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MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE CHILDREN’S CHORUS
HOLDS OPEN AUDITIONS JULY 14
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Two Full-Tuition Scholarships Offered for Detroit Residents
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DETROIT, Michigan, June 20, 2008...The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus will hold open auditions for the upcoming 2008-09 season on Monday, July 14, 2008 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Detroit Opera House. Among other unique opportunities to perform, successful applicants will be able to sing during their own holiday concert and children’s opera, and have the opportunity to sing on the Detroit Opera House main stage with international opera stars in I Pagliacci and Carmen from Michigan Opera Theatre’s upcoming season. An audition notice with full details is available on the Michigan Opera Theatre website, www.MichiganOpera.org.
Two full-tuition scholarships will be offered this season for two promising Detroit children with funds generously donated by Eleanor and Alan Israel. Anyone interested in the scholarship should prepare to audition on July 14 and contact Megan Landry, chorus administrator at (313) 237-3261 or mlandry@motopera.org. The scholarships are for Detroit residents only.
The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus will rehearse and perform at the Detroit Opera House from September 2008 through May 2009 on Mondays from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. There is an annual $400 tuition fee for accepted students, but it is free to apply and audition. Audition call is for children ages 10-16 with unchanged voices. Applicants must be prepared to sing a prepared song and recite a poem of their choice.
To register for an audition, sign up online at www.MichiganOpera.org. For more information, contact Megan Landry, chorus administrator, at mlandry@motopera.org or (313) 237-3261.
The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus
The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus (MOTCC), led by Michigan Opera Theatre Chorus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton, is a permanent children’s ensemble for Metro Detroit youth interested in vocal musical theatrical art. Accepting children ages 10-16 with unchanged voices by audition, the choir performs as a separate ensemble as well as with international opera stars in Michigan Opera Theatre productions.
Currently in its second season, the children accepted into the MOT Children’s Chorus learn the various aspects of opera and voice training; including voice studies, movement and audition techniques in a professional environment with internationally-renowned opera singers and voice specialists as coaches and mentors. A generous grant from the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation provided the startup funding necessary to form the ensemble.
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