THE FLORENCE VOICE SEMINAR

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JULIAN RODESCU, Artistic Director
SCOTT HOERL, Administrator
The Florence Voice Seminar is a program of
Westminster Choir College of Rider University

"I couldn't have expected the leap to this next level that your teaching, the positive learning environment and living with other musicians has given him. He really came back with great information from teaching and coaching, and a fire in his belly!
                           Sharon Daniels
                           Director, Opera Institute
                           Boston University

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MAY 16 - JUNE 8, 2010
A unique program for the advanced voice student or young professional. Three weeks of intense vocal work with master teachers, working on vocal technique, refining your musical and dramatic interpretation, in beautiful Florence, Italy. Each student has a private lesson or coaching every day.  Master Classes and daily Italian Classes.
"The Florence Voice Seminar is a great opportunity to work intensely with fabulous teachers in a supportive and creative atmosphere! I highly recommend it to any singer who is serious about honing his or her craft.....It's like an entire semester of grad school in three weeks."
                Jackie Dunleavy Boyle, soprano (2004)
                                   Westminster Choir College

For information about admission and auditions, click here.

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Email us at:  Florencevoice@aol.com 


 

Voice Faculty
BENITA VALENTE
LAURA BROOKS RICE (on Sabbatical in 2009)
JULIAN RODESCU
SALLY WOLF (on Sabbatical in 2009)
AMY ZORN
Italian conductor MARCO BALDERI will give three Master Classes.
A rare opportunity to work with this unusually gifted artist, who is increasingly in demand at Europe's opera houses.
Coaches
DEBRA SCURTO-DAVIS
DANIELLE ORLANDO
ALLISON VOTH
GRANT WENAUS
Drama
MARTHA COLLINS
Italian
GIOVANNA PIERONI
Administrators
SCOTT AND NANCY HOERL

Click here for Faculty Biographies.

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If you would like to study voice and Italian in a supportive and professional atmosphere, with teachers and coaches who have a proven record of success, read on.
Our alumni have been among the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, the Marian Anderson Prize, have gotten apprenticeships with established opera companies, and are now singing professionally.
Study with faculty who have sung and are singing at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden and have taught privately or given classes at the Curtis Institute, Westminster Choir College, Ravinia Festival, NYU, Madrid's Opera Real and many more. (Please go to our Faculty page for full biographies of our faculty.)
As if that's not enough, we're talking about three weeks in Florence...the Ponte Vecchio....the Duomo...Michelangelo....the Tuscan Hills....dining outdoors on the old squares....gelato.....
Perform on one or both of our concerts at the end of the seminar!

"Almost too good to be true. The frequent lessons and coachings allowed me to make faster progress than ever before. The experience of the Florence Voice Seminar certainly fulfilled my ideal"
 Sara Posey, soprano
 
 
"Absoluely unforgettable. I found it an exhilarating feeling and one conducive to improvement. I also appreciated the constant atmosphere of support and camaraderie that the teachers encouraged"
Julie Gregorio, soprano
 
My overall impression of the seminar was one of superb professionalism amongst the teachers and administrators.  I felt it was a well thought out program that was extremely beneficial to me as a singer.                                 
Elizabeth Jones, soprano

For more quotes, or to contact a past participant of our program, click here.

Please visit all our pages to learn more about our faculty, program, cultural trips, applying and fees. We have built this program to benefit the singer who wants to improve and who wants a career. It is intense, but also fun. Our faculty works together, not against each other. It's a unique time to work on your technique, dramatic presentation and artistry and have daily Ialian classes.
It's also a unique time to get in touch with great art,
architecture and that unique Florentine life style that
includes sipping espresso or lemonade for hours
while you people watch on the square, facing
Michelangelo's David in front of a 14th Century palazzo.

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Click here to email us with any questions you might have.