Singers

Studio Artist Program

• Designed for young singers who are working on a solid technical basis allowing them to focus on interpretation and singing-acting. Singers in this program receive two voice lessons a week, daily yoga sessions, private coachings, private afternoon master classes with our senior faculty, poetry and performance workshops, and concert opportunities. Generally intended for singers who are entering freshman, sophomore and junior undergraduate studies.

Young Artist Program

• Designed for singers who already have a solid technical basis that allows them to focus on interpretation and singing-acting. Singers in this program receive two voice lessons a week, daily yoga sessions, private coachings, private afternoon master classes with our senior faculty, poetry and performance workshops, acting classes, and concerts opportunities. They may also receive opportunities to perform in Professional Program master classes. Generally intended for singers who are entering their senior year or are at the beginning of their graduate studies.

Professional Program

• Our highest level program for singers and pianists. Designed for advanced singers prepared to work at a professional level in daily master classes and private duo coachings with the senior faculty and in performance projects. Singers in the Professional Program are asked to prepare repertoire of their choice in addition to being assigned repertoire for faculty-curated concerts. Voice lessons are not included as part of this program.

Pianists

Pianist Program

• For pianists with a special interest in vocal collaboration. Pianists receive coachings, participation in master classes and concert performances, as well as classes and meetings specifically for them with senior piano faculty members.

NOTE: Still not sure which program is the best fit for you? No worries! Age/education brackets are provided as guidelines. Successful applicants will be placed into the appropriate program by the faculty based on the audition, performance experience and other submitted materials. Apply to one program and we'll do the rest. All programs offer a rigorous curriculum and the opportunity to perform.

2022 SELECTED PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

The opportunities to perform at SongFest are many and varied for both singers and pianists.  Below you will find a partial list of all of the exciting projects we are planning for 2022.  These opportunities are open to any successful applicant, and performers will be decided upon and notified in advance of the program beginning.

SongFest will launch the SongFest-Sorel Composer Mentorship Program (June 6-11)

• World premiere performance of the Sorel organization 2020 commission If Trees could Talk by Sheila Silver, June 11, 2022: Caroline Hume Concert Hall with four solo singers, piano, Tibetan bowls and video projections by filmmaker John Feldman. Also includes the 2022 Sorel commission by Juhi Bansal. The texts to this work are landays, a traditional 2-line Afghani form of oral poetry created, sung and shared by women. The texts are on the themes of love, grief, war, exile, how women see themselves and are seen in society. Songs of the 5 distinguished composers-in residence will also be highlighted with the composers in attendance

• Recital celebrating the life and music of composer James Primosch with guest artists Lucy Fitz Gibbon. Ryan McCullogh, Daniel McGrew and Susan Narucki.

• Selected singers and pianists to perform Ned Rorem’s Evidence of Things Not Seen.

• Paris, New York and Berlin!

• An afternoon of Broadway and cabaret favorites,  Songfest singers and pianists directed by Amy Burton with John Musto piano.

• Eva and Marc Stern Fellows will present a special evening recital with a  senior faculty pianist.

• Recital featuring the songs of African American Composers, directed by Dr. Louise Toppin.

• “Pioneers of American Song” directed and accompanied by Lydia Brown, piano.

• Opportunities to sing on many inspiring masterclasses offered every day at SongFest including Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Louise Toppin and Amy Burton.

• Selected singers and pianists to perform on the final Schubert concert programmed and narrated by Graham Johnson, June 17 at 7 p.m. in Barbro Osher Recital Hall.

• An afternoon of broadway and cabaret favorites, with SongFest singers, directed by Amy Burton with John Musto, piano.

• Selected singers and pianists to perform in an American Songbook concert programmed and directed by Amy Burton with John Musto, piano.

• Selected singers and pianists to perform in a recital programmed and coached by composer Jake Heggie.