BOWQC 2024

presents

 Dido and Aeneas

by Henry Purcell

&

Didone

by Francesco Cavalli 

Julianne Baird,

Drew Minter & Christina Kay, Baroque Vocal Style

Christa Patton, Musical Director

Guillaume Bernardi, Stage Director

Dongmyung Ahn, Baroque String Specialist

Dorothy Olsson, Baroque Dance Specialist

June 9-15, 2024

BOWQC will offer a one-week intensive training program in Baroque opera for singers, continuo players, and string players
culminating in a performance of scenes from Virgil's Aeneid set by Henry Purcell and Francesco Cavalli.

Classes include:

•  Daily masterclasses and coachings in Baroque vocal style with Julianne Baird, Drew Minter and Christina Kay

•  Daily classes in stage gesture and theatre craft for opera singers - Guillaume Bernardi

•   Historical Dance with Dorothy Olsson

•  Study of Baroque repertoire and ornamentation for strings with Dongmyung Ahn, violin; also offered is viola da gamba & cello

•   Improvisation for players of basso continuo based on 16th and 17th century sources for Baroque harp, with Christa Patton, Baroque keyboards with Ben Katz and theorbo & Baroque guitar

¨   Daily music rehearsals with full continuo led by Music Director, Christa Patton

TUITION: • Singers: $710 • Strings and continuo instruments $610 • Auditors: $60 per day

HOUSING: On-campus housing: $75 per night

To Apply:

The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College uses the YAP Tracker application process for our program. YAP Tracker Application Form

You do not need to be a paying subscriber to YAP Tracker to use the application form, although you will need an account (guest accounts are available; see the website for details). Registration can be completed at http://www.yaptracker.com. 

Deadline for Singers – April 3, 2024 , Deadline for Instrumentalists & Dancers - April 15, 2024

For further information, email: baroqueoperaworkshop@gmail.com.

All classes take place at:

Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College – CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367