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The University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts
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June 4 – 23, 2010
The VISI 2010 Daily Schedule of Events
“Every class I attended, every recital I heard, every musician I spoke with, inspired me to be more courageous, more open, more generous in my art.”
SONG: Fusion of text and tone, instrument of story-telling, expressive vault of human experience, ideas, and emotion. Join us at VISI 2010 for immersion courses, concerts, and conversations about Song – 3 weeks in June spanning millennia of art and ideas. Singers, pianists, teachers, composers, musicologists, poets, performance researchers, humanities and social science scholars, multi-media artists, listeners; the interpretations and dramatic performance of Art Song depends on inspired collaborations.
New horizons of Art Song interpretation and performance are explored through intensive training programs and collaborations with internationally-renowned artists, scholars, and researchers. From masterclasses to theatrical stagings to music neuroscience studies, VISI is a banquet for the mind, heart, and imagination. Choose the VISI intensive program that fits your career path and enjoy the interdisciplinary events that weave all the strands together.
THE SONGFIRE FESTIVAL OF SONG
May 22 – June 28, 2010
VISI and nine Partners in Song have joined forces to create a month-long Festival featuring some of Vancouver’s great music collectives. Hear the artists of Chor Leoni, City Opera, Elecktra Women’s Choir, Erato Ensemble, Lyric Singers, Music on Main, Phoenix Chamber Choir, and the Turning Point Ensemble at venues across Vancouver including UBC, SFU, The Silk Purse, Bard on the Beach, the Cultch and St. Andrew’s Wesley, and others. SONGFIRE lights the fuse for a month of stunning, passionate, soaring SONG!
Visit www.songfire.ca for details or click here for the
SONGFIRE CONCERT CALENDAR
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VISI 2010 programs for emerging artists, teachers, and listeners
“I have never experienced a summer program this focused, interesting, uplifting, and well run. The range of classes, concerts, and lectures was stellar”
Our 2010 Programs include:
- The Theatre of Art Song/Collaborative Piano Studies
- Musicology Mentorship Program
- Pedagogy of Art Song Retreat
- Diverse Song Workshops
VISI 2010 includes immersion studies in:
- The Romantic Self – Schumann and his legacy
- French Mélodie and Surrealism
- The Songs of Samuel Barber
- Approaches to Collaborative Partnership and Dramatic Stagecraft
THE THEATRE OF ART SONG / COLLABORATIVE PIANO STUDIES
“POETRY, PASSION, PERFORMANCE PRACTICE”
June 4-23, 2010
Singers, Pianists:
Explore the expressive dimensions of Art Song and stretch your boundaries with new approaches to the Art Song recital stage. VISI’s main training program includes: private coachings and masterclasses with internationally renowned artists, a residency with the New Triad for Collaborative Arts, studies in poetry and other humanities, dramatic diction and recitation, theatrical staging and improvisation, traditional and alternative performance explorations. This is a course that will transform your views about Art Song and its relevance in the world.
Collaborative Piano Studies is a component of the Theatre of Art Song Program. A program of daily studies dedicated to the special skills of the collaborative pianist’s craft is woven into the Theatre of Song program. The program begins with the New Triad for Collaborative Arts residency. From June 7-18th PROFESSOR CAMERON STOWE will be in residence, joined by an array of distinguished pianists visiting throughout the program until June 23. Collaborate with Faculty singers in coachings and performance, study privately with faculty pianists, work in vocal/piano partnerships and study collaborative dynamics with the coaches from New Triad and other facilitators. This program is fused with the complete Theatre of Art Song program of courses. The piano lid is always open at VISI, as is the conversation!
Tuition for Theatre of Art Song/Collaborative Piano Studies: $1200 – early bird cost before May 1.
Accommodations are available on campus (not included in fee). Limited scholarships are available.
For specific inquiries please click here to e-mail.
SONG MUSICOLOGY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
JUNE 7-12, 2010 or by arrangement
University Scholars of Song and Interdisciplinary Musicology:
VISI offers a mentorship program under the guidance of DR. BENJAMIN BINDER, musicologist and collaborative pianist at Duquesne University, with distinguished visiting scholars and artists. The program includes daily lectures in diverse fields, private consultations, observation of performance classes, and recital collaborations with art song duos.
Tuition: $350. (For June 7-12, 2010). Visits outside of these dates can be arranged with Professor Binder with daily fees of $60.
Accommodations are available on UBC campus (not included in fees).
For specific inquiries please click here to e-mail.
PEDAGOGY OF ART SONG RETREAT:
“Teaching Art Song from the Inside Out”
June 11-15
“I feel inspired enlightened, reinvigorated, encouraged with a new sense of belonging, and I return to my teaching with new ideas and renewed passion”
Teachers of Voice and Collaborative Piano:
Join the VISI experience at a Retreat exploring innovative pedagogy in Art Song Interpretation and Practices. To teach song is to engage Poetry, Philosophy, History, Dramatic Recitation, Musicology, Psychology, as well as the traditional challenges of technical and stage craft. An array of lecturers and artists offer a banquet of ideas and inspirations, concerts and conversations. PROFESSOR SCOTT MCCOY, President of NATS, Professor of Voice and Pedagogy, Director of the Presser Music Center Voice Laboratory, and author of the voice science and pedagogy textbook, “Your Voice: An Inside View”, is among our many distinguished speakers, also including PROFESSORS ROSEMARIE LANDRY, DARRYL EDWARDS, FRANÇOIS LEROUX – Director of the Centre de la Mélodie Française – and more experts in the many fields of Art Song interest.
