June 20 to July 10, 2010
SCHEDULE
The Institute is held on the campus of Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Practice rooms are provided every day, and nearby dormitory rooms are available for those coming in from out of town.
Director and coaches gather a day early (Saturday, June 19) for a pre-Institute meeting, introducing some of the approaches and basic ideas around which all Institute activity is structured.
Performers join us on Sunday, June 20. Participants can check-in that afternoon, and later that day (time to be determined), we will have an orientation meeting with all participants and the staff.
Full day classes begin on Monday, June 21 and run through Saturday, July 10, six days a week, from 9:00 to around 6:00. We do not meet on Sundays, except for the first orientation meeting.
A typical day at the institute begins with a morning movement class, followed by a large group class team-taught by institute staff exploring the basics of integrated singing-acting. After lunch, we break up into small groups to study vocal play, musical improvisation, collaborative principles, song and aria interpretation, etc., and then the afternoon continues with scene rehearsals facilitated by Institute staff.
