Empowerment, connection, mentorship, & encouragement

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ABOUT IPAI GERMANY:

 

       IPAI Germany is a 3-week intensive that focuses on developing the artistic capacities and direction of the total artist with an emphasis on experiencing German culture and musical connection. Participants have a rigorous schedule that includes rehearsals for a comprehensive German opera/operetta and musical theatre scenes program; daily classes in dance/movement/choreography, German language/diction, and acting; and a minimum of 2 private voice lessons and 2 private coachings per week. Performers participate in masterclasses for musical theatre, opera, and collaborative piano focusing on style, interpretation and performance; entrepreneurship, branding, and marketing; auditioning; German Lied and Operetta; and more.

       Our piano duo collaborative environment is a unique learning experience among summer programs. Pianist-singer duos work, rehearse, coach, and perform together throughout the entirety of the program: learning from each other and developing language, connection, musical communication, and often special partnerships that continue beyond the summer intensive.

       Our combined American and German faculty offer a unique cultural perspective and provide in-depth, one-on-one mentorship as our participants find and create a plan to pursue the individual, unique expression of their personal brand of artistry in the world.

       Musical Theatre participants go on one musical excursion during the program: musical theatre artists visit Stage Entertainment (Germany's largest Broadway Musical production company) for a 3-day workshop and have a mock-audition in Hamburg and opera artists will participate in a workshops and possibly a behind-the-scenes tour with the General Director of a regional German opera house.

       Performance opportunities during the program include 1 scenes concert , a musical theatre song night,  Opera Singing Contest, 1-Liederabend concert, and of course singing in master classes.

       IPAI Germany is an all-inclusive training experience with lodging at the Hotel Zur Post in Kiefersfelden, Germany and a hot Bavarian breakfast and lunch buffet served each day. The focused programs of study offered during IPAI Germany are: Opera, Musical Theatre, Collaborative Piano, and both Teaching and Directing Fellowships.

 

DAILY SCHEDULE:

Classes and events take place Monday through Friday, with Saturday being a day off and some special rehearsals or performances taking place on Sunday afternoons.

Week 1 focus = Scenes & music rehearsals, audition preparation.

Week 2 focus = Lied & MT/OP audition workshop excursions & Performances

Week 3 focus = Talk Backs with Faculty, Scenes Program.

 

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ABOUT IPAI BAVARIA GUEST ARTISTS AND FACULTY:

Participants in IPAI Bavaria  get to network with music, stage, and casting directors; international artists; and renown clinicians and teachers based in both Germany and the United States. All of our guests and artists are committed to investing in our young artists on a meaningful and personal level. Our summer intensive provide an intimate environment where artists and mentors can engage in deep conversation, reflection, and artistic discovery.

 

Some of our past and present IPAI Guest Artists and Faculty include:

 

Jennifer Larmore, Mezzo-soprano

Barbara Daniels, soprano

Barbara Bonney, soprano

Greer Grimsley, Bass-baritone

Luretta Bybee, Mezzo-soprano

Kirsten Chavez, Mezzo-soprano

Scott Wright, General Dir Mobile Opera

Andrew Campbell, Director of Collab Piano Arizona State Univ.

Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Dir San Francisco Opera Center

Stefan Tilch, Gen Dir Landestheater Niederbayern

Gudrun Bär, German Vocal Coach & Feldenkrais Specialist

Ellen Rissinger, Vocal Coach Dresden Semperoper

Michael Strauss, Vocal Coach Boston Conservatory

Kerry Deal, Soprano, New England Conservatory

Oresta Cybriwsky, Pianist and Vocal Coach Munich, Germany

Ralf Schädler, Casting Agent Stage Entertainment Germany

Antonia Klein, German Artist Agent

Natalie Kreft, German Artist Agent

Kathryn Frady Marvel, Exec Artistic Dir/Founder Marbel City Opera

Franklyn Warfield, Theatrical Casting Norwegian Cruise Lines

Shorey Walker, Actor Business Coach NYC

Michael Bunchman, Dir Collab Piano Univ of Southern Mississippi

Tyler Smith, Tenor Loyola University NOLA

Dawn Pierce, Mezzo-soprano, Ithaca College

Eric Gibson, Stage Direction & Acting

Sidonie Smith, Soprano & Coach

Maryann Kyle, Soprano & Belting Coach University of Mobile

Jessica Medoff, Actress & soprano

Stefanie and Graham Anduri, Sing for Your Lives

Matt Oglesby, Tenor West Texas A&M University

Christopher Niess, Stage Movement University of Central Florida

Darla Earnest, Soprano & Vocal Coach

Joe Hernandez, JMH Media

 

 

 

PROGRAM TUITION:

 

M U S I C A L   T H E A T R E :  

Triple Room: $6800

Double Room: $7000

Single Room: $7400

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O P E R A : 

Triple Room: $6600

Double Room: $6900

Single Room: $7200 

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C O L L A B O R A T I V E   P I A N O,  T E A C H I N G   F E L L O W S H I P  &

D I R E C T I N G   F E L L O W S H I P :  

Triple Room: $5100

Double Room: $5600

Single Room $6000

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D E P O S I T :   $500

 

SCHOLARSHIPS:

Tuition scholarships are awarded based on funding availability, artistry, and merit and determined by the application, video or live audition, financial need, and IPAI programming needs. Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of IPAI faculty, administration, and audition panelists. Recipients are obliged to notify IPAI of acceptance in a timely fashion and are still responsible for securing their position in the program by paying the deposit.