Program Overview

The Vocal Performance Program offers a three-week intensive workshop during which students explore the field of classical singing from the preparation, interpretation and presentation of art song and arias to techniques for auditions for college, young artist programs, and the business aspects of a life in this field.

The workshop includes both group and individual instruction, including diction and repertoire classes, vocal lessons, coachings, stage movement and Alexander Technique classes as a series of master classes on subjects related to the field. A typical day will include a voice lesson, a coaching, master class and workshop class. Most evenings will be spent in the greatest classroom for the young classical singer: the concert halls and stages of New York City.

The workshop culminates with a showcase presentation in which students perform the material they have been working on in class.

Faculty includes:
Dianna Heldman
Rosa Vento
Scott Murphree
Michael Ricciardone (guest lecturer)
Brian Gill (guest lecturer)

The schedule will include daily private lessons, vocal coachings with an accompanist, master classes and Performance/Analysis classes.

For more information, please contact Dianna Heldman.

Application Fee & Audition Materials

ELIGIBILITY: You must have turned 16-years-old by the time the workshop starts. There are no exceptions to these rules.

The workshop is for students who have completed any grade of high school, providing you are at least 16 years old.

If you would like to be considered for the workshop you must submit the following:

• a general online summer application here via SlideRoom (you will need to create a SlideRoom account by clicking on Signup. After that you can log back into your account to update or complete your application)
• application fee of $50 (non-refundable, payable directly at the end of the summer online application)
• online video submitted via your SlideRoom account of you singing two contrasting classical pieces
• Application Deadline April 15, 2012

Audition materials become the property of NYU Steinhardt and cannot be returned.

Workshop Information 2012:

Application Deadline: April 15, 2012 
If you are accepted for the workshop you will receive instructions about how to proceed with the registration process through the University. Applications are accepted after the deadline on a space available basis.

Dates/Times: The workshop will begin on Monday morning, July 23 at 9:30 AM and will end on Friday evening, August 10. In order to participate in the workshop you must be available Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Housing:

Students stay in shared rooms in an NYU residence hall with one or two roommates. The residence hall is located near Washington Square Park, a short walk from campus buildings. The housing and meals cost includes a meal plan of 10 meals per week and a card with $25 declining dollars. Participants can eat meals in campus dining halls, Monday-Friday. Linens are provides; students should bring their own towels. The residence hall building has air conditioning and Internet access with an Ethernet cable.  Students staying in NYU housing should move in on Sunday, July 22 and must move out on Satuday, August 11. The total cost of housing and meals for summer 2012 is $987. 

NYU Public Safety Services officers are on duty 24 hours a day. Specially assigned Resident Assistants (R.A.) monitor discipline, including enforcing a curfew for students in this program, and help students as they adjust to living away from home.

Because our standards for achievement are high, we accept highly motivated students who will enjoy the classes as well as the cultural activities. It is, therefore, important to know that failure to comply with regulations will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the program. Parents and/or guardians will be contacted as soon as any unsatisfactory behavior is recognized.Click here for more specific housing information.

Private Lessons: The workshop fee includes daily voice lessons with one of our master teachers. Our voice faculty is made up of professional singers who maintain private teaching studios.

If you have any questions please contact Professor Heldman at dh24@nyu.edu

***PLEASE NOTE: Participants under the age of 18 will be required to attend activities on practically every evening during the program. Activities will include trips to the theatre, opera, concerts and visits to important sites throughout New York City.***