2013 CATS Brochure by Justin Kulovsek

ADOPT A

LORIN MAAZEL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DIETLINDE MAAZEL ASSOC. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

NANCY GUSTAFSON GENERAL MANAGER

Make a difference in the life of a young singer! Actual cost to the Castleton Festival for tuition, room and board per singer is $7,000. An average of 60% of CATS are on scholarship.

For more information on how to Adopt a CAT, please contact:

2013

Nancy Gustafson General Manager Direct: (202) 721-0020 Email: nancyg@castletonfestival.org Howard Bender Director of Institutional Advancement Direct: (202) 701-4453 Email: hbender@castletonfestival.org

Castleton Festival DC Offices: 2300 N Street NW Suite 5254 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: +1-202-721-0020 www.castletonfestival.org Major funding for the Castleton Artists Training Seminar comes from

Cedar Hill Foundation

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CASTLETON A RTISTS T RAINING S EMINAR The Castleton Artists Training Seminar is a program for advanced voice students which runs parallel with the Castleton Festival. Based on the 600-acre farm estate of Maestro Lorin Maazel in rural Rappahannock County, Virginia, the Festival and Seminar will be celebrating their Fifth Anniversary Season in 2013. Seminar participants will perform in the chorus and sing comprimario roles in the Festival’s new productions conducted by Maestro Maazel: Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West and Verdi’s Otello.

CLASSES OFFERED Voice Lessons 45 minutes weekly - with opera stars and voice faculty including Denyce Graves, James Morris, Stanford Olson, Neil Shicoff, Dawn Kotoski Shicoff, Rosa Vento, Eduardo Chama and Richard Stilwell.

Vocal Coaching Weekly sessions with renowned coaches including Bénédicte Jourdois and Miloš Repický.

Master Classes with Marlena Malas Internationally renowned recitalist, Chair of the Voice Department at the Chautauqua Institution, and faculty member of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard and Manhattan Schools of Music, Marlena Malas will hold Master Classes as well as individual sessions.

Musical Comedy / Jazz / Folk Coaching Individual sessions with Nashville’s famous cross-over coach Ron Browning.

Performance Enhancement Acting Techniques, Improvisation, Monologue & Dialogue studies, Character Development and Role Preparation with award-winning actress Dietlinde Turban Maazel.

Movement A series of classes will be held throughout the program designed to enhance awareness and transparency of the body through BALLET, JAZZ DANCE, YOGA and ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE.

German Lieder and Italian Song

“The Castleton Festival is an opportunity to be a part of worldclass productions, surrounded by some of the ﬁnest professionals and voices in the world, but all the while having the comfort of being at home. I had never experienced a training program with the kind of personalized nurturing that Castleton doles out so lovingly. This breed of work breaks down walls we create as performers, and births artists that are the industry standard time and time again. I am proud to call myself a part of the Castleton family! ” - Andy McCullough, tenor

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Daily classes focus on in-depth immersion into language, content, historical background, musical interpretation, stylistic approaches and performance aspects of this rich European repertoire.

Intensive Language Studies Native speakers Dietlinde Turban Maazel and Daniela Costa offer beginner and advanced courses in German and Italian focusing on grammar and diction.

Career Preparation Former General Director of the Glyndebourne Festival, the Canadian Opera Company and the Chicago Opera Theater, and currently the Head of Auditions for the international competition Neue Stimmen, Bertelsman, Brian Dickie offers Master Classes and individual guidance with regard to audition techniques, repertoire choices and career management.

Digital Marketing Class Justin Kulovsek and Maestro Maazel’s web team guide students in creating and maintaining their presence on the web through various media.

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2013 CATS FACULTY INCLUDES Ron Browning

Marlena Malas

Eduardo Chama

James Morris

Daniela Costa

Stanford Olsen

Brian Dickie

Miloš Repický

Taught by a prestigious international faculty, students in the Seminar are offered a range of classes and coachings encompassing opera and song literature, vocal technique and interpretation, acting and movement for the stage, Alexander Technique, languages (German and Italian) and career preparation. College credit is available for participation in the CATS seminar. There are ample performance opportunities throughout the festival including chamber music concerts, musical theatre performances, song recitals, and Opera Workshop Scene Recitals. Seminar participants will perform in the productions conducted by Maestro Maazel either in the chorus or in comprimario roles and be responsible for covering leading roles. Castleton is committed to engaging CATS alumni in future seasons as soloists in its productions.

Denyce Graves

Dawn Kotoski Shicoff

“Becoming a CAT...a life-changing experience! We are here to identify exceptional talents, unleash their full potential, and help them grow into major international careers. A CAT remains part of the Castleton Family for many years.”

Nancy Gustafson

Neil Shicoff

- Dietlinde Turban Maazel

Bénédicte Jourdois

Richard Stilwell

Dietlinde Turban Maazel

Rosa Vento Maestro Maazel and CATS with Dame Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons. 2011

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