COSI 2020 Program:

July 1 - July 22, 2020

Intensive Italian
Lessons, Coaching Sessions
Masterclasses
Acting & Stagecraft Instruction
Courtyard & Cathedral Performances

Complete Role Study
Career Forums & Workshops

Performances:

Mozart Così fan tutte: semi-staged

Stuart Barker, Stage Director

Kimberley-Ann Bartczak, Music Director

Opera Scenes: semi-staged

Melissa Bencic, Stage Director

Nathalie Doucet, Music Director

Mozart Requiem soloists: with the

Ensemble in Residence: Toronto Youth Choir

Matthew Otto, Artistic Director

Helen Becqué, Collaborative Pianist

CELEBRATED
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY from:
•GERMANY
•GREAT BRITAIN
•ITALY
•THE NETHERLANDS
•THE UNITED STATES
•CANADA

The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy gratefully acknowledges the generous founding support of The Bel Canto Foundation for Italian Heritage and Opera.

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Collaborative Piano and Continuo

COLLABORATIVE PIANO & CONTINUO PROGRAM*

DATES: July 1-22, 2020

COST: travel, accommodation and food. Full tuition scholarships provided.

APPLY: via Yaptracker.com.

COSI’s Collaborative Piano and Continuo program is outstanding in its opportunities and the professional quality of its experiences. Be at the integral centre with opera conductors and singers in rehearsals and performances of the COSI Opera Festival. The program includes:

Training in the essential operatic repertoire
Italian language instruction that emphasizes vocabulary and pronunciation, and practical study of the opera librettos in each COSI season
Private lessons on playing opera scores, and developing collaborative piano skills.
Conducting instruction (optional)
Dedicated forums only for Collaborative Pianists
Networking with outstanding colleagues in the profession
Masterclass performances with mentoring
Performing in Sulmona’s ancient and magnificent courtyards
Continuo training, and performing as part of an opera orchestra
A complete experience for professional development as a repetiteur, collaborative pianist and opera coach within today’s international network.

COSI’s Collaborative Piano & Continuo program alumni include:

Kimberley-Ann Bartczak – Resident Conductor, Calgary Opera
Mary Castello – Acadia University, full-time sessional faculty
Rich Coburn – Pianist/Organist, St. Lawrence Anglican Church Montreal
Jenna Douglas – Pianist and vocal coach, editor and co-creator of Schmopera.com
Jo Greenaway – Freelance collaborative pianist and coach, Toronto
Holly Kroeker – Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, Vancouver Opera
Anne Larlee – Repetiteur and coach, Oper Frankfurt, Canadian Opera Company
Kelsey Lenti – M.Mus. Yr. 2, Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University
Evan Mounce – Calgary Opera Orchestra, Cowtown Opera – Calgary
Paul Rodermond – Opera Roadshow, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jennifer Szeto – Adler Fellow, San Francisco Opera

“I can’t believe how much I’ve learned in the past month. Thank you!” Kelsey Lenti, collaborative pianist, COSI 2017.

*Pending approval, accepted applicants may apply for undergraduate university course credits.

Kelsey Lenti (Western U., ON) and Simone Hogeveen (Dalhousie U., NS)

In concert and rehearsal. Paul Rodermond (Memorial U. Newfoundland) and Darby Clinard (James Madison U., Virginia) in concert, and Paul Rodermond with Conductor Leslie Dala (Vancouver Opera) rehearsing Don Giovanni

Nathalie Doucet, Coach: Dutch National Opera Academy, Kelsey Lenti, Collaborative Pianist, and Henry Hubbard, tenor (Peabody, MA).

Kathryn Tremills, DMA (Michigan): COSI’s Director of Collaborative Activities, Mandy Chen, soprano (Chengdu, China).