Vieni a cantare! Come sing with us!
June 19-25, 2022
Are you looking for an immersive singing experience this summer?
The Voice Intensive at the Carolina Summer Music Conservatory is a one week intensive for high school students that focuses on all aspects of solo singing. Singers can choose to be residents on our beautiful campus or to commute daily. Work with UofSC’s world-renowned faculty in private lessons, master classes, and other classes all culminating in a public performance. Types of experiences and classes can include but are not limited to:
- Private Voice Lessons
- Master Classes with UofSC Faculty or Distinguished Guest Artists
- Public Performance
- Movement (Yoga, Alexander Technique, etc.)
- Diction and Vocal Literature (art song, opera, musical theatre)
- Music Theory
- Special Topics (Auditions Strategies, Vocal Healthy, Voice Science, etc.)
- Faculty and/or Guest Artist Performances
Registration deadline is May 15.
Auditions:
Video recordings of two contrasting selections (art song, aria or music theatre) with recorded or live accompaniment.
Tuition and Fees:
View tuition and fees for Carolina Summer Music Conservatory.
Questions? View our FAQ
Apply Today!
UofSC Voice Area Faculty:
Having recently been appointed Assistant Professor of Voice at The University of South
Carolina, tenor Dominic Armstrong has been celebrated for his musicality, characterization,
and beauty of tone on stages both nationally and internationally. In the 2019-20
season, Mr. Armstrong was hailed by Opera News for ‘truly a classic, memorable performance
on all levels’ of Janacek’s The Diary of One Who Vanished for the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and by Parterre Box for being ‘an absolute star...able
to pull from a wide expressive palette in his utterly unflappable, fluid tenor...’
in his performance as Prologue/Peter Quint in OnSite Opera’s production of Benjamin
Britten’s Turn of the Screw. He was also seen as Don José in Kentucky Opera’s production of Carmen, and debuted
the role of John and understudied the role of Mr. Marks in Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn
Nottage’s new work Intimate Apparel with Lincoln Center Theatre, under the direction of Bartlett Sher. Read More
As an internationally recognized leading interpreter of contemporary and modern music,
mezzo-soprano Rachel Calloway brings versatility and compelling insight to stages
worldwide. Her work has been praised by the New York Times for “penetrating clarity”
and “considerable depth of expression” and by Opera News for her “adept musicianship
and dramatic flair.”
Last season’s highlights included a debut with the California Symphony in works by Gabriela Lena Frank and Mahler, continued collaborations with John Zorn in Katowice, Poland, alto soloist in The Messiah with the Aiken Symphony and others, and performances and residencies with Duo Cortona, Calloway’s duo alongside violinist Ari Streisfeld, in Rochester and Pittsburgh. Read More
Kurdish-American artist Michelle Moslemi-Haché has been an award-winning vocal instructor
for over 16 years, specializing in crossover, contemporary musical theatre, and classical
voice. Currently, Haché is the Instructor of Musical Theatre at the University of
South Carolina School of Music, and she is the Artistic Director of the UofSC Musical
Theatre Summer Intensive college preparatory program. Haché also serves as Artistic
Director of Gilbert & Sullivan Austin and ASMC Austin.
Previously, she was the Director of Opera and Musical Theatre and Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, as well as a Lecturer of Applied Voice at Texas State University. Haché received seven B. Iden Payne award nominations for both performance and directing, winning in 2010 and 2013 for leading roles, and again in 2016 for Best Director of a Musical Production. Haché’s voice can be heard on recordings featuring Broadway, classical and classical fusion. Ms. Haché regularly offers lectures in crossover pedagogy and musical theatre industry trends at regional and national conferences. She is an active member of The Juilliard Teacher Directory, The National Association of Teachers of Singing, OPERA America, The American Alliance for Theatre and Education, SCTA and SETC. Ms. Haché has been a national adjudicator for the NATS and Hal Leonard Vocal Competitions, and has reviewed for The Austin Chronicle and Broadway World. Studio members continue to earn placement in leading conservatories and young artist programs, top placement in national vocal competitions, and casting in Broadway productions and tours.
Ms. Haché holds a Graduate Diploma in Voice from The Juilliard School, an MM in Musical Theatre from Oklahoma City University, and a BFA in Musical Theatre from Jacksonville University.
Serena Hill-LaRoche, DMA, is an active concert artist having recently been featured
in works such as Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Herbert Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi, Poulenc’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation and Seasons, Brahm’s Requiem, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Vaughan William’s Dona Nobis Pacem and Handel’s Samson. Hill-LaRoche’s recent locations for performance and/or master class engagements
include East Tennessee State University, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Greenville
Light Opera Works, East Carolina University, University of North Carolina at Pembroke,
South Carolina Philharmonic, Coker College, Bechtler Museaum of Art, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Palmetto Opera, University of Maryland, Central Florida Lyric Opera, Firenze
Lirico, Columbia Museum of Art, and Abadía Benedictina de la Santa Cruz del Valle
de los Caídos as well as other performances in both Spain and Italy. Her opera credits
include Micaela (Carmen), Lady with the Cake Box (Postcard from Morocco), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and the title role in Dominick Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night. Read More
Janet Hopkins joined the University of South Carolina School of Music in the fall 2008 semester,
as Associate Professor of Voice, mezzo-soprano. Ms. Hopkins holds a Bachelor of Music
degree in Music Education, cum laude, and a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance, cum
laude, from the State University of New York, Potsdam, NY.
Ms. Hopkins debuted as a soprano and at The Metropolitan Opera during the 1991-1992
season in The Ghost of Versailles, returning during the next seasons for Siegrune
in Die Walküre, Parsifal and the Overseer in Elektra. While on tour with The Met in
Japan, she sang a series of solo recitals in Tokyo, garnering extensive critical acclaim.
