In 2009 Foliage Art Song was held - for the 17th time!
- the first
weekend in October at the peak (the weather gods permitting) of
the beautiful Vermont fall foliage season from which we take our
name.
As in recent
years, all the classes and events took place
in Montpelier, the tiny capital of Vermont, so participants were able
in-between to
stroll
about this attractive little town, visit the Farmers' Market, find a
meal in one of many good eateries, and generally gawk at the maple
leaves like the busloads of tourists.
Classes were open to singers at Advanced
and
Intermediate levels with separate classes with Lorraine Nubar and
Dalton
Baldwin held concurrently on Friday and Saturday mornings and
afternoons.
Advanced
I singers had two 30 minute
sessions with Lorraine Nubar, with optional staff pianist.
Advanced II singer-pianist teams could
request two sessions (30 minutes each) with Dalton Baldwin and one
session with Lorraine Nubar, or the reverse. Singers new to the song
recital could apply for Intermediate Level: 30-minute voice
lesson and 15-minute Master Class with
Lorraine Nubar with staff pianist.
Registered auditors and participants were
free to
observe any of the Master Classes.
For further details of the 2009
session and plans for the future,
contact us at info@vermontopera.org.
Celina Moore, Artistic Director
Joan Stepenske, Project Manager
WordStage VT combining
literature and song performed by Vermont artists
to illuminate some of classical music's most fascinating and remarkable
figures,
here, Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms
and
Master Class Highlights
Short master classes with Dalton Baldwin
and singers and pianists selected from the "Advanced II" level