June 1 - 21, 2009

A relaxed, yet professional environment...
in the heart of Atlanta

Discover the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop, a unique program with a relaxed, yet professional atmosphere — located in the heart of Atlanta, the hub of southern culture and hospitality.

Celebrating its 26th anniversary this summer, the Workshop is a three-week program including daily acting and movement classes, private coaching, instruction in stage makeup and stage combat, seminars and masterclasses with international artists, and public presentations of staged and costumed operatic scenes. Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jane Bunnell and bass-baritone Mark Embree will be this summer’s artists-in-residence, leading masterclasses for participants.

The remarkable faculty at Harrower includes general/artistic director W. Dwight Coleman, baritone, director of the Georgia State School of Music; Carroll Freeman of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, New York City Opera, Knoxville Opera, Mississippi Opera; Peter Marshall of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Georgia State University School of Music; Dan Saunders of the Metropolitan Opera; Reed Woodhouse of The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory and Chautauqua Opera; and Copeland Woodruff of the University of Memphis, Oberlin Conservatory and New York City Opera.

Visit the GSU School of Music Community Music Programs website

For more information, please call the
Community Music Programs office at 404-413-5902.

Mail Applications to:

Georgia State University
School of Music
Harrower Summer Opera Workshop
P.O. Box 4097
Atlanta, GA 30302

Application Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2009

Repertoire: Three operatic arias, one of which must be in English.

A non-refundable fee of $50.00 must accompany each application (if accepted, this fee will apply to tuition). Make check payable to Georgia State University.

For further information, call the Community Music Programs office at 404-413-5902.
Live Auditions (An accompanist will be provided):

Atlanta: Sunday, March 1, 2009
SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Audition by Videotape/DVD:
Out-of-town applications may audition by videotape or DVD. The videotape or DVD must be received by February 6, 2009, and contain the same repertoire as the live auditions.

2009 WORKSHOP FACULTY

• W. Dwight Coleman, general director/artistic director; director, Georgia State University School of Music; resident stage director, La Musica Lirica, Italy.
• Copeland Woodruff, acting teacher/stage director; University of Memphis, Oberlin Conservatory, New York City Opera, Chautauqua Opera.
• Carroll Freeman, acting teacher/stage director; Unviersity of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Reed Woodhouse, musical director/coach; The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Chautauqua Opera.
• Dan Saunders, musical director/coach; The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Virginia Opera.
• Peter Marshall, musical director/coach; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Georgia State University School of Music.
  
  
2009 GUEST ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE


• Jane Bunnell, internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, a 16-year veteran of the Metropolitan Opera, who has appeared in a wide variety of roles throughout the world.
• Mark Embree, bass-baritone, renowned performer in Europe, Canada, Mexico and in the United States with the New York City Opera and opera houses in New Orleans, Houston, St. Louis and Seattle.

PAST GUEST ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE:

• George Shirley, internationally acclaimed tenor, known for his work as a performer, teacher and lecturer .
• Marnie Nixon, American soprano known as "The Voice of Hollywood" - the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, Jeanne Crain and Marilyn Monroe.
• Richard Clement, an alumnus of the Georgia State University School of Music known worldwide for his work as a performer of opera and oratorio

TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

1. Participants wishing to perform may enroll in the opera workshop after successfully completing the audition requirements. The fee for performing participants is $900.
   
   
2. Participants not wishing to perform but interested in techniques of coaching, stage direction, acting or music education may enroll. The fee for non-performing participants is $500.

A non-refundable fee of $50.00 must accompany each application (if accepted this fee will apply to tuition). Make check payable to Georgia State University.

DIRECTING INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE

This internship is designed for a collegiate voice teacher who directs opera or an aspiring stage director. The selected intern receives an award of full tuition. Please apply through the regular application.

The intern will participate in the workshop, assist the directors and coaches, and will have possible directing responsibilities supervised by workshop staff.