This webinar, hosted by OPERA America and the National Opera Association (NOA), will examine the training of classical singers alongside the demands of today’s opera industry to develop recommendations for curricular and degree-granting programs. Panelists will share strategies and resources for engaging with colleagues and allies about undergraduate and graduate school voice and opera curricula, and answer attendees' questions.

FEATURING
Moderator:

• Mary Birnbaum, director; general and artistic director, Opera Saratoga

Panelists:

• Amanda Majeski, soprano; assistant professor of voice, University of Michigan
• Josh Major, director; chair of opera studies, New England Conservatory of Music
• Carl DuPont, baritone; artistic director, John F. Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera Institute; associate professor of voice, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
• Shawn Marie Jeffery, vice president of classical and creatives, UIA Talent
• Karen Slack, soprano; artistic advisor, Portland Opera

This webinar is free for members of OPERA America and NOA. Advance registration is required. A recording of the webinar will be made available to registrants after the event. 

"Voice and Opera Curricula: Training for Sustainable Careers — Part I" is the first in a series of hybrid events. Part II of the series will take place in person at the NOA’s conference in Phoenix/Tempe in January 2024. Part III of the series will take place at OPERA America’s annual conference in Los Angeles in June 2024.

OPERA America's webinars are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Programming at the National Opera Center is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.