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INTERMEZZO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
The offical esemble of the Intermezzo Music Festival

CONDUCTORS/VOCAL COACHES:
Dan Gettinger
American Musical Theater Ensemble, Manhattan School of Music

Christopher Crans

Indiana University

Christopher Cano
St. Louis Opera Theater

John Coffey
New York, Music Theater Coach

Michael Fennelly
Opera Coach, New York City

STAGE DIRECTORS:
Robin Blauers
Andrew Chown
Henry Fonte

VOICE FACULTY:
Eric Dillner

Shreveport Opera

Neil Rosenshein
Manhattan School of Music,
Metropolitan Opera

Mary Saunders
Penn State University, Chair Voice for Musical Theatre

Marishka Wierzbicki
The Hartt School,
Musical Theatre Division

Susan Yankee

DANCE & ACTING:

Robin Blauers, Acting

Henry Fonte, Acting

Bridgitte Riley, Dance/Choreography




Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine

INTERMEZZO YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM & FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PROGRAM

The Intermezzo Young Artist Program is delighted to announce our Tenth Anniversary Season in beautiful Portland, Maine. Intermezzo is renowned internationally for it’s artistic excellence and commitment to the training and nurturing of young performing artists. Over the past decade Intermezzo has established itself as one of the foremost operatic and musical theatre training programs in the world today, offering young artists the opportunity to prepare and perform under the direction of world-class professionals.

For this special anniversary season we are considering the following staged productions with orchestra: Productions Under Consideration Include: OPERA STUDIO – Serse, Agrippina, Alcina, Dido & Aneas, Suor Angelic, Albert Herring, Gianni Schicchi, L'Enfant et les Sortileges and Ariadne auf Naxos. MUSICAL THEATRE STUDIO – Into The Woods, A Little Night Music, Godspell, Company, A…My Name Is Alice, A...My Name Is Still Alice. Performances take place at the Merrill Performing Arts Center and Port City Music Hall in the historic Arts District in downtown Portland.

Private voice lessons, vocal coaching, dance & acting classes, language/diction study and master classes by visiting professional artists are all included as part of the young artist training.

Intermezzo is keenly aware of the need for professional management to ensure the successful transition into the professional music field and as part of our Tenth Anniversary Season we are pleased to announce the Studio Artist Auditions. These auditions will afford our Studio Artists the opportunity to sing for managers, agents and casting professionals while at Intermezzo. This is an invaluable experience for young singers wishing to pursue a professional career.

Compare our daily offerings of private voice lessons, vocal coaching, master classes, productions with orchestra and Studio Artist Auditions and we are sure you will agree that while many programs advertise great value, Intermezzo actually provides it.

OPERA STUDIO ARTIST
The opera studio is designed to prepare career level singers for the rigors of the professional stage, as well as younger singers that are considering a career on the operatic and concert stage. Participants sing principal, featured and supporting roles in productions with orchestra, receive private lessons, vocal coaching, and participate in master classes by visiting professional artists.

MUSCAL THEATRE STUDIO ARTIST
This rigorous program is designed to provide the participant with the advanced training necessary to transition into the professional world of musical theatre. Participants perform in main stage musical theatre productions, receive private voice lessons, repertoire coaching, and participate in daily classes in dance and acting. Special attention is given to the audition process with audition training workshops and master classes by Intermezzo Faculty and visiting professional artists.

FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PROGRAM
The Intermezzo Festival Orchestra is a tuition free program that provides a unique performance opportunity for a select group of talented players to perform operatic and musical theatre repertoire under the direction of internationally renowned conductors. Recent conductors have included J. David Jackson (Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra National de Paris), David Miller (Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels), Willie Anthony Waters (San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Cologne Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin), Steven Crawford (Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera), Broadway conductor Dan Gettinger (Manhattan School of Music, Opera Tampa), and Steven Osgood (New York City Opera, American Opera Project, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera).

