Our 2017 Masterclasses  :-

 

Audition & Competition Training Courses  - are intensively Hands on and      directed specifically to train singers how to Audition successfully in the

German speaking Opera World, where worldwide half of the performances in   Opera  occur: -

 

  The Dates in 2017 for these Classes are :-

 

  March  -  13th  - 17th  Juniors / Preparation training for BA/ MA exams

                  19th  - 25th  Main Masterclass  - Studer/ Alders

 

   April  -    28th - 30th  - Uecker / Alders mini Intensive.

 

  July  -  17th  - 21st  - Rollen Lernen Uecker / Alders

 

  September  23rd- 30th -Berlin Summer University of the Arts

  October 2nd - 8th -  Uecker /Studer / Alders /

 

  December 4th - 6th Uecker/ Alders mini intensive.

 

Course Outline Details 2017  - We now aim to achieve even more within the time frame. Since last March we have been working in a rotating Timetable format, which has met with great approval.

A rare opportunity with a really Great Team - the internationally renowned soprano, Professor Cheryl Studer,(HfM,Würzburg) Professor Gerd Uecker, former Director of the Semper Opera House, Dresden, Professor Jonathan Alder, pianist (formerly; Deutsche Oper Berlin and Berlin Philharmonic, UdK, accompanist of Christa Ludwig and Cheryl Studer), together with his wife Janice Alford, Mezzo-Soprano ( former Vienna State Opera and now an established Voice teacher in Berlin)Bernhard Schroeder ( ex.Opera Director, Opera House Bonn ) Volker Piefke (Cicada Agency) make up the main Team, with also invited guest lecturers eg. Marilyn Barnett, Staatsoper, Berlin and Stephan Renicke, Agency Tact.

 

• • Final Concerts as audition presentation with a small selective jury eg. Berlin Agents (Tact4Art, Boris Orlob, Opera Connection, Cicada), Representatives from the Staatsoper, & the Komische Opera Studios, Conductors Stanley Dodds, Jeremy Silver, Adam Benzwi & Stefan Tast.
• •  Prizes offered from Walther Kaminsky Foundation and Opera Studio, Audition Prize.
• •  Intensive Interpretation and technical work with Cheryl Studer
• •  Interpretation & Coaching with Gerd Uecker
• •  Coaching sessions Jonathan Alder
• •  Stage Craft & Gesture for Auditions – Bernd Schroeder, ex.Opera Director, Bonn
• •  Specific technical issues, in particular support & breath issues – Janice Alder- Alford
• •  Audition Training with Jonathan & Janice Alder
• •  Session with an Agent - Paper work, Marketing...Bühnenrecht; auf Deutsch Bitte
• •  Great facilities on the UdK Berlin premises

 

 

   Feedback and what some singers have already achieved;

   "an inspiring,.. life changing,.. empowering and invaluable course, ...so encouraging,..confidence building   and ..an amazing rare experience....thank you for the great energy you inspired to this group,.. changed my life,..for teaching me how to fly higher...." just some feedback sent to the team now in its 4th year of this Programme

 

   Engagements achieved after the courses ; Komische Oper Opera Studio, Deutsche Oper, Bode Museum, Konzerthaus, Philharmonie, Berlin, Darmstadt, Halle, Dessau, Wiesbaden & Bern Opera Houses and abroad Beograd Handel Festival, Teatro Principal, Majorca, Buxton, Weikersheim, Corin Festival,

   Prizes Karslruhe Wagner Festival, Wagner Scholarships to Bayreuth, Masterclasses at Bayreuth and Dartington(UK).

   Agents now working with singers from the courses include Tact, Cicada, Orlob.