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

LIVE AUDITIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING AUDITION CD'S FROM THOSE INTERESTED IN OUR PROGRAM. WE STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS FOR THE UPCOMING SEMINAR.
 

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MAY 18 - JUNE 10, 2008
 
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.
 
SPECIAL GUESTS:
 
JAMES CONLON - L.A. OPERA (Master Class)
 
NELSON CALZI - LA SCALA (Master Class)
 
 
"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 

This year, in addition to our intense vocal program for young singers, VOICE TEACHERS CAN AUDIT OUR PROGRAM, and observe any facet of our activities.

Click here to find out more about auditing our program.

 
"My experiences through the Florence Voice Seminar were life altering.  Being enabled to study Italian music in Italy was incredible.  I learned so much about my voice, diction, interpretation and the business aspect of the music realm.  I am so grateful I had the opportunity to participate in such a marvelous program."
                               Emily Ogden, soprano (2005)

VOICE FACULTY
 
BENITA VALENTE
LAURA BROOKS RICE (on Sabbatical in 2008)
KEVIN LANGAN
JULIAN RODESCU
SALLY WOLF
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
ALLISON VOTH
DANIELLE ORLANDO
 
DRAMA
 
MARTHA COLLINS
 
ITALIAN
 
GIOVANNA PIERONI
 
ADMINISTRATORS
 
SCOTT AND NANCY HOERL

Click here for Faculty Biographies.

 
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.