October 3
10:00am-1:00pm CDT
Price: $30

​NTX Vocal Arts presents its inaugural workshop, equipping singers ​for recorded auditions in the unique 2020-21 audition season and beyond. Explore our sessions below, each designed to prepare you practically and artistically to excel. This single-day, online workshop is led by NTX Vocal Arts core faculty and guest panelists. 

Open to singers from pre-collegiate to emerging professional level. Space is limited.

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Navigating Video Technology

In this how-to segment, professional audio engineer and videographer Drew Sutherland with soprano Bree Nichols will help you create a professional audition audio-video recording. They will offer advice on making the most of the equipment you have on hand, information about purchasing equipment that best suits your voice type in any price range, plus simple tips on lighting your video and setting up your shot.

Acting on Camera

The current climate in the performing arts requires artists to do what they have always done: adjust and (literally) reframe. In this overview, director Crystal Manich will give you practical tips about acting on camera for audition videos.

Empowering Your Audition

Auditions are like a performance and a job interview all in one! Under the instruction of opera professionals Carol Wilson, Lauren McNeese, and Daniel Bubeck, learn to hone your presentation and find your comfort zone, prepare for auditions, and dress your best.

Becoming Your Own Entrepreneur

Join recent vocal performance graduates Alexandra Johnson and Annie Penner from The Dallas Opera, stage director Derrick R. Brown, and Bree Nichols, D.M.A. soprano and entrepreneur, in a discussion about using your artistic skills to create a career in arts administration, arts management, directing, and more.

Guest Panelists

Alexandra Johnson, soprano, MM in Vocal Performance at UNT. Currently a Content Coordinator for The Dallas Opera’s TDO Network. Graduate Teaching Assistant for UNT Opera (2018-2020). Assistant Box Office Manager for Pittsburgh Festival Opera (2019). Company Management and Arts Administration Intern for Pittsburgh Festival Opera (2018). Assistant Stage Manager for UNT Opera (2017). Previous roles include Breezette (Mr. Rogers Operas, PFO 2019), Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen, UNT 2018), Rose Maurrant (Street Scene, UNT 2018), Morgana (Alcina, UNT 2018)
Annie Penner currently works full time as TDO Network and Social Media Manager at The Dallas Opera after spending the previous year as Artistic Coordinator. Prior to this she was the Company Management Intern at Des Moines Metro Opera Summer Festival (2019). Annie completed a BM in Vocal Performance and BA in history at Lawrence University in 2017 and moved to Texas for her MM in Vocal Performance at UNT where she spent time both off and on stage working as a Stage Manager (2019), Assistant Stage Manager (2018-2019) in addition to roles such as Zweite Dame (The Magic Flute, UNT 2017) and Lucine (Le testament de la tante Caroline, UNT 2019). She has been invited to several panels in the wake of COVID-19 to discuss her role in The Dallas Opera’s pivot to digital content and the creation of TDO Network, most recently with Capacity Interactive. 
Derrick R. Brown works as a stage director, performer, and speaker throughout the DFW metroplex. This fall he is presenting an innovative opera compilation project, The Fermata Films, with Pittsburgh Festival Opera; next summer they will again collaborate to perform the Pennsylvania premier of Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata. In addition to directing, Derrick also sings as soloist and choir member in a number of local ensembles. He has narrated for local orchestras, given pre-show talks and lectures for chamber groups, and has been on a number of discussion panels involving local music, opera, and the future of performing.
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