Performing Arts Intensive

Do you have students aged 14-19 who are ready for an extended performing arts workshop? Central City Opera and the Colorado Springs Conservatory are offering the Performing Arts Intensive, two weeks of summer study with visiting master teaching artists. Under the direction of composer-in-residence, Mr. Roger Ames, students collaborate, create, and perform an original operatic work based on the life of a historic character researched during the first week. Dates for the 2012 Summer Performing Arts Intensive are July 14 through 28, 2012. Study for the first ten days takes place in Colorado Springs on the Colorado College campus. Public performances take place in Colorado Springs before departing for Central City for four days as opera company members. Students see all of the opera festival’s main stage productions and participate in workshops and master classes with Music Director John Baril and additional Festival Artists-in-Residence drawn from professional theater, dance and opera. The two weeks end on a high note with public performances of their own program at Central City Opera. In the spring of the following year, the student opera is often remounted in Colorado Springs with many returning students.

View the blog posts from 2011  and 2010 for insider views on the activities and performances of past years of the Intensive.

In the spring of the following year, we often re-mount the student opera in Colorado Springs with many returning students.

AUDITIONS FOR 2012

• Saturday, January 14, 2-4pm – Colorado Springs
• Sunday, January 15, 12-4pm – Denver
• YouTube auditions through January 30
• Audition Requirements: Two contrasting songs and one monologue from standard dramatic repertoire
• Pianist will be provided
• Only 20 of the most talented young performers will be selected
• Students will be notified of participation by February 3, 2012
• A $500 non-refundable deposit is due upon notification of participation
• Download the 2012 Audition Flyer (pdf)
• To schedule your audition and for more information, please contact the Colorado Springs Conservatory at (719) 577-4556 or csc@coloradospringsconservatory.org

TUITION

• Students selected for the program pay $2,500, which includes all room, board and tickets for festival productions
• Scholarships are available

The program is underwritten by the generosity of Central City Opera, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado and Inasmuch Foundation, as well as individuals from across Colorado. Scholarships are available.

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