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MANHATTAN SCHOOL SUMMER VOICE INSTITUTE
JUNE 1 – 26, 2009
Voice / Coaching / Acting / Language / Performance
/ Audition Technique
An intensive month of study
with Manhattan School of Music faculty
in the heart of New York City
Maitland Peters / Neil Rosenshein
Artistic Directors
2009 Faculty
Voice Faculty
- Joan Caplan
- Mignon Dunn
- Hilda Harris
- Cynthia Hoffmann
- Joan Patenaude-Yarnell
- Maitland Peters
- Ashley Putnam
- Neil Rosenshein
Acting Faculty
- Rhoda Levine
- Carolyn Marlow
- Dona Vaughn
Diction Faculty
Curriculum (in formation,
as of January 7)
The Art of Singing
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Two private (one-hour) voice lessons per week
with the preeminent MSM voice faculty (can be scheduled as four,
one half hour lessons by arraignment with your assigned teacher)
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Two private (one-hour) coachings per week.
Audition/Competition Seminar —
Dona Vaughn, instructor
Technique for Acting Sung Material — Carolyn
Marlow, instructor
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Developing specific technique for acting sung
material, based in techniques for acting spoken material (plays),
and contoured / adjusted to focus on song (art song, arias,
and musical theater song).
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The question addressed is how do you act and
sing at the same time — not an easy task.
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The seminar includes some improvisation and/or
sensory exercise, the majority of the work involves singing
actual material (not improvising).
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Lyric Analysis: Applying that analysis and one’s
own personal experience to a song.
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Scene from a straight play with improv audition
technique.
Improvisation / Bring Yourself to What You Sing
— Rhoda Levine, instructor
Daily Performance Master Classes — (taught
by members of the faculty and guest artists)
English Diction Plus — Kathryn LaBouff
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Includes a brief phonetics overview
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a 'hands on' non-academic, English diction class/master
class series on varied repertoire
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how to negotiate vocally through diction technique
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an intensive, holistic, integrated approach
which brings together all the elements needed in role or repertoire
preparation.
Advanced Performance Seminar — Dona Vaughn,
instructor
This performance class for advanced singers includes
staging scenes of duets, trios, and small ensembles with extensive
character study and the use of period stagecraft.
Master Classes
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Cynthia Hoffmann — Alexander Technique
/ Vocal Performance
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Joan Patenaude-Yarnell — "The Language
of Bel Canto" — focusing on the characteristics
of the Italian language through the song and operatic repertoire.
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Joan Caplan — “Great Singers of
the Past”
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Ashley Putnam — German Lieder Class
— emphasis on Strauss and Brahms.
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Neil Rosenshein — “Taking the
stage / Holding the public”
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Hilda Harris — “Art Songs by African
American Composers”
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Maitland Peters — “Positive Energy
/ Focus”
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Mignon Dunn — “Relationships in
Performance”
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Others TBA
Tuition & Application
Tuition — $3,100
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- To download a 2009 Voice Institute flyer, click
here.
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