Workshops (and concluding performances) for 2009-2010
April 15-18, 2010 at St James Cathedral, Seattle – featuring the compositions of Barbara Strozzi and Claudio Monteverdi.
Application deadline for singers: February 5, 2010
During these four day workshops, singers are given one ensemble piece to learn which is musically coached and then staged, and one solo piece which receives musical coaching. Continuo players (lute, harp, harpsichord, viola da gamba) work on the ensemble pieces as a group, and have the opportunity for individual coaching on the solo pieces. All the repertoire is then performed on the final day to conclude the workshop.
Musical coaching:
Stephen Stubbs (musical director)
Nancy Zylstra (vocal coach)
Maxine Eilander (harps and continuo)
Margriet Tindemans (viola da gamba and continuo)
Stage director and choreographer: Anna Mansbridge
Weekend workshop fee: $400
Applications by email are accepted.
Download a PDF application form.
Singers please provide an audition tape and summary of experience and a recent photo. Audio material should be a minimum of two pieces, preferably one in English and one in Italian. Inclusion of recitative and aria is helpful, preferably some material from the 17th century.
Instrumentalists please provide a summary of experience.
There are a limited number of participants, so apply early!
Accomodation close to Saint James Cathedral:
The Baroness Hotel
The Inn at Virginia Mason
Workshop feedback:
“It was certainly worth the trip! I learned a great deal from each of you, faculty and participants alike, and appreciated the wonderful atmosphere of enthusiasm, mutual support and fun which undergirded the serious work of learning...Steve [Stubbs] ... thank you for the kindness and respect you showed to all of us, the deeply insightful comments you made, and the non verbal power and teaching influence of your playing.” Awet Andemicael, New York
“What a great workshop! I learned so much from so many different perspectives.” Mary Ann Hagan, Seattle
“I really value the workshops. I have been applying what I experience at the workshops to my work here in NYC, and I think its made a big difference in the overall effect, both for me as the singer, and the whole continuo/singer collaboration.” Arlene Travis, NY
“I just did a concert in NYC ("French Roast": Coffee Cantatas by JS Bach and Nicolas Bernier), and drew on several aspects of my experiences at Accademia last summer, to great success.” Arlene Travis, NY