Georgia Stitt We Are Excited That One of Our First Masterclasses Will Be Led by Broadway Music Director and Famed Composer/Lyricist, Georgia Stitt

Summer Institute for the Vocal Arts A YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM

2017 SEASON July 31st – August 20th Summer Institute for the Vocal Arts ( SI VA)

SIVA is thrilled to have its complete summer program commence this July 31–August 20, 2017. Last summer, SIVA launched its program with a successful production of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. This summer, we will be premiering our comprehensive program; complete with classes in acting, voice coaching, movement for actors, and master classes with professionals in the performing arts industry. We are also excited to have the young artists in our program performing in a mainstage production of the 2012 updated version of GODSPELL by Stephen Schwartz.

The SIVA program is headed by New York City based team Briar Forsythe, SIVA’s General Director, and Lisa-Anne Tamagini, SIVA’s Artistic Director. Lisa-Anne Tamagini has been a professional opera and classical singer for over twenty-five-years, and is passionate about sharing her knowledge regarding the importance of a solid vocal technique, and the necessary skills to be a professional singer.

Briar Forsythe, studied classical voice and is fervent supporter of the performing arts. Ms. Forsythe is a philanthropist, successful entrepreneur and owner of the Willowdale Estate, an award winning events and catering company on the North Shore of Massachusetts, which serves as a corporate sponsor for the Summer Institute for the Vocal Arts. Together, Ms. Forsythe’s business acumen and Ms. Tamagini’s professional performing background, inspired them to create a new summer program outside of the city, providing a training ground for young singers that wish to pursue a career in the vocal performing arts.

For more information about SIVA’s program please visit our website: www.summerinstituteforthevocalarts.org SIVA’S 2017 MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION:

BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

DAILY SCHEDULE MONDAY-FRIDAY

10:00am–12:00pm: Classes

Mornings will be dedicated to classes where students will develop the fundamentals of becoming a singer and performing artist.

• Acting • Master Classes given by • Voice Class industry professionals • Vocal Coachings • Seminars on auditioning, preparing a singer’s book, • Movement and resume

12:00pm–1:00pm: Lunch Break

1:00pm–6:00pm: Rehearse for Mainstage Production

Afternoons will be focused on rehearsals for the mainstage production.

• Staging • Choreography • Musical Rehearsals

PERFORMANCES

Saturday, August 19th and Sunday, August 20th The SIVA program classes will be held in the Congregational Church office building on beautiful Lake Quannapowitt at 1 Church Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Performance location TBA. Lisa Tamagini ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Lisa Tamagini is a New York City based teaching singer. After earning her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Performer’s Certificate from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Ms. Tamagini went on to have a successful stage career that has spanned over twenty years. She has appeared in leading roles in major opera houses and concert halls including, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Beginning her work as a teacher a decade ago, Ms. Tamagini found it most rewarding to lay the foundation for a solid technique in singers that were qualified to train prior to conservatory studies. Her method integrates a sound, scientifically based vocal technique and text training, which acknowledges the individual learning styles and vocal temperament of each young artist. Ms. Tamagini students have gone on to pursue musical studies in such institutions as The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Mannes College of Music, NYU Steinhardt and Tisch, Wagner College, Syracuse University, Ithaca College, Boston University, Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Berklee College of Music to name a few, as well as trained singers who went on to American Idol and The Voice. Ms. Tamagini has served on the voice faculty of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and is proud to be part of the founding voice faculty of The Special Music School High School in New York City, which is a collaboration between the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center and the New York City Department of Education.

In addition to teaching at The Special Music School, Ms. Tamagini maintains a successful private voice studio in New York City and Boston North, where she trains young professionals and high school students preparing for conservatory studies, as well as continuing to enjoy an active singing schedule. Elaine Smith Purcell MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Walnut Hill School for the Arts, American Repertory Theater, Boston Conservatory, UMass Lowell Music).

Visiting artists currently scheduled:

Lindsay Mendez We are thrilled to announce Broadway star Lindsay Mendez will be teaching a masterclass for SIVA’s students and working with our cast in the third week of the program. Ms. Mendez’s Broadway credits include, GODSPELL original 2011 revival cast, Elphaba in Wicked, Jan in Grease, The Marvelous Wonderettes, and the leading role in Sherie Rene Scott’s Everyday Rapture.

Georgia Stitt We are excited that one of our first masterclasses will be led by Broadway Music Director and famed composer/lyricist, Georgia Stitt. Georgia was the on-set music supervisor for the Anna Kendrick/Jeremy Jordan film The Last Five Years and has previously worked as the vocal coach for the NBC hit show America’s Got Talent. She was the assistant music director for the NBC TV special Clash of the Choirs, the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show Grease: You’re The One That I Want, and the Production Music Coordinator for the Disney/ABC TV musical Once Upon A Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett. On Broadway she was the assistant conductor of Little Shop of Horrors and the associate conductor of the Encores! production of Can-Can starring Patti LuPone. Other theater credits: Sweet Charity (starring Sutton Foster), Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and the national tour of Parade. She was a music consultant for the feature filmThe Stepford Wives, directed by Frank Oz. In 2005 she served as an arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra (Keith Lockhart, conductor) in their 75th Anniversary Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Tanglewood and Boston’s Symphony Hall. In 2014 she served on the music team for NBC‘s The Sound Of Music Live! with Carrie Underwood and Audra McDonald.

Check the website for further visiting artists as they’re scheduled. AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

• The SIVA program is for all individuals 14-20 years of age, who have a strong interest in pursuing conservatory training and/or a professional career as a singing actor. Advanced 13 year-olds with stage experience and training may inquire.

• Two song selections of contrasting styles: classical, musical theater, or contemporary. Songs must be memorized.

• All auditions will be evaluated by video submission. You may either upload video to your email submission, or provide a YouTube link. Deadline for submitting audition video is June 1, 2017. Your audition video does not need to be professional quality. Please state your name and age at the start of your video.

Also, submit a resume with your video and be sure to include detailed contact information including: name, address, phone number, and email.

Please email your audition video and resume to: [email protected] Please write, “SIVA Audition” in the subject line.

• We will be casting our mainstage production of GODSPELL from your submitted auditions and all students will have a part in the show.

If you have any questions about the audition feel free to email us at: [email protected]

TUITION

Tuition for the SIVA full three week program is $1,200.

Tuition includes all classes, master classes, seminars, mainstage production. All accepted students will be invited to an orientation with refreshments on SIVA’s opening day Monday, July 31st at the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, Massachusetts. The SIVA orientation will be an opportunity for students and parents to meet each other, as well as the SIVA faculty and staff.

Financial aid is available. Please send a request via email to: [email protected] MISSION STATEMENT

SIVA’s mission is to offer quality vocal instruction for young singers, ages 14–20, in all styles (musical theater, contemporary, opera, and jazz) pursuing careers in the vocal arts. Students will be instructed through the fundamentals of classical technique by seasoned voice teachers from New York City and Boston, who have worked professionally or are currently working in the performing arts industry.

In addition to vocal instruction, SIVA endorses all aspects of the conservatory philosophy and training by offering classes in acting, speech, movement, master classes with industry professionals, as well as a variety of performance opportunities that will benefit singers in developing their skills and confidence.

CONNECT WITH SIVA

Online: www.summerinstituteforthevocalarts.org

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 212-799-0590

The Summer Institute for the Vocal Arts is a non-profit organization that welcomes all religions, races, sexual orientation, gender expression, and class backgrounds.