Summer School 2008

20-27th July 2007

Adcote School, Little Ness, near Shrewsbury

The Opera Mint Summer School will again this year take place in the calm surroundings of Adcote House, where we have come to enjoy working with Ursula Prudence, the bursar of Adcote School, and her team.

The plan for the week:

There will be ongoing singing lessons and repertoire coaching for the whole week, acting as background to other activities.

Following the success last year of regular mentoring sessions for each student with the whole staff, we will be repeating this. Taking place roughly every two days, it gives each student an opportunity to assess their own personal goals, and to discuss with experts how to reach them.

Anthony Roden, tenor of three decades' experience and sometime teacher at RNCM, as well as being voice teacher at the London College of Music, will teach for the whole week, and also Rob Challinor (pianist and repetiteur) will be coaching individuals and groups. Chris Squires, Head of Music at Hamburg Opera will be with us for several days at the end of the week.

A typical day will consist of a movement and voice class, followed by sightreading for beginners and more advanced readers. This will be followed by workshops and masterclasses with resident and visiting teachers.

Further details can be found from the prospectus (MS Word document).