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Professionalization course for students
with audition training and 3 theoretical modules on the subject of theater systems, audition/interview techniques and legal aspects in theater.

Time unit: 6 days or 3 weekends

BLOCK I                                                          

Coaching: Personal position ascertainment (What is my situation? What are my abilities?)

Theory:
Basic Questions

Theater systems (German speaking region, Europe, USA)

Ensemble theater, repertoire – and seasonal (Stagione) system

Audition Training 1: First audition training and collaborative Analysis (including Video)

Emphasis on: basic behavior aids, objective and subjective assessment criteria of the singer’s performance abilities through teachers, opera directors, agents etc.

BLOCK II                                                          

Coaching: What is my path?

Theory:
Possibilities in career planning

Building personal skills for personal marketing

Using the Bühnenjahrbuch

Artist agencies (Description of responsibilities of european Agents, brief view of legalities in the artist/agency relationship … )

Improving self-assessment

Professional application/résumé preparation

The Vocal Competition as opportunity for visibility among opera directors and agents. Introduction to the most important competitions in Europe

Opera Studio – further studies or first career opportunity? Introduction to the most important Opera Studios in Europe.

Audition Training 2: Second audition training and collaborative Analysis (including Video)

Modifying audition repertoire based on the potential position/opera house and respectively refining one’s personal audition repertoire

BLOCK III                                                          

Coaching: The first goal within reach

Theory:
The first engagement – which aspects are important to consider? Guest engagement or fixed contract (1 or 2 years ex.), pre-assigned roles, number of performances, salary…

The first contract – Analysis of typical fixed contracts for singers (NV Bühne). Analysing a typical guest contract in the European system

Analysing a typical guest contract in the European system.

How a professional theater functions

The singer’s duties and responsibilities (Introduction to procedures in a typical opera house) with situational examples

Singer’s rights – what are one’s subjective and objective boundries? Potential problem solving with situational examples

The development of an opera production from conception to completion

Audition Training 3: For audience or agents, Video analysis

Final individual analysis and discussion, with possible re-evaluation of personal position ascertainment

“If you know what you are doing, you can do what you want.”
Moshé Feldenkrais