Faculty:

Rosemary Hardy, soprano

Tünde Szabóki, soprano (H)

Beáta Trubin, soprano (A)

Andrea Meláth, mezzo soprano (H)

Timothy Bentch, tenor (USA)

Stephen Morscheck – bass baritone

Vocal coaches

Erika Dallos, vocal coach (H)

Kristin Ditlow, vocal coach

Opera Workshop

Krisztina Tarjányi, actress

Conductor

Paolo Paroni, conductor (I)

The Crescendo Summer Institute offers one of the most complete and competitive summer voice programs in Europe.  Outstanding teachers give masterclasses, private voice lessons, coachings, repertoire and diction classes, solo and choral singing in a cantata, instruction in stage movement, acting, dance, and body interpretation and opera workshop.  Additionally, teachers are available to discuss career and life decisions facing the singer on the verge of a career.  

Talented singers are welcome to apply from the undergraduate (bachelor) level to emerging professional.  Young singers will mainly focus on song repertoire, while advanced singers are also welcome in the opera program.  Admission to the program is granted only to singers who demonstrate a high level of talent and development commiserate with his or her age.

Students are encouraged to bring sacred repertoire ready to perform in numerous church services as well as secular repertoire. 

Students receive

• 5 private voice lessons
• Numerous private coachings on opera and song repertoire
• Daily stage movement, acting, dance, and body interpretation class
• Participation in a cantata with orchestra (tryouts for solos)
• At least one opera scene (advanced singers)
• Diction and repertoire classes
• Cantata.  All singers will take part in the cantata singing in the chorus with solo possibilities. 

Possible courses of study:

• W.A.Mozart: Don Giovanni opera performance August 10, 2013. Please check the possibilites of participation under Don Giovanni.

• Audition Masterclass - Advanced singers will have the opportunity to participate in an audition masterclass with video recording. (limited participation) 

• Opera workshop - Fully staged opera scenes in a workshop setting.  Instruction will be given in preparing a character for the stage and integrating singing and acting.  In this workshop environment, the emphasis is on the learning process rather than the finished performance.  The workshop will culminate in a workshop performance of successful scenes.  Scenes will be assigned at least three weeks before the CSI begins. Singers are expected to arrive with parts well prepared (nearly memorized).
• Oratorio workshop with Tünde Szaboki

• German diction & repertoire class

• Italian diction class

• French diction and repertoire class

• Performance Opportunities.  Singers will be chosen to sing in special musical worship services in local churches and in the final gala concert. (limited participation)

Upon acceptance, singers will be sent a survey form where they will indicate repertoire to be studied, possible opera scenes, sacred songs ready to be performed, and a choice of song repertoire, opera workshop, or Pierrot Lunaire.

All singers must submit recordings with their application (even those who have attended before).

Those who apply to CSI are required to upload an mp3 format recording through the online application with three songs or arias in at least two different languages. To audition for the opera scenes workshop, please upload your mp3 audition material of three pieces and attach a detailed CV.