Academy for the Performing Artist

ONY’s Academy for the Performing Artist (APA) offers classes in Acting, Voice, Movement/Dance, and “How to Handle the Business” side of a performing career, along with full opera productions of standard repertoire.

CLASSES

NEW YORK Summer 07'              LAS VEGAS Spring 07'

	OPERA NEW YORK presents    "MAKING IT IN OPERA" An Opera Intensive   and             “Music Theatre & Opera Intensive”  July 28th to August 3rd (10am to 6pm daily)
"MAKING IT IN OPERA" An Opera Intensive   How To Learn an Operatic Role, Aria and Repertoire Coaching, Stage Combat, Opera Audition Skills, Dance, Acting, Music Theatre Auditions and Repertoire, Business of the Business, Building your Opera Audition Repertoire, Etiquette of the Business, and “Life Skills” for the Performing Artist.  Vocal Instruction upon request. Three Divisions - for ages 17 through the Professional Performer  This INTENSIVE is created to help the High School Student prepare for Conservatory Auditions, the Conservatory Student/Graduate to prepare for Young Artist Programs and Auditions in the Professional Arena, and the Professional Singer who is making changes of direction/repertoire in his/her career, or just wants a safe place to hone their skills. On the final day, all enrolled will receive immediate feedback from a Panel of Faculty and Invited Professionals, in an Audition Situation.  Learn what the people on the other side of the table really think. Faculty includes:  (More Opera Professionals and Managers TBA) ·        Lesley Bandy (Royal Opera Ballet/International Principal Dancer and Guest Artist/Director/Choreographer) ·        Lynn Fitzpatrick (Broadway Actress and Acting Teacher) ·        Judith Fredricks (Artistic Director of Opera NY & The Academy for the Performing Artist,NY & Las Vegas; Opera Director , off-Broadway & Regional, Opera Repertoire Coach and Voice Teacher.)  ·        Carol Kirkpatrick (Author “Aria Ready – The Business of the Business” and Director of “Life Skills” boot camps for the professional singer, Opera Coach and Voice  Teacher) ·        Joan Krueger (Classical Singer’s “Coach of the Year” 2005) ·        Lynda Sharman (Voice teacher, archivest Lamperti vocalizes.) ·        Kim Steiner (Broadway Music Director) ·        Robert Wilson (Opera Coach and Accompanist, Metropolitan Opera ) Classes held mid- town,  NYC  easily accessible by public transportation Additional info and Applications: www.operany.com  -  go to Academy Some housing can be made available, if required, for a nominal amount. Fee: $800.00  -  $ 400 deposit required with application to hold space, balance due by July 1st.  Enrollment limited to 30. Closed when full, so apply early!!! Late registration:  $900.00 after June 15th , 2007 - if space is available. Checks or MO only: send to Betsy Cangelosi, managing director, 431 W.121stSt.  New York, NY  10027  with application and one letter of recommendation from  music professional. You will be contacted upon acceptance, and further info will be sent. * “Making It In Opera” and The Academy for the Performing Artist are a division of Opera New York.  a not-for-profit corp.  205 West End Ave. suite 23H, New York, N.Y. 10023                email: artisticdirector@operany.com  Phone: 212-580-7336      DOWNLOAD APPLICATION “Music Theatre & Opera Intensive” July 28 – August 3    10AM  to 4pm Jr. div.  10AM to 6PM  Sr.Div. Vocal Coaching (Music Theatre and Classical), Opera and Music Theatre Audition Skills, Dance (Ballet and Jazz), Acting (Monologues: Classical and Contemporary, Basic Acting), Music Theatre Repertoire & “Building your Book”, Business of the Business (pictures, resumes, unions, managers & agents), Opera/Classical Repertoire, “ Life Skills” for the Performing Artist, etc. Three Divisions - Middle School Student prepare for Special Schools Auditions, the High School Student to prepare for Conservatory Auditions in Colleges and Universities, and the Conservatory Graduate or Under-Grad  to prepare for auditions for Young Artist Programs and the Professional Arena. MISSION STATEMENT: To provide classical vocal training (as well as Acting and Dance), as a necessary base for all singers, regardless of their final goal, in order to insure vocal health and longevity.  In today’s music world, this is of the utmost importance.  We also help the student acquire focus, discipline, and confidence, as well as needed skills, while doing what they love.  Our teaching applies the most current information neurologically, the “cutting edge” of maximizing brain capability.  We must not limit the gifted child to what they are getting in the schools. On the final day, all enrolled will receive immediate feedback from a Panel of Faculty, Casting Agents, and Music theatre and Opera Professionals, in an Audition Situation.  Learn what the people on the other side of the table really think. This day will be open to family and friends, based on space.          Faculty: ·         Lesley Bandy (Soloist Royal Ballet and Choreographer/Director) ·         Lynn Fitzpatrick (Broadway Actress and Acting Teacher) ·         Judith Fredricks (Artistic Director of Opera NY & The Academy for the Performing Artist, NY & Las Vegas; Music Theatre and Opera Director, off-Broadway & Regional, Opera and Broadway Coach and Voice Teacher.)  ·         Carol Kirkpatrick (Author and Director of “Life Skills” boot camps for the professional singer, Opera Coach and Voice Teacher) ·         Joan Krueger (Classical Singer’s Mag. “Coach of the Year” 2005) ·         Lynda Sharman (Voice teacher, Director “Lamperti Bel Canto Institute”.) ·         Kim Steiner (Broadway MD and Dir. of www.makingitonbroadway.com) ·         Robert Wilson (Opera Coach and Accompanist, Metropolitan Opera ) Classes held mid- town, NYC. Easily accessible by public transportation Fee: $800.00 - $ 400 deposit required with application to hold space, balance due by July 1st.  Enrollment limited to 30 Middle and High School, 15 Opera Div. Closed when full, so apply early!!! Late registration:  $900.00 after June 15th - if space is available.   Tuition is tax-deductible.  