Voices of Summer

Voices of Summer is devoted to the enhancement of interpretive skills.

Bringing vocal music vibrantly to life relies on a skill rarely taught in universities and conservatories, namely the emotional preparation of the texts of art song, oratorio, and opera as theatrical monologue.

This intensive course asks operatically trained singers to divorce the text from the setting provided by the composer and - using the vocal-technical resonance of operatic singing - declaim and act the texts until a personal connection is formed with the words. This skill amplifies the choices made by the composer as well as providing an interpretation unique to the individual performer.