Teachers are also welcome to AUDIT ALL SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE VISI PROGRAM to suit personal schedules and interests.
Fees: $250 for the full retreat including all concerts (early-bird discount available until May 1).
Daily rate: $50 for individual drop-in, with a special rate of $60 per pair. (Concerts not included).
ART SONG COLLABORATIVE READING SESSION
June 20th, 2010 at the Canadian Music Centre
VISI is proud to collaborate with the Canadian Music Centre in presenting an afternoon workshop session for new poetry/music fusions.
Hosted by Centre Director Bob Baker with Tara Wohlberg and moderated by Tetsuro Shigematsu, a Canadian radio broadcaster and comedian. This session offers readings and discussion of new works with distinguished visiting VISI faculty artists Alison d’Amato, Laura Loewen, and Gayle Shay, joined by baritone Michael Broder, pianists Michael Park, Damien Jinks and soprano Michelle Koebke.
For more information click here
THE VISI 2010 FACULTY:
A complete roster of VISI 2010 artists, scholars, and workshop presenters will be updated through March. Our 2010 faculty includes:
Singers BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, RHONWEN DERBEZ, TYLER DUNCAN, DARRYL EDWARDS, ROBYN DRIEDGER-KLASSEN, MARTHA GUTH, ROSEMARIE LANDRY, FRANÇOIS LEROUX, PHOEBE MACRAE, SCOTT MCCOY, LYNNE MCMURTRY, LAMBROULA PAPPAS, GAYLE SHAY, JULIE SIMSON
Pianists ALISON D’AMATO, TERENCE DAWSON, KENNETH GRIFFITHS, CHE ANN LOEWEN, LAURA LOEWEN, RENA SHARON, CAMERON STOWE, ERIKA SWITZER, KINZA TYRRELL
Theatre ALAN CORBISHLEY, CRAIG HOLZSCHUH, TOM SCHOLTE, GAYLE SHAY, DAVID WALSH
Scholars BENJAMIN BINDER, DAVID GORDON DUKE,DEBORAH FELS, SIMA GODFREY, RAY HSU, RICHARD KURTH, HARALD AND SHARON KREBS, BARBARA HEYMAN, KEVIN MCNEILLY, FRANK RUSSO, DEBORAH STEIN, SUSAN SUMMERS, ESTHER THANE, ERIC VATIKIOTIS-BATESON, AND MORE.
New Triad for Collaborative ArtsADAM MARKS, ARLENE SHRUT VISI is delighted to present the The New Triad for Collaborative Arts in residency at VISI from June 6-14 in coachings and workshops for the Theatre of Art Song, Collaborative Piano Studies, and Pedagogy Retreat programs. New Triad’s visit is made possible through a generous grant from the The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization Inc., to whom we are grateful for their support of this project. |
The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization Inc., established in 1996 by their daughter, Claudette Sorel, is a 501(c)(3) private foundation. Ms. Sorel was a child piano prodigy. She is the youngest graduate of The Juilliard School completing her degree at age 9. Our mission is to keep musical excellence alive and to help stretch the boundaries for women in music. |
DIVERSE SONG WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA FOR EVERYONE
“Attending VISI has transformed me. My experiences at this unique forum enabled me to feel more deeply the centrality of art to the human experience.”
Create your own VISI vacation. Drop in to audit masterclasses, lectures, and great concerts throughout VISI, or register for our special topics symposia to suit your interests.
- Music Therapy and Kids: 10 Big Ideas for Little People: VISI hosts the 2nd Symposium by the Music Therapy Association of BC. All are welcome! MORE INFORMATION and Registration
Saturday June 5, 9:30 – 4:30 - Cognition and Neuroscience: Research studies will take place throughout VISI. If you are interested in observing, please click here to e-mail.
On-going June 4 – 23, - World Harmony Singing: Learn to sing music of many cultures with facilitator Karla Mundy – three different workshops to explore harmony, rhythm and world vocal traditions. Prior musical training is NOT required. MORE INFORMATION and Registration
Various dates - Vocal Improvisation with Viviane Houle: Improviser and vocalist Viviane Houle offers a workshop for artists from the community, VISI visitors and participants. This workshop is for anyone who is curious about the full expressive possibilities of the voice. MORE INFORMATION and Registration
Tuesday, June 8th, 6:30-8:30 PM - Choral Adventure and Celebration of Samuel Barber’s Music: Art Song Goes Choral This workshop, led by Kevin Zakresky, will expose amateur singers to the choral works of Samuel Barber in a way that focuses on interpreting texts as a group. MORE INFORMATION and Registration
June 10-13, Various Times
“SONGFIRE”
VISI is proud to collaborate with distinguished Vancouver music organizations for a month-long Festival of Song spanning eclectic and exciting Song genres. City Opera Vancouver, Turning Point Ensemble, Elektra, Silk Purse, and many more voices will be heard.
Please check our Performance site in April for our event information and schedule.