Geneva

GEN 4. So British!

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

From 22 April to 23 June 2024

Open for:

  • 1-4 students

Content:

At the centre of this module is a fully staged opera production with orchestra of The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten. Students will prepare their roles with students studying on the repetiteur course and their respective teachers whilst receiving regular singing lessons from teachers in our vocal department.

Special attention will be paid to English pronunciation through individual diction lessons. 

At the beginning of May 2024, students also have the possibility of participating in a masterclass centering on operatic repertoire and art song in English.

Pianists who wish to join this module will be coached by teachers of collaborative piano course, take part in the English repertoire master class and also play in the rehearsals during the production of the Turn of the Screw. 

Kind of voice and role:

The singers can apply for these roles:

  • The Governess
  • Mrs Grose
  • Miss Jessel
  • Quint

Speciality of this module in comparison with other courses in Europe:

An opportunity for singers and pianists to perfect their knowledge of the English repertoire and to participate as a soloist/repetiteur in a full-scale production of The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten.

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Stuart Patterson, vocal studies, master class
  • Susanne Schimmack, vocal studies
  • Yves Coudray, stage director
  • Sacha Michon, diction
  • Nina Uhari and James Alexander, musical coaching for the singers and the pianists

Possible extras:

  • This module is open for Alumni students who have graduated in 2022 at the latest
  • Possibility to follow opera rehearsals at the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Number of ECTS:

24 ECTS

Entrance examination:

Required repertoire:

  • If the participant would like to audition for the production/scenic project, he/she should send a good quality video with an English aria by 15th of May 2023.

Description of the final examination:

  • Progress examination
  • and final public performance (only in Full time module)

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

  • Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

Communication language:

English and French

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023
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GEN 3. So Baroque!

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

From 19-02-2024 to 19-04-2024

Open for:

1-4 vocal students (choir)

Content:

This module, in collaboration with the Department of Ancient Music of the Haute École de Musique de Genève is built around the production of St. John’s Passion by J.S. Bach conducted by Ton Koopman.

It gives the opportunity for singers to sharpen their skills on the baroque repertoire through vocal coaching, baroque coaching, seminars and participation in the choir for this project of St John’s

Passion.

The students will take individual lessons with internationally renowned artists and pedagogues focusing on style, ornamentation and baroque vocality.

The seminar “Music, Education, Society: Bach’s St John’s Passion” will serve as a preparatory session for the St John Passion project conducted by Ton Koopman, which will take place in March 2024. Two internationally-known Bach scholars will join us for a day of in-depth presentations and discussions, focusing on the life and times of J.S. Bach. Special emphasis will be placed on the musical architecture of St John’s Passion and recent research into an historically-informed approach to this repertoire.

Kind of voice and role:

All voices

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Ton Koopman, conductor
  • Stephan MacLeod, vocal coaching
  • Andreas Wolf, vocal coaching
  • Franck Marcon, baroque coaching
  • Elizabeth Dobbin, seminars

Number of ECTS:

24  ECTS

100 hours

Entrance examination: Required repertoire:

General entrance examination requests. Check the Application form.

Description of the final examination:

Progress examination

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

Communication language:

French, English

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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GEN 2. Action! Audition training and singing for the camera

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

  • From 05 to 09 February 2024

Open for:

  • 1, max. 5 vocal students

Content:

This short-term module gives the singers insights in the art of auditioning and producing an audition video.

It consists of daily workshops in which subjects such as choice of repertoire, presentation, projection and artistry of the spoken voice, professional attitude with the pianist and mental preparation are addressed. Each session ends with a simulation of a professional audition and feedback on it.

The other component of this intensive week concerns the camera. Daily workshops address the following subjects:

How to create and project an authentic character while playing for a camera? How to bring subtlety and honesty to one’s performance? 

The singers will be introduced to the Stanislasky method through exercises adapted to the operatic repertoire.

On the final day the singers join specialists in a round table on “The singer and marketing in the professional world” followed by the final audition in front of a professional jury.

The online component will provide guidance on technical aspects on filming an audition video oneself.

Kinds of voice and role:

All voices

Specialty of this module in comparison with other courses in Europe:

Intensive and condensed module to give a quick insight to the art of auditioning.

 

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  • Heidi Brunner, audition training, vocal training
  • Jay Natelle, Stanislasky method, acting for a camera
  • Topi Lehtipuu, moderator of the round table
  • NN, jury of the final audition
  • NN, vocal coach, pianist

Possible extras:

  • Possibility to film an audition video

Number of teaching/production hours of the EOA module:

30-36

Number of ECTS within master accreditation:

3 ECTS

Entrance examination: Required repertoire:

General entrance examination requests. Check the Application form.

Description of the final examination:

Progress examination

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

Communication language:

French, English, German

Deadline for application:

  • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
  • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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GEN 1. So French!

Period of the EOA module in 2023-2024:

    • From 08 January to 08 March 2024

    Open for:

    • Pianists and Singers
    • Min. 1, max. 3  students

    Description:

    This module gives the opportunity for singers and pianists to build up and perfect their repertoire in French. It addresses both operatic as well art song repertoire with a particular focus on Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, a production which will take place at the end of February.

    Specific stress is given to the stylistic aspects – what actually makes French vocal music so uniquely French? The participants will receive language tuition for the pronunciation of both sung and spoken French in order to familiarise themselves with the phonetic approach of the language. They can participate in a master class of French repertoire and receive coaching in basic repertoire and role studies of French music.

    Kind of voice:

    All voices

    Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

    • Clémence Tilquin, vocal studies
    • Sacha Michon, French phonetic coaching
    • Nina Uhari and James Alexander, French Art Song repertoire and role studies for singers and pianists
    • Stage director TBA

    Possible extras:

    • Possibility to assist to rehearsals at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
    • This module can be combined with the 2nd module of Geneva: Action! Especially interesting for pianists who want to develop a profile as a repetiteur.

    Number of ECTS: 24 ECTS

    Entrance examination:

    Required repertoire:

    • If the participant would like to audition for the production/scenic project, he/she should send a good-quality video with a French aria by 8 May 2023.

    Description of the final examination:

    • Progress examination
    • and final public performance (only in Full time module)

        Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/ excluded in this price:

        • Full time module: free for students in Erasmus Programme (Swiss Mobility Programme)

        Communication language: English and French

        Deadline for application:

        • 1st deadline: 8 May 2023. Answers from EOA are expected on 8 June 2023
        • 2nd deadline: 1 September 2023. Answers on 15 September 2023

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