Empowerment, connection, mentorship, & encouragement
JuLY 17 - August 7, 2022
"We inspire and empower artists through meaningful connections and personalized training with international professionals.
We are dedicated to developing your artistry, crafting your skill-set, and nurturing your growth
within a community of encouragement."
ABOUT IPAI GERMANY:
IPAI Germany is a 3-week intensive that focuses on developing the artistic capacities and direction of the total artist with an emphasis on experiencing German culture and musical connection. Participants have a rigorous schedule that includes rehearsals for a comprehensive German opera/operetta and musical theatre scenes program; daily classes in dance/movement/choreography, German language/diction, and acting; 2 private voice lessons and 1-2 private coachings per week. Performers participate in over 20 masterclasses for musical theatre, opera, and collaborative piano focusing on style, interpretation and performance; entrepreneurship, branding, and marketing; auditioning; Feldenkrais body movement; German Lied and Operetta; and more. Our piano duo collaborative environment is a unique learning experience among summer programs. Pianist-singer duos work, rehearse, coach, and perform together throughout the entirety of the program: learning from each other and developing language, connection, musical communication, and often special partnerships that continue beyond the summer intensive. Our combined American and German faculty offer a unique cultural perspective and provide in-depth, one-on-one mentorship as our participants find and create a plan to pursue the individual, unique expression of their personal brand of artistry in the world. Participants go on one musical excursion during the program: musical theatre artists visit Stage Entertainment (Germany's largest Broadway Musical production company) for a 3-day workshop and audition in Hamburg and opera artists will participate in a workshop and behind-the-scenes tour with the General Director of a regional German opera house. Performance opportunities during the program include 2 scenes concerts in collaboration with the Kiefersfelden Musikkapelle (community band), a musical theatre song night, and opera aria night, 1-2 Liederabend concerts, 1-2 cabaret concerts, and of course singing in master classes. IPAI Germany is an all-inclusive experience with lodging at the Hotel Zur Post in Kiefersfelden, Germany and a hot Bavarian breakfast and lunch buffet served each day. The programs of study offered during IPAI Germany are: Opera, Musical Theatre, Collaborative Piano, & Directing Fellowship.
DAILY SCHEDULE:
Classes and events take place Monday - Friday with Saturday being a day off and some special rehearsals or performances taking place on Sunday afternoons. Week 1 focus = scenes & music rehearsals, audition prep. Week 2 focus = Lied & MT/OP audition workshop excursions. Week 3 focus = Performances.
TIME EVENT LOCATION
7:00am Breakfast Buffet Zur Post Hotel Frühstückszimmer
8:15am - 9:45am Dance/Movement or Acting Class Tanzraum
10:00am - 12:00pm Master Classes/ Scenes & Music Rehearsal Blahaus/Beckstein/Musikkapelle
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch Zur Post Hotel Garten
1:00pm - 2:00pm German Language & Diction Zur Post Hotel Frühstückszimmer
2:15pm - 5:00pm Voice Lessons & Coaching Various locations
5:00pm - 6:00pm Dinner Break Everyone on their own
6:15pm - 9:00pm Master Classes/ Scenes & Music Rehearsal Stadl/Evangelische Kirche
7:30pm Performances Stadl/Kirche/Kurpark
TENTATIVE DATES:
Sunday, July 17 - Check-in Kiefersfelden, Orientation, & Company Dinner @ Hotel Zur Post
Monday, July 18 - First Day of Classes
Tuesday, July 19 - Faculty Recital
Wednesday, July 20 - Cabaret Night 1
Friday, July 22 - Musical Theatre Song Night
Monday, July 25 - Wednesday, July 27 - MT Audition Workshop Excursion to Hamburg
Thursday, July 28 - Musikkapelle Concert
Sunday, July 31 - Liederabend
Monday, Aug 1 - Tuesday, Aug 2 - OP Audition Workshop Excursion Landestheater Niederbayern
Wednesday, Aug 3 - Cabaret Night 2
Friday, Aug 4 - Final IPAI Gala Concert
Saturday, Aug 5 - Next Step Mentorship Sessions
Sunday, Aug 7 - Check-out & Travel Day
ABOUT IPAI GUEST ARTISTS AND FACULTY:
Participants in both IPAI Fairhope and Germany get to network with music, stage, and casting directors; international artists; and renown clinicians and teachers based in both Germany and the United States. All of our guests and artists are committed to investing in our young artists on a meaningful and personal level. Our summer intensives provide an intimate environment where artists and mentors can engage in deep conversation, reflection, and artistic discovery.
Some of our past and present IPAI Guest Artists and Faculty include:
Jennifer Larmore, Mezzo-soprano
Barbara Daniels, soprano
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Greer Grimsley, Bass-baritone
Luretta Bybee, Mezzo-soprano
Kirsten Chavez, Mezzo-soprano
Scott Wright, General Dir Mobile Opera
Andrew Campbell, Director of Collab Piano Arizona State Univ.
Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Dir San Francisco Opera Center
Stefan Tilch, Gen Dir Landestheater Niederbayern
Gudrun Bär, German Vocal Coach & Feldenkrais Specialist
Ellen Rissinger, Vocal Coach Dresden Semperoper
Michael Strauss, Vocal Coach Boston Conservatory
Kerry Deal, Soprano, New England Conservatory
Oresta Cybriwsky, Pianist and Vocal Coach Munich, Germany
Ralf Schädler, Casting Agent Stage Entertainment Germany
Antonia Klein, German Artist Agent
Natalie Kreft, German Artist Agent
Michael Gehrke, School of Music Weimar
Michael Sturm, German Stage Director & Coach
Jay Dean, Artistic Dir Opera Mississippi, Natchez Festival of Music
Stacey Trenteseaux, Executive Dir Opera Mississippi
Kathryn Frady Marvel, Exec Artistic Dir/Founder Marbel City Opera
Franklyn Warfield, Theatrical Casting Norwegian Cruise Lines
Shorey Walker, Actor Business Coach NYC
Michael Bunchman, Dir Collab Piano Univ of Southern Mississippi
Tyler Smith, Tenor Loyola University NOLA
Dawn Pierce, Mezzo-soprano, Ithaca College
Eric Gibson, Stage Direction & Acting
Sidonie Smith, Soprano & Coach
Maryann Kyle, Soprano & Belting Coach University of Mobile
Jessica Medoff, Actress & soprano
Stefanie and Graham Anduri, Sing for Your Lives
Matt Oglesby, Tenor West Texas A&M University
Christopher Niess, Stage Movement University of Central Florida
Bruce Earnest, Baritone and Belting Coach
Darla Earnest, Soprano & Vocal Coach
Joe Hernandez, JMH Media
PROGRAM TUITION:
IPAI Germany Opera & Musical Theatre $6,000
IPAI Germany Collaborative Piano, Teaching & Directing Fellowship $4,500
IPAI Fairhope All-inclusive $4,100
IPAI Fairhope Tuition Only (no housing or food) $3,100
IPAI Fairhope & Germany Combined Programs $7,900
(IPAI Teaching Fellowship will only be taking place in Fairhope for IPAI 2022)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Tuition scholarships (typically between $500 - $3000) are awarded based on funding availability, artistry, and merit and determined by the application, video or live audition, financial need, and IPAI programming needs. Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of IPAI faculty, administration, and audition panelists. Recipients are obliged to notify IPAI of acceptance in a timely fashion and are still responsible for securing their position in the program by paying the deposit.