CONDUCTING MOZART OPERA: FIGARO and COSÌ

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Course:             CONDUCTING MOZART OPERA: Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte

Dates:                July 23-August 11, 2012

Location:            University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

Faculty:             

Conducting faculty: Mark Gibson, Director of Orchestral Studies, CCM

       Arthur Fagen, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University 

Opera faculty:         David Adams, CCM - Italian Language and Style

                   Marie-France Lefebvre, CCM, Metropolitan Opera – Coaching

                   Ken Weiss, Washington National Opera - Coaching           

       Robin Guarino, Metropolitan Opera, CCM – Directing

       Ben Smith, Director of Opera, Baldwin-Wallace University - Directing

Description:            Join us for a unique course, focusing exclusively on the challenging craft of opera conducting.  Up to 20 conductors and pianists will be invited to participate in this one-of-a-kind experience.  Working with an internationally renowned faculty, led by Mark Gibson, Director of Orchestral Studies at CCM and Arthur Fagen, internationally renowned opera conductor, students will have daily Italian instruction, text and style sessions and conducting and coaching masterclasses.  Students will also participate in staging rehearsals, work with singers and lead orchestra rehearsals, culminating in concert performances of excerpts from two of Mozart’s greatest works, performed either in the acoustically perfect Corbett Auditorium or all’aperto in the piazza of the CCM Village (weather permitting).

There will be two sessions, running concurrently:

July 23 - August 4            Le Nozze di Figaro

July 31 - August 11            Così fan tutte

Schedule:

Session I: Le Nozze di Figaro - Monday-Friday, July 23-27;

Session II: Cosi fan tutte, July 30-August 3

9:00                                                Coffee and Bagels – Orientation and review

10:00-12:00                                    Italian class

1:00-3:00                                    1^st work session

3:30-5:30                                    2^nd work session

7:00-10:00                                    Staging rehearsals with singers

Figaro: Mon.-Wed., July 30-August 1

Cosi: August 6-8

10:00-12:00                                     Italian instruction

1:00-3:00                                    1^st session with singers

3:30-5:30                                    2^nd session with singers

7:00-10:00                                    Staging rehearsals with singers

Figaro: Thursday and Friday, August 2 and 3

Cosi: Thursday and Friday, August 9 and 10

10:00-1:00, 2:00-5:00                        Orchestra rehearsals (Friday w. singers)

Figaro: Saturday, August 4

Cosi: Saturday, August 11

10:00                                                Dress rehearsal

8:00                                                Performance

Application:            Cover letter and resume (include contact information),

Conductors – video documentation

Pianist/Coaches – audio documentation

Application fee ($40, check made payable to “University of Cincinnati”) to:

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

                        Attn: Sara Danner-Dukic, Program Coordinator

                        PO Box 210003

                        Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003

Tuition:              Conductors - $3000/two weeks

                        Pianist/Coaches - $2000/two weeks

Deadline:            Applications must be received by Monday, April 2^nd, 2012.  All applicants will be notified by Monday, April 16^th, of their status.  Half of the tuition fee will be due by Tuesday, May 1^st in order to secure placement in the course.