Checks or MO only: send to Betsy Cangelosi, managing director, 431 W. 121st St.  New York, NY  10027.  You will be contacted upon acceptance.                      “Music Theatre and Opera Intensive” and The Academy for the Performing Artist are a division of Opera New York. A not-for-profit corporation.      Opera New York-205 West End Ave- suite 23H,  New York,  NY 10023   Ph: 212-580-7336   email: artisticdirector@operany.com  DOWNLOAD APPLICATION for Junior Division  DOWNLOAD APPLICATION for Senior Division                              Las Vegas - Summer 2007                                            dates TBA                    Broadway & Opera Intensive! An intensive training program taught by professionals from Opera and Music Theatre targeting skills required for a career                in  in Opera and on Broadway.     Audition Skills-Acting, Musical Theatre-Opera and Dramatic Scene Study- Repertoire/Building your Book-Vocal Performance-Dance, and the Business of the Business!!    TO REGISTER:  For Reservations and information please call 702-493-9858. Housing and meals are NOT included. Lunch available (see registration page). For information on faculty and Application see the following pages. This workshop is presented under the auspices of The Academy for the Performing Artist, a division of Opera New York, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation.  www.operany.com DOWNLOAD APPLICATION   Presented by a Faculty of Opera Professionals and created to help the High School Graduate prepare for Conservatory Auditions, for the Conservatory Graduate to prepare for the Young Artist Programs and Auditions in the professional arena, and for the Professional Singer who is making changes of direction/repertoire in his/her career or just wants a safe place to hone their skills. FACULTY Judith Fredricks General & Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Opera New York and its associated organizations, The Academy for the Performing Artist and The Writer’s Stage.  Prior to her Directing career, Ms. Fredricks performed extensively as a mezzo-soprano in opera, music theatre, television, (Warner Brothers TV), film, and dance (San Francisco Ballet, American Dance Machine).  She has been directing both in NYC and regionally for the last 20 years.  Off-Broadway includes “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, an opera-musical based on the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne; “Vincent”, a new musical based on the life of Vincent Van Gogh, “Tales of the Manhattan Woods” (a present-day New York City version of “Die Fledermaus”) and this last January – another musical, “They all Knew”. She recently directed Opera Las Vegas (‘Carmen” and last October’s La Boheme) and this last summer, “The Merry Widow” for Emerald City Opera in Steamboat Spring, CO.  Ms. Fredricks has glowing reviews in the New York Times, UPI, Backstage, New Yorker Magazine, and in regional papers.  Also, she has produced and directed large European tours, which, fully costumed and choreographed with Romanian orchestra, have toured Italy, Germany, Norway, Austria and Denmark for five years.  For her Company, Opera New York, she has directed present day versions of “La Boheme”. “Tosca”, “Carmen”, “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Die Fledermaus”, “Pagliacci, “La Traviata”, and “Rigoletto”. In May of 2005 ONY held the first annual Chester Ludgin American Verdi Baritone competition, judged and supported by Marta and Placido Domingo.  This event is scheduled to repeat, and again with Mr. Domingo, fall of 2007.  The educational division of ONY, The Academy for the Performing Artist, headed by Ms. Fredricks hosted a Summer Camp in New York , “Making it on Broadway” summer 2006, and will follow with “Broadway Intensive!” Winter Workshop in Las Vegas Dec 2006 followed by a New York Winter Camp December 27, 2006 – January 2, 2007.  The Academy will begin ongoing classes and workshops in Las Vegas, February 2007.  The next Intensive in Vegas is April 2007 followed by Summer NYC Broadway Intensive, and the new “Making It In Opera” in  late July, NYC.  Judith also teaches voice privately for both Broadway and Opera singers in New York City, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Lynn Fitzpatrick A veteran of over 80 productions spanning dramatic acting, musical theatre, and operetta Ms. Fitzpatrick performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in National Tours, in Regional Theatres, at Radio City, in films for the large and small screen, in numerous commercials (on camera and voice-over), and in command performance at the White House. As General Manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, Managing Director of The State Theatre of North Carolina (for which she expanded and developed the Children’s Theater Program) and of the Hangar Theatre and Executive Director of Theatrical Outfit, Lynn also produced over 50 shows. A former Business Representative for Actors’ Equity Association, and Board Member for AFTRA and SAG, she is also a founding member of The American Stage Company, Teaneck, NJ (for which she created and developed the educational curriculum).  Lynn currently teaches both voice and acting. Lesley Bandy, A.R.A.D. Lesley danced with Edinburgh Ballet Theatre, Scottish Opera, the Royal Opera Ballet at Covent Garden, and the Royal Ballet. In addition to performing many principal roles in the classical ballets, Lesley performed as Principal and Adagio Dancer in cabaret, musicals, television, and film. She has also held Entertainment Management positions with MGM Grand, Harrah’s, and Universal Studios. Based in Las Vegas, Lesley teaches master classes for dancers and singers; works with MGM Grand Productions and R&R Live and others, on large corporate events; freelances as Producer, Staging Director, and Choreographer for productions both in the US and internationally; and is also involved in the creative and developmental process for several new theatrical projects in the US, China and Australasia. 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