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Through the St. Andrews Summer School for the Performing Arts, students are given the opportunity to take masterclasses and to perform in recitals and at other public venues. [Read More]

ALUMNI & FACULTY
From Wendy Nielsen and Measha Brueggergosman to Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey and Chih-Long Hu, many famous faces have taken part in our courses and events, either as instructors, students or performers. When you participate in St. Andrews Arts Council events and workshops -- you are in good company. [Read More]

Faculty

Liz Upchurch

Opera Workshop, Vocal Techniques Workshop

Liz Upchurch is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, where she won several prizes as solo pianist and accompanist. As a music director, vocal coach and repetiteur she has worked in 21st-century and traditional opera, music theatre and theatre. She has also covered a wide range of working techniques with singers, actors and instrumentalists in community and educational projects. For many years she worked with young artists at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh where she played for masterclasses with artists such as Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Suzanne Danco, William Pleeth and Dame Joan Sutherland. Upchurch has also worked at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg festival in Germany and the National Theatre in London. She held a faculty position in the 20th-century Opera and Song program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and was repetiteur and chorus director at Edmonton Opera. As a pianist she has performed all over Europe and has been broadcast with the BBC, Norwegian Radio and the CBC. Upchurch also appeared as a judge on Bravo’s hit series, Bathroom Divas: So you want to be an opera singer!

Courses:

Opera Workshop
Vocal Techniques Workshop

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COURSE & COMPETITION DEADLINES

April 4, 2012
Applications Due For:
Aria Competition
Opera Workshop
Vocal Techniques Workshop

April 18, 2012
Applications Due For:
International Pas de Deux

April 20, 2012
Applications Due For:
Piano Academy & Festival Int'l
2012 Piano Competition

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UPCOMING EVENTS

June 1-23, 2012
New Brunswick Early Music Festival (NewBEMF)

July 1-13, 2012
St. Andrews International Piano Academy and Festival

July 13, 2012
26th Gala Festival Concert

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