The Intermezzo Festival Orchestra maintains a busy performance schedule that introduces participants to a wide range of literature. Additional opportunities include master classes by visiting professional artists.

PROGRAM FACTS FOR SINGERS
Casting: All roles including principal, featured and supporting are pre-cast based upon your audition and current level of accomplishment. Career level singers receive at least one principal or featured role in a main stage production. Younger singers receive supporting roles in the main stage opera productions and principal and supporting roles in opera workshop productions and Broadway cabaret productions. All principal and featured roles are double cast.

Faculty: Intermezzo has built a reputation of providing a world-class faculty. The Music Festival is managed its Artistic Director & Founder Mitchell Piper. The faculty and staff are chosen from top performing arts organizations and music conservatories in the US and Europe. Our faculty are dedicated to the education and nurturing of young professional singers.

• PROGRAM COST FOR SINGERS
• Opera Studio Artist & Musical Theatre Studio Artists: Tuition for the 2010 Intermezzo Young Artist Program is $2,750.
• Housing: Housing for the 2010 Intermezzo Young Artist Program is $1,000. Young artists are housed at the Marriott Residence Inn, located at 145 Fore Street in the historic Portland Old Port District. Guest rooms include complimentary Ethernet & WIFI, fully equipped kitchen with full size fridge, icemaker, microwave, cooktop, dishwasher and coffee maker. Guests enjoy a complimentary buffet breakfast served daily. Dinners are also provided throughout the week. On-site laundry facilities are available. All rooms are double occupancy.
  For a link to the Marriott Residence Inn, Portland, Maine click here.
  
• Registration Fee: All participants pay a $250 registration fee upon acceptance.

• Scholarships/Fundraising: Intermezzo’s programs are very reasonably priced in comparison with similar programs in the US and Europe, most of which do not offer the performance opportunities offered by Intermezzo. We provide world-class performance training with an Internationally renowned faculty. We have worked to keep our programs affordable for everyone wishing to participate. We can assist you with your fundraising efforts. By starting early you will insure that you have the funds needed to further your training at this high artistic level.
  For a downloadable fact sheet on fundraising please click here.

• Payments: Payments are divided into three equal installments due March 1, April 1 and May 1. Intermezzo accepts checks (preferred), Visa and Mastercard for payments. Donations received for program payments should be clearly noted with the participant’s name.
• Tuition and fees are non-refundable.

PROGRAM FACTS FOR ORCHESTRA MEMBERS
The following instrument positions are available for the 2010 Festival season
Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Winds: Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxaphone
Brass: Horn, Trumpet, Trombone
Keyboard: Accompanist Interns

• PROGRAM COSTS FOR ORCHESTRA MEMBERS
• There is no tuition or housing costs for the Festival Orchestra Program. Selected participants cover transportation costs to Portland, Maine and pay a $500 registration fee.

GALA CONCERT EVENT
Intermezzo is please to announce that Broadway Star Craig Schulman will present a Gala Concert in honor of our Tenth Anniversary Season on Saturday June 26th at the historic Merrill Auditorium in downtown Portland. Ticket for this event, and all Intermezzo Music Festival events are available at the Merrill Auditorium or online at https://tickets.porttix.com/public/

CRAIG SCHULMAN BIO
Craig Schulman is the only actor in the United States to have portrayed three of the greatest musical theatre roles: the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, and the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde. He has portrayed Jean Valjean in four different companies in three countries for a total of over 1,900 performances. Widely recognized from the PBS broadcast of The 10th Anniversary: Les Misérables In Concert; he has also played Che in Evita, Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, and Archibald in The Secret Garden.

Schulman moves freely between the worlds of Broadway and opera and will be accompanied by the Intermezzo Festival Orchestra. The concert features the signature roles from Schulman's Broadway successes.

Craig will be in residence as an Intermezzo Guest Artist presenting master classes and performance workshops.

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