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17 September 2025 - 3 December 2025 ( 22 hours, 11 weeks )
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Waterloo Centre
This course is designed for advanced singers (Grade 8 and above) and early-career professionals aiming to enhance their solo performance skills in classical repertoire. It emphasises preparation for recitals and auditions, with a special focus on operatic arias, oratorio, and art songs. Led by music director and vocal coach Panaretos Kyriatzidis, the course also features drama coaching sessions each term with stage director William Kerley, ensuring a comprehensive approach to performance excellence.
In this course, you will be expected to build a portfolio of at least three pieces, suitable for your voice type and level, that you can use for auditions and/or concert performance. You are invited to bring along one aria/song of your own choice in the first session. Further repertoire suggestions can be discussed in consultation with the tutor. The course is in a ‘masterclass’ setting and at the start of each session, participants are allocated equal time slots to work with the tutor. During each slot, the rest of the group is invited to participate in peer feedback, questions and answers, and occasional group exercises. You will receive regular feedback from tutor, accompanist and peers, alongside advice on further repertoire. Towards the end of the course, we will create video and audio recordings of your work for self-assessment purposes, which may also be used for promotional purposes (subject to approval from the tutor). The last session may also take the form of a student recital open to the public, followed by tutor feedback. Technical vocal aspects may be covered, although the main focus of this course will be interpretation skills.
This course is only suitable for very advanced singers, who are of at least Grade 8 or equivalent standard in singing. Approval is needed to enrol on this course, and you may be asked to come in for an audition. If you wish to be considered, please contact enquiries@morleycollege. ac. uk.
Tutor approval is needed to enrol on this course. Please see above.
Two copies of your music for the tutor and the pianist. Own recording equipment, such as mobile phones, or other material for taking notes for maximum progress. Please choose an aria/song to prepare for the first session. Further advice on repertoire can be offered by the course tutors upon request.
