Renowned soprano Christine Goerke will lead a master class with Westminster CoOPERAtive Program participants on Monday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m., as part of “An Evening of Arias and Appetizers,” celebrating the CoOPERAtive Program’s 10th year.
The Westminster CoOPERAtive Program, a three-week intensive operatic training program, begins June 28 and will continue through July 18. The public is invited to attend an array of free recitals, concerts and master classes featuring singers and accompanists from around the world who are taking the next step in their operatic careers.
The public events include operatic aria concerts, featuring participants performing arias from both familiar and unfamiliar operas on July 1 at 7:30 p.m., July 3 at 8:30 p.m., July 8 at 7:30 p.m., July 10 at 7:30 p.m., July 15 at 7:30 p.m. and July 18 at 2 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton.
Students will also present intimate art song recitals on July 4, 11 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Bristol Chapel.
The CoOPERAtive Program brings to Princeton some of the most influential peopel in the operatic field today to serve on its faculty and hold master classes. Program participants will perform in master classes with Susan Ashbaker, master coach and artistic advisor to the CoOPERAtive Program, on July 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Kathleen Kelly, coach and conductor of opera at University of Michigan on July 6 at 7:30 p.m. Both are in Hillman Performance Hall in the Marion Buckelew Cullen Center and are free and open to the public.
To celebrate the CoOPERAtive Program’s 10th year, Westminster will host “An Evening of Arias and Appetizers” on July 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Marion Buckelew Cullen Center’s Hillman Performance Hall. The event will include a master class with Christine Goerke and light refreshments.
The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Call for reservations at (609) 896 – 5033.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University is located at 101 Walnut Lane in Princeton.
For more information about CoOPERAtive performances, visit rider.edu/arts.
