Page 61 - 2020 Classical Singer Magazine January Summer Program Issue

Reanna McGowan performing in a 2018 recital at the Delbridge Family Center for the Arts.
Stephanie De Prez as Woglinde, Wing Kwan Chung as Wellgunde, and Emma Lewis as Flosshilde in Das Rheingold.
Top Left: At the Dramatic Voices Program Berlin artists will have the opportunity to perform in a fully staged production of Elektra with orchestra. The program also includes voice lessons, opera and Lieder coachings, German coachings, masterclasses, agent auditions, career counselling, headshot photoshoot, and recordings of all performances.
Bottom Left: Walnut Hill School for the Arts offers multiple summer intensives for high school performers wishing to deepen their artistry in a supportive environment. The one-week summer classical voice intensive explores art songs and opera scenes through lessons, coachings, masterclasses, and workshops by renowned faculty and guest artists in preparation for a final showcase performance.
Top Right: ArtsBridge Summer ArtSong Artistic Director Patty Thom (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) and faculty member Alison d’Amato (Eastman School
of Music) cheer on students as they ace their mock voice auditions. ArtsBridge selected 24 spectacular high school singers from around the country to train with top college faculty for two weeks in 2019.
Middle Right: At Bach-Millennium Music summer opera program, held each August at Santa Clara University, singers, conductors, and coaches collaborate to create opera with daily rehearsals with orchestra. Students work with artist faculty, conductors, coaches, diction specialists, and career guidance counselors, culminating in multiple video recorded public performances.
Bottom Right: After a spectacular production of Puccini’s Il trittico, Angels Vocal Art alumni from
the past five seasons went to Carnegie Hall for an extraordinary evening of opera singing, performing audience favorites. Soprano Angela Zúñiga commented: “I’m leaving inspired, full of passion with new skills to share with the world.”
Artistic Director Kristof Van Grysperre conducts singers with a chamber orchestra.
Mezzo-soprano Molly Boggess and soprano Lauren Borden- Chandler singing a duet from Massenet’s Cendrillon with conductor Alex Katsman leading the resident orchestra.
www.csmusic.net 61
photo by Maria Baranova