Join in! Keen to get up on stage yourself? Take the next step by joining one of our groups for teenagers or adults.
Scottish Opera Connect
Community Choir
For 14 to 21 year olds
For adults of all ages
Scottish Opera Connect gives aspiring singers and orchestral musicians a unique, practical introduction to the skills and experience needed to perform opera. The programme offers the chance to develop knowledge, technique and creative skills under the expert tutelage of Scotland’s top opera professionals.
We need your voice! Set up in 2012 for adults living and working in the north of Glasgow, our Community Choir is going from strength to strength. With a mix of opera, classical, popular, folk and world music, the choir meets on Wednesday evenings in the new Education rooms at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. You don’t need to be able to read music or have any previous experience. Just come and give it a go and see what fun singing can be!
Connect Chorus Our Connect Chorus meets throughout the year for a programme of evening and weekend workshops, running from September to April. During the year the group works with a range of professionals involved in making opera in Scotland. Composers, conductors, voice coaches, stage directors, choreographers and designers come together to lead sessions on everything from singing and stagecraft to Alexander Technique and stage management. Connect Orchestra Like Connect Chorus, our Connect Orchestra follows a programme of evening and weekend sessions running from September to April. Professional players from The Orchestra of Scottish Opera work with the group as mentors throughout the course, helping to develop the musicianship needed to play for opera. Auditions for Connect 2015/16 will be held in January 2015. Look out for information this Autumn at scottishopera.org.uk
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Autumn rehearsals 2014 Wed 17 Sep to Wed 3 Dec Spring rehearsals 2015 Wed 14 Jan to Wed 1 Apr For more information go to scottishopera.org.uk