Acceptance Notification: early June 2020
Tuition: $700 plus taxes
Late Notification: Rolling acceptance up to one week prior to Vocal Arts at DePauw on a space available basis.
For more information email vocalarts@depauw.edu.
Applicant must be in the 8th through 11th grade on or before May 1, 2020. This seven-day intensive encounter offers the dedicated high school music student an opportunity to explore the many facets of majoring in music at the collegiate level.
The application deadline is May 1, 2020 (all materials must be received by May 1, 2020) for regular decision pricing, and applicants will be notified of their status in early June 2020.
No application will be processed until all required materials are received.
If accepted for the regular decision deadline, the tuition is due by June 10, 202o. If payment is not received by the deadline, the reserved space will be given to the next applicant on the waiting list. Payment for participants accepted under late decision is due immediately after notification. No payments will be accepted after June 10, 2020.
Should a registrant need to cancel after the deadline, tuition (minus a $220 handling fee) will be refunded if written notification is received by June 10, 2020; tuition (minus a $350 handling fee) will be refunded if written notification is received by June 13, 2020. After that date, no refund will be tendered. Credit card is the preferred method of payment. Payments by check should be made payable to DePauw University.
Vocal Arts at DePauw is a residential program. Students are required to stay in campus residence halls and eat their meals in the dining area while attending the workshop. Male and female students will be housed separately within the residence halls. Trained counselors will supervise all residence halls and chaperone students during their week at DePauw. If the applicant is accepted, a list of suggested personal items to bring will be sent in the confirmation package.
Complete the online application and upload all required attachments. Please submit all materials at once. If you have difficulty uploading materials, email vocalarts@depauw.edu (please include applicant name).
Registration is June 21, 2020 from 4-5 pm in the residence hall. Registrants will be assigned to residence halls, receive schedules, and be given any other pertinent information regarding the workshop. A picnic dinner will be provided after registration. An opening concert featuring the Vocal Arts Faculty will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall. Parents are welcome to attend the picnic and concert.
The week will culminate with a final recital program open to the public on June 27, 2020, in Thompson Recital Hall at 10 a.m. All workshop registrants will perform. There will be a reception following the performance for the workshop participants and their guests to conclude the week.
Students are expected to arrive on registration day and remain on campus through the final performance on the last day.
Choose between classical and musical theatre tracks to shape your experience at Vocal Arts. Students will be placed in opera scenes, musical theatre scenes, appropriate repertoire courses, character development classes and more based on their selection.
Apply Now!• Private Lessons • Master Classes • Scenes Staging • Acting Classes • Instruction in Stage Make-up • Audition Techniques • Mock Auditions • Monologue Preparation • Sight Singing • Vocal Health • Dance and Movement • Improvisation Sessions • Dalcroze Eurhythmics • Final Performance for All Participants
• Nicole Brockmann (Dalcroze eurhythmics) • André Campelo (baritone) • Caroline Good (stage make-up) • Tim Good (acting) • Kerry Jennings (tenor) • Steven Linville (scenes direction) • Jessica Usherwood (soprano) • Eric Schmidt (choirs)
Stay tuned for updated information on our Broadway Master Class Guest. Vocal Arts 2019 featured a master class by Christy Altomare, star of Anastasia on Broadway!