Now taking place in the delightful campus of EASTBOURNE COLLEGE, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 4JY, and enjoying the use of their new Music School, the Birley Centre:

Courses for SOLO SINGERS :

* Vocal Technique
* 4 or more staged Opera scenes (with principal roles cast by audition on Sunday April 15th 2012)
* Opera chorus members will be required to act in 2 fully staged opera scenes
* Staged individual Opera Arias
* semi-staged Opera extracts
* Oratorio Arias (also an opportunity to sing solo in the Choral Concerts at the end of the week)
* Art Song (particularly, in 2012, the lieder of Debussy and Delius)
* Cabaret Class (light musical numbers, operetta, songs from the shows etc)
* Music Theatre
* Parlour Music (Salon Music etc)
* Vocal Ensembles: choose from Mozart "Nocturnes" (Notturni) for SAB, or Choral Works by Holst & Delius
* Gilbert & Sullivan - this successful course returns again! Works to be studied will be linked to the G & S CHORUSES ed. Brian Kay, pub. Novello

Courses for CHORAL SINGERS

* AIMS CHOIR: conducted by Brian Kay: Karl Jenkins "Gloria", Puccini "Messa di Gloria";
* ORATORIO CHOIR: conducted by Nigel Perrin: Mozart "Davidde Penitente" (the composer's own re-working of his famous C Minor Mass)
* CHAPEL CHOIR: conducted by Stephen Hope: music for a Sung MASS and a service of COMPLINE
* THE LIGHTER SIDE: conducted by Nigel Perrin: working on items from "In the Mood" ed. Blackwell & Carter OUP
* Gilbert & Sullivan choruses, conducted by Brian Kay, using 'Gilbert & Sullivan Choruses, Novello edn ed. Kay & Wilson
* PART-SONGS: items from "English Romantic Partsongs" ed. Paul Hillier OUP
* MADRIGALS: Selected Madrigals from Oxford Book of Italian Madrigals and Oxford Book of English Madrigals
* VOCAL TECHNIQUE for Choral Singers

* Classes for Piano Accompanists, studying with Roger Vignoles, Terence Allbright, Eugene Asti and David Willison. There will be an informal concert on the final Saturday. Bring repertoire by Debussy & Delius as well as other Lieder composers