BOWQC

presents

Monteverdi’s Musical Theatre

Christa Patton, Musical Director, Baroque harp

Peggy Murray, Baroque Gesture, Stage Director

Julianne Baird, Baroque Vocal Style

Drew Minter, Baroque Vocal Style

Dongmyung Ahn, Baroque String Specialist

Dorothy Olsson, Baroque Dance Specialist

Lisa Terry, Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba

Adam Cockerham, Theorbo

July 20-26, 2025

BOWQC will offer a one-week intensive Baroque opera training program for Singers, Continuo players, and String players, culminating in a performance of staged works by Claudio Monteverdi, including Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaIl Ballo delle ingrateTirsi e Clori, and selections from his operas L'OrfeoL'incoronazione