Summer Program in Blacksburg, VA - IVAI - International Vocal Arts Institute

- Robert Lipsyte and Louise B. Morris of The New York Times

June 11 - 30, 2012 DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
IVAI celebrates its third season in cooperation with the Vocal Arts Music Festival at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, located in the heart of Southwest Virginia’s New River Valley. The two and one-half weeks program will include Master Classes, concerts, as well as performances with string quartets and guest instrumentalists.

Coachings, rehearsals, studios, are all located on campus, and participants will be housed in the university’s dorms.

Faculty 2012
The following is the complete list of Faculty for the 2011 Virginia program. An updated faculty list will be posted at a later date.

COACHES, TEACHERS & CONDUCTORS

Joan Dornemann	Coach Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Opera de Paris
Mignon Dunn	Mezzo-Soprano Metropolitan Opera
Ruth Falcon	Soprano Metropolitan Opera
Rosemarie Landry	Coach l'Université de Montréal
Leon Major	Stage Director Maryland Opera Studio
Sherrill Milnes	Baritone Metropolitan Opera; V.O.I.C.Experience
Gerald Martin Moore	Voice Teacher Merola-San Francisco Opera; Santa Fe Opera; Glyndebourne
Paul Nadler	Conductor Metropolitan Opera; SW Florida Symphony Orchestra; L’Opéra de Montréal
David Rosenmeyer	Conductor/Vocal Coach Mannes College of Music, Oratorio Society; Bach Society of Columbia University
Claude Webster	Coach Atelier lyrique, Opéra de Montréal
Steven White	Conductor Opera Roanoke, Baltimore Opera, Naples Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera
Maria Zouves	Vocal Coach Director of V.O.I.C. Experience
Tomer Zvulun	Stage Director Metropolitan Opera; Seattle Opera; New York City Opera; Julliard School


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