“Every class I attended, every recital I heard, every musician I spoke with, inspired me to be more courageous, more open, more generous in my art.”

SONG: Fusion of text and tone, instrument of story-telling, expressive vault of human experience, ideas, and emotion. Join us at VISI 2010 for immersion courses, concerts, and conversations about Song – 3 weeks in June spanning millennia of art and ideas. Singers, pianists, teachers, composers, musicologists, poets, performance researchers, humanities and social science scholars, multi-media artists, listeners; the interpretations and dramatic performance of Art Song depends on inspired collaborations.
New horizons of Art Song interpretation and performance are explored through intensive training programs and collaborations with internationally-renowned artists, scholars, and researchers. From masterclasses to theatrical stagings to music neuroscience studies, VISI is a banquet for the mind, heart, and imagination. Choose the VISI intensive program that fits your career path and enjoy the interdisciplinary events that weave all the strands together.

VISI 2010 includes immersion studies in:
· The Romantic Self – Schumann and his legacy
· French Mélodie and Surrealism
· The Songs of Samuel Barber
· Approaches to Collaborative Partnership and Dramatic Stagecraft

“I have never experienced a summer program this focused, interesting, uplifting, and well run.  The range of classes, concerts, and lectures was stellar”

Our 2010 Programs include:
· The Theatre of Art Song/Collaborative Piano Studies
· Musicology Mentorship Program
· Pedagogy of Art Song Retreat
· Diverse Song Workshops.

Please see below for further details.

THE THEATRE OF ART SONG / COLLABORATIVE PIANO STUDIES JUNE 4 – 23, 2010

“POETRY, PASSION, PERFORMANCE PRACTICE”

Singers, Pianists:

Explore the expressive dimensions of Art Song and stretch your boundaries with new approaches to the Art Song recital stage. VISI’s main training program includes: private coachings and masterclasses with internationally renowned artists, a residency with the New Triad for Collaborative Arts, studies in poetry and other humanities, dramatic diction and recitation, theatrical staging and improvisation, traditional and alternative performance explorations. This is a course that will transform your views about Art Song and its relevance in the world.
Collaborative Piano Studies is a component of the Theatre of Art Song Program. A program of daily studies dedicated to the special skills of the collaborative pianist’s craft is woven into the Theatre of Song program. The program begins with the New Triad for Collaborative Arts residency. From June 7-18th PROFESSOR CAMERON STOWE will be in residence, joined by an array of distinguished pianists visiting throughout the program until June 23. Collaborate with Faculty singers in coachings and performance, study privately with faculty pianists, work in vocal/piano partnerships and study collaborative dynamics with the coaches from New Triad and other facilitators. This program is fused with the complete Theatre of Art Song program of courses. The piano lid is always open at VISI, as is the conversation!

Tuition for Theatre of Art Song/Collaborative Piano Studies: $1300.  ($1200 if paid before May 1st)
Accommodations are available on campus (not included in fee). Limited scholarships are available.

For specific inquiries please click here to e-mail.

SONG MUSICOLOGY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM JUNE 7-12, 2010 or by arrangement

University Scholars of Song and Interdisciplinary Musicology:

VISI offers a mentorship program under the guidance of DR. BENJAMIN BINDER, musicologist and collaborative pianist at Duquesne University, with distinguished visiting scholars and artists. The program includes daily lectures in diverse fields, private consultations, observation of performance classes, and recital collaborations with art song duos.

Tuition: $350. (For June 7-12, 2010). Visits outside of these dates can be arranged with Professor Binder with daily fees of $60.
Accommodations are available on UBC campus (not included in fees).
For specific inquiries please click here to e-mail.

PEDAGOGY OF ART SONG RETREAT: “Teaching Art Song from the Inside Out” JUNE 11-15, 2010

“I feel inspired enlightened, reinvigorated, encouraged with a new sense of belonging, and I return to my teaching with new ideas and renewed passion”

Teachers of Voice and Collaborative Piano:

Join the VISI experience at a Retreat exploring innovative pedagogy in Art Song Interpretation and Practices. To teach song is to engage Poetry, Philosophy, History, Dramatic Recitation, Musicology, Psychology, as well as the traditional challenges of technical and stage craft. An array of lecturers and artists offer a banquet of ideas and inspirations, concerts and conversations. PROFESSOR SCOTT MCCOY, President of NATS, Professor of Voice and Pedagogy, Director of the Presser Music Center Voice Laboratory, and author of the voice science and pedagogy textbook, Your Voice: An Inside View is among our many distinguished speakers, also including PROFESSORS ROSEMARIE LANDRY, DARRYL EDWARDS, ANDREA ROSE, FRANÇOIS LEROUX – Director of the Centre de la Mélodie Française – and more experts in the many fields of Art Song interest.
Teachers are also welcome to AUDIT ALL SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE VISI PROGRAM to suit personal schedules and interests.

Complete details of the retreat and other sessions will be available in March.

Fees: $250 for the full retreat including all concerts (early-bird discount available until May 1, of $200).
Daily rate: $50 for individual drop-in, with a special rate of $60 per pair. (Concerts not included).

For specific inquiries please click here to e-mail.

THE VISI 2010 FACULTY:

A complete roster of VISI 2010 artists, scholars, and workshop presenters will be updated through March. Our 2010 faculty includes:

Singers
BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, TYLER DUNCAN, DARRYL EDWARDS, ROBYN DRIEDGER-KLASSEN, MARTHA GUTH, ROSEMARIE LANDRY, FRANÇOIS LEROUX, PHOEBE MACRAE, SCOTT MCCOY, LYNNE MCMURTRY, LAMBROULA PAPPAS, GAYLE SHAY, JULIE SIMSON

Pianists
ALISON D’AMATO, TERENCE DAWSON, KENNETH GRIFFITHS, CHE ANN LOEWEN, LAURA LOEWEN, RENA SHARON, CAMERON STOWE, ERIKA SWITZER, KINZA TYRRELL

Theatre
ALAN CORBISHLEY, GAYLE SHAY, DAVID WALSH

Scholars
PROFESSORS BENJAMIN BINDER, DAVID GORDON DUKE SIMA GODFREY, RAY HSU, RICHARD KURTH, KEVIN MCNEILLY, ANDREA ROSE, FRANK RUSSO,  ERIC VATIKIOTIS-BATESON, AND MORE.

New Triad for Collaborative Arts

ADAM MARKS, ARLENE SHRUT

VISI is delighted to present the The New Triad for Collaborative Arts in residency at VISI from June 6-14 in coachings and workshops for the Theatre of Art Song, Collaborative Piano Studies, and Pedagogy Retreat programs. New Triad’s visit is made possible through a generous grant from the The Elizabeth & Michel Sorel Charitable Organization Inc.,  to whom we are grateful for their support of this project.

DIVERSE SONG WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA FOR EVERYONE

“Attending VISI has transformed me. My experiences at this unique forum enabled me to feel more deeply the centrality of art to the human experience.”

Create your own VISI vacation. Drop in to audit masterclasses, lectures, and great concerts throughout VISI, or register for our special topics symposia to suit your interests.

• Music Therapy: On the weekend of June 5-6 VISI hosts the 2nd Symposium by the Music Therapy Association of BC focusing on children. All are welcome! Full symposium details to come in March on the MTABC website.
• Cognition and Neuroscience: Research studies will take place throughout VISI. If you are interested in observing, please click here to e-mail
• Choral intensive workshop and celebration of Samuel Barber’s music with Kevin Zakresky  June 10-13 . Some choral experience is required.
• World Harmony Singing: Learn to sing music of many cultures with facilitator Karla Mundy and her musical network.   Prior musical training is NOT required.
• Vocal Improvisation: Renowned artist Viviane Houle offers a series of workshops for artists from the community or VISI visitors.

Detailed descriptions and fees of all workshops and symposia to follow. For specific information, please click here to e-mail

“SONGFIRE”

VISI is proud to collaborate with distinguished Vancouver music organizations for a month-long Festival of Song spanning eclectic and exciting Song genres. City Opera Vancouver, Turning Point Ensemble, Elektra, Silk Purse, and many more voices will be heard.

Please check our Performance site in April for our event information and schedule.