A rare opportunity to work with a leading light from the world of opera: Prof. Gerd Uecker former director of the Semperoper in Dresden. Together with Prof. Jonathan Alder and Janice Alder-Alford, Prof. Uecker is offering a special compact course at the very highest level for young professional opera singers, covering all aspects of theatre life.Calling all singers about to embark on the audition and competition circuit, particularly in German speaking opera houses, and hoping for a permanent engagement. Is your goal an engagement in a German-speaking opera house? Then this new and intensive course is for you!An innovative workshop for young professional singers. A team with experience of Opera at the very highest level are coming together. Professor Gerd Uecker, former Director of the Semper Opera House, Dresden, and author of %E2%80%9E Opernsanger-Traum Beruf%E2%80%9C(%E2%80%9EOpera singer, your dream profession%E2%80%9C), Professor Jonathan Alder, pianist (former Deutsche Oper Berlin and Berlin Philharmonic, accompanist of Christa Ludwig and Cheryl Studer), together with his wife Janice Alford, Mezzo-Soprano (former Vienna State Opera Studio member, now established Voice teacher in Berlin) are the Team.Coaching, Interpretation and Audition training for your chosen repertoire will be the main work of the course. Alongside this we will be dealing with Repertoire, Presentation, Marketing, Style, general questions concerning the profession and the preparation work needed for the demands of a successful and fulfilling operatic career. (teaching in: English, German and French as required)Special application requirements: In addition to the normal application please send us a recent audio or video recording of your work (digital file preferred).
Course leader
Prof. Gerd Uecker: Born on the 15th of September 1946 in Munich; Musical studies at the Academy of Music in Munich: Piano, musical pedagogics, conducting; 1969 Music Coach at the opera house Cologne; 1970 Teaching profession at the "Rheinisches Musikkonse
Fee info
EUR 750: Course Fee EUR 30: Passive Participation (per Day)
Scholarships
http://www.summer-university.udk-berlin.de/service/scholarships/
Berlin University of the Arts
Address: Berlin Career College, Bundesallee 1-12
Postal code: 10719
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Website: http://www.udk-berlin.de/sites/sommerkurse/content/index_eng.html
E-mail: summer-courses@udk-berlin.de
Phone: +49 30 3185 2087
