Programs

Location

Program Description

Session One: 10-20 Students will be selected by audition to come to Germany and perform as soloists, repetiteurs, understudies and chorus in works TBA. Rehearsals will begin approximately during the week of May 21th. The course includes 60 hours of Conversational German and a two week seminar on Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler Lieder with with Eckart Sellheim. Students will start their course on approximately May 21st in the first session and continue through until approximately July 8th. Extra concerts and student opera performances cast by enrollment will be arranged as time permits. Session Two: Pianists and Singers will be selected by live or pre-recorded audition with Eckart Sellheim. Works will be studied and performed. Repertoire to include solos and ensembles from the repertoire of Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahelr. Instruction will include classes and one-on-one coachings with 1-2 final concerts at the end of the course. All students enrolled in Session One will automatically be included in Session Two materials.

Location Description

Freiberg has a late-medieval city center, with narrow alleyways and cobble-stone streets. The Freiberg Technical University, as well as the intimate 300-seat Mid-Saxony Opera theater provide the educational and artistic base for the former silver mining capital which created the original wealth of near-by Dresden. Points of historical interest include the oldest and most important silver mine of Saxony "Reiche Zeche'' (rich mine), as well as the cathedral St. Marien, where an original Silbermann organ (famous as the organ builder for Bach) is still used regularly for concerts and worship.

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Accommodations

Additional Items to Consider

All Participants will have an opportunity to rent bicycles and will be REQUIRED to buy their own cell phones once they arrive (Cost per cell phone for 2013 was 20 Euros.) 

This program is targeted towards sophomore and above Music/Theater majors.

Students who are prepared to balance their performing studies with social activities are encouraged to apply.

Application Process

For this program, students are required to submit the following material(s):

• JMU Short-Term Application Form

• An audition that may be live or pre-recorded.

For more detailed instructions and to download the application, please click on the following link to the Applications and Forms section for JMU Short-Term Programs.

Official transcript required for first-semester transfer students and non-JMU students.