Hello Alberta Singers!
It's already time to look ahead! Please read all the
information below for the many details!
We will be looking to cast our 2016/2017 Cowtown Opera
Roster Singers for lead roles, community outreach, private functions, community
partnerships and ensemble.
Roster Singers are a selected 25 singers from our
community who we feel best represent the highest level of our local talent.
These singers have been in our main stage productions as well as receive
regular paid gigs.
Some of our most prestigious events have been for High
Performance Rodeo, The Calgary Stampede, The Calgary Flames, Beakerhead, Vine
and Dine, Fashion Calgary, Alberta Culture Days, Brett Wilson's Garden Party,
Singing with the Calgary Civic Symphony at Jack Singer Concert Hall and with
the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Cowtown singers can be heard in our city on
a weekly basis with gigs paying between $100-$1,000 per event.
Cowtown Opera is also known to hit the road as we have
been hired to perform in Toronto with Tourism Calgary and for Alberta week in
Charlottetown PEI and a performance tour to Fort McLeod . Our singers were also
recently sent on two seperate occasions to perform in Edmonton for the Alberta
Government and Vine and Dine.
A huge landmark for us recenlty is the that we received
our first commission from the Calgary Public Library to produce the World
Premiere of Annie Davidson to great acclaim.
Refreshing the idea of opera and singing in our language
has become our trademark with one of our greatest successes being our "
Neverquit"
Anthem for the Calgary Flames Playoffs that was nominated
as best Anthem in Calgary and has become internationally recognized as "
One of the best hockey Anthems to ever have been written".
Our Roster singers have been trained in the worlds most
prestigious schools and programs and are performing professionally elsewhere as
well as live throughout Alberta. Cowtown Opera hopes to be a medium for them
locally.
What we are looking for in our roster singers is:
- creativity
- team players
- command of a stage
- professional
- time efficient
- fast learners
- easy to engage with audience
- training with a voice teacher/coach presently
- currently pursuing performance
- strong technique
- great actors
- excellent diction
-versatile
-must be willing to volunteer talent for selected charity
organizations.
At Cowtown Opera we are constantly being asked to think
outside the box and are being met with demands of needing great versatility.
This year we are casting our net wider and searching for top notch musical
theatre talent to join our roster.
If you are interested in joining Cowtown Opera we ask you
to prepare your resume, headshot, a 1 minute monologue and 2 contrasting pieces
of the following muscial selections:
- A standard aria sung in English ( it must be in
english). Singers are encouraged to write their own creative words to their
piece if composed before 1900.
- A Musical theatre piece in Englsih
-A popular music selection ( pop standard)
*All people auditioning must prepare a 1 minute
monologue. Acting chops and accessibility are a must for our Cowtown mandate.
There is zero tolerance for park and bark.
*All current roster singers must re-audition each year.
Video submissions or audio recordings will not be accepted for current roster
singers.
*Live auditions will be the most seriously considered.
Video submission will be accepted only before the March. 4th deadline with all
audition requirements atcowtownopera@gmail.com.
No late applications accepted.
Our singers have become more than just a part of our
company, but have become a tight knit Cowtown Family. We support one another,
encourage, instil confidence and inspire one another.
If you would like to audition, we would love to hear you.
Live auditions will be MARCH 4,5 AND 6TH at Mount Royal
University with a panel of artistic and music directors from Calgary Theatre
Companies, the Civic Symphony, and the Board of Directors of Cowtown Opera.
Audition Fee is $20 if you need a pianist and there is no
audition fee if you bring your own pianist or full back up track. A sound
system will be provided. Singing acapella is not acceptable. The pianist
provided is Evan Mounce and you can contact him for pre-coaching at ejmounce@mta.ca
If interested please contact our Artist Liason, Ainsley
Soutiere at cowtownevents@gmail.com
to have your name added to a list. Please inform her of your name, voice type
and preferred day.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FEB.1st
-you will receive your audition time AFTER this deadline.
-no late applications will be accepted.
Looking forward to hearing you !
Sincerely,
Michelle Minke
Founder and Artistic Director