As a mezzo soprano, Hopkins sang Cosi fan Tutte with the Eugene Opera and served apprenticeships
with the Michigan Opera Theatre and Des Moines Metro Opera. While making her vocal
change, Miss Hopkins was awarded grants and prizes from The Luciano Pavarotti International
Voice Competition, the American Opera Auditions and the Wagner Society Grant along
with a study grant from the Singers Development Fund of The Metropolitan Opera.
In addition to touring extensively with The Met, Ms. Hopkins has performed in Japan
and throughout Europe, as well as all over the United States. She has appeared at
Carnegie Hall and at the opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,
NY. Read More
Vocal coach and collaborative pianist, Lynn Kompass provides musical preparation for all Opera at USC productions and teaches courses in song literature and diction for singers. She also coaches both graduate and undergraduate voice majors in preparation for degree recitals and auditions.
Active as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Lynn Kompass has performed in Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Brazil, China, South Korea, and Thailand and has appeared in venues across the United States, including Weill Recital Hall and the Nicholas Roerich Museum (NYC), the Strings in the Mountain Festival (Colorado), Harold Washington Library (Chicago), and the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh). She has also given recitals at numerous colleges and conservatories nationwide, including the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, Eastman School of Music, University of Tennessee, Western Michigan University, University of Florida and James Madison University. For many summers she was also engaged as a pianist for the prestigious Steans Vocal Institute in residence at the Ravinia Music Festival. While in residence, she played for many voice recitals as well as master classes led by Christoph Eschenbach, Christa Ludwig, Thomas Hampson, Thomas Allen, Barbara Bonney, among others. Read More
Since her appointment in 2004, Ellen Douglas Schlaefer has staged over 50 productions
for Opera at USC and established the Carolina Opera Experience, a summer day camp
for children. She received her BA from Davidson College and MFA (stage directing)
from The Catholic University of America.
Early in her career, Schlaefer assisted directors Francesca Zambello, Gian Carlo Menotti,
Julius Rudel, Sonja Frissell, Ann-Margret Pettersson, Ted Pappas, Michael Ehrman,
Baayork Lee and Roman Terleckyj on productions with The Washington Opera, Houston
Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Charleston Symphony,
The Israel Festival (Jerusalem, Israel), Teatro Comunale di Modena (Italy), Spoleto
Festival (Melbourne, Australia) and New York Harlem Productions (Munich, Germany).
Schlaefer is the Founder and General Director of FBN Productions, Inc., Opera for
Kids, a professional touring company established in 1994 performing operas in schools,
libraries and other venues throughout the Southeast. Read More
Active as a concert artist, soprano Tina Milhorn Stallard has performed solos in works
such as Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem,” Haydn’s “The Creation,” Bach’s “St. John
Passion,” Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Handel’s “Messiah.” In June 2011, she made her Lincoln
Center debut as soprano soloist in Timothy Powell’s “Incarnation Mysteria.” As part
of the cultural prelude to the 2008 Summer Olympics, Stallard performed the soprano
solos in Vivaldi’s “Gloria” with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and members of
the Beijing National Ballet Orchestra. She has also performed with the Cincinnati
Chamber Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Johnson City Symphony, Louisville
Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, Bowling Green Western Symphony and
the University of Arkansas Orchestra.
A frequent recitalist, Stallard has presented programs in Bulgaria, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, New York, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and throughout South Carolina. Stallard premiered Lori Laitman’s song cycle “The Perfected Life”at the 2008 College Music Society National Conference. Later that year, she premiered “Songs of Time and Tide,”a cycle of songs written for her by composer John Fitz Rogers. Stallard may be heard singing the role of Principal in the recording of Robert Bradshaw’s new opera, “Gabriel” (Beauport Classical). Other opera credits include roles in “Cosi fan tutte,” “Die Fledermaus,” “Little Women,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “The Crucible”and the Italian premiere of “Casanova’s Homecoming.” She has sung with Opera Omaha, Central City Opera, Opera Theatre of Lucca (Italy), Cincinnati Opera, Kentucky Opera and The Palmetto Opera. Read More
Bass-baritone Jacob Will made his New York Philharmonic debut as soloist in the American
premiere of the “Messa per Rossini,” a performance televised live nationwide.
An experienced concert artist, Mr. Will has appeared with the Berlin Radio Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of Vladamir Ashkenazy and with the Cabrillo Festival under
the baton of Dennis Russell Davies. He has sung with the San Francisco Symphony in
the “St. Matthew Passion,” with the International Bach Festival of Schaffhausen, Switzerland,
in the “St. John Passion” and with the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra in Frank Martin's
“Le mystère de la Nativité.” He has also recorded Cherubini’s “Messe solennelle” under
Helmuth Rilling and Zemlinsky’s “Kleider Machen Leute” under Ralf Weikert.
Mr. Will has sung for many years with the Zürich Opera appearing in roles such as Raimondo in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Mustafa in “L'Italiana in Algeri,” and Colline in “La Boheme.” Other companies with which Mr. Will has appeared include the New York City Opera as Figaro in “Le Nozze di Figaro,” Vancouver Opera as Oroveso in “Norma,” the Bavarian State Opera as Samuel in “Un Ballo in Maschera” and the San Francisco Opera as Masetto in “Don Giovanni.” Read More
Sample Schedule:
Sample Schedule (subject to change):
7:00 am Breakfast (if residential)
8:00 am Movement
9:00 am Diction and Vocal Literature
10:00 am Lessons and Practice Time
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Master Class
2:00 pm Music Theory
3:00 pm Special Topics
4:00 pm Practice / Rehearsal Time
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Concerts and Recitals
Questions about the Voice Intensive at CSMC? Check out the FAQ
For more information: Email Dr. Serena Hill-LaRoche