...this is the real deal, where students will work hard and grow toward their goal, under the guidance of professionals who care."
Sheri Greenawald
San Francisco Opera Merola Program

Contact Us | Join Our Mailing List

  • Male student singing with piano acompanyment
  • Faculty working with female voice student
  • Male student sings with piano

CoOPERAtive Program

  • About the Program
  • How to Apply and Program Fees
  • Audition Information
  • Vocal Coach/Accompanying Program
  • Faculty
  • Alumni Journeys
    • CoOPERAtive Young Artists, Fellows, and Pianists
  • Contact Us

Give Today

Apply
Visit
Inquire
Give

Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Main: 609-896-5000
Admissions: 800-257-9026

connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok

Visit

  • Events for Prospective Students
  • Directions to Campus
  • Campus Map
  • Virtual Tour
  • Contact Admissions
  • Events for Prospective Students
  • Directions to Campus
  • Campus Map
  • Virtual Tour
  • Contact Admissions

Get Help

  • Contact Us
  • Transcript Requests
  • Offices & Services
  • Public Safety
  • Academic Program Finder
  • Contact Us
  • Transcript Requests
  • Offices & Services
  • Public Safety
  • Academic Program Finder

Engage

  • Give
  • Alumni
  • Events & Performances
  • myRider
  • Job Opportunities
  • Rider Stories
  • Give
  • Alumni
  • Events & Performances
  • myRider
  • Job Opportunities
  • Rider Stories

Stay Informed

  • Campus Updates
  • [email protected]
  • Rider Magazine
  • University Libraries
  • University Marketing & Communications
  • Campus Updates
  • [email protected]
  • Rider Magazine
  • University Libraries
  • University Marketing & Communications
© Rider University
Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Contact Us
English Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) French Spanish