INDEPENDENT OPERA Vocal Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music
The current recipient of INDEPENDENT OPERA Vocal Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music is Andrea Tweedale
The students selected for this award should be in his/her second postgraduate year of study in the School of Vocal and Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. The only condition is that the award-winner should have successfully completed his/her first postgraduate year at the RNCM to be eligible.
He/she should be a charismatic and versatile performer of proven experience, who expresses the intention of pursuing a career as an operatic soloist, and who has demonstrated the potential to do so.
Students of all nationalities are eligible, as are all voice-types.
Age-limit: female students should be under 33, and male students under 36, on 1st October in the first calendar year of the award.
About the Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Northern College of Music is a conservatoire and leading performance venue, hosting two fully- staged public opera productions and around 450 performances each year. The two major annual productions, both of which take place in the 670 seat Opera Theatre, are cast by competitive audition which every student in the School is eligible to enter.
Opera is an integral part of every singer’s training, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition to the two major productions, opera excerpt performances are held in the spring and summer terms. Senior undergraduate and all postgraduate students are selected for roles in these performances, which cover a wide range of repertory. Performance is at the core of RNCM’s vocal training and, in addition to weekly performance classes, students are encouraged to take part in the many recitals, masterclasses, festivals and competitions on offer. Training in languages, drama and stagecraft takes place throughout the undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
A number of companies visit the RNCM to hold auditions, notably Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Buxton Festival Opera, Clonter Opera and British Youth Opera, and the College has strong and developing links with Opera North.
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