Programs for singers

Five-Week Intensive Training Program

Musical Theatre & Classical Performers

May 26th – June 29th, 2025

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

Whether you are a classical singer looking for cross training, or a musical theatre performer wanting to learn new skills, or grow your current ones, our new 5 week intensive focuses on just that!

Designed for North American singers, who are of advanced standing with considerable previous voice training, this five-week intensive program is a must for those who wish to focus on further developing technique while simultaneously working on their performance skills. This comprehensive program provides instruction in Creative Process (focused on developing imagination and improvisation skills), Acting for Stage and Screen, Voice-Over, Movement, Clown, Speech, and Text and Vocal Interpretation taught by distinguished faculty who are experts in their field. Our guest teachers, who are internationally recognized artists, give mini-master classes, public forum masterclasses, private voice lessons and professional development seminars.

We are delighted to welcome Sheri Sanders, Matt Edwards and CJ Greer to our faculty this year, who will be the pillars in teaching CCM Vocal Pedagogy.

In addition to classes, private coaching and lessons, this program provides artists with the opportunity to learn and perform a complete role in a fully produced opera and/or musical theatre production. The Intensive Program mirrors a professional experience in that singers are expected to prepare their role(s) prior to arriving. Music and staging rehearsals begin on the second day of the program.

Audition Requirements

Reminder – If you wish to apply for a bursary or a scholarship, the application MUST be included with your audition package.

Audition Requirements:

One song from each of the following eras:

  • The Golden Age (1943-1965) (Composers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Bock and Harnick, etc.)
  • A contrasting piece from 1965 onward
  • A 1-2 minute monologue or poem (Classical or contemporary)
Application Deadlines

Video Submission deadline:

November 15th, 2024

Tuition

Please see the Tuition page for additional information regarding Tuition, Fees and Accommodations.

Short List for 26th Annual Vocal Arts Festival
  • Once Upon A Mattress
  • Anastasia the Musical
Learn More About Our CCM Vocal Pedagogues

INSTRUCTORS:

This program changed the way I view myself as an artist.

I think the teachers and classes are put in place to challenge and force oneself to look at how they are creating.

Learn More About Our 2025 Faculty

Nikki Hulowski (Acting for Stage & Film)

Lora Brovold (Voice Over)

Christine Lesiak (Clown)

Jan Henderson (Clown)

Courtney Arsenault (Movement)

Marie Nychka (Movement)

Michelle Todd (Voice Instructor)

Ben Smith (Director)

Ryan Sigurdson (Music Director)

NUOVA is an intensive training program with some of Canada's best coaches and teachers.

While singers are working towards a production, the training is woven in to daily schedules in such a way where you are constantly extrapolating what you learn in classes to the staging and rehearsal process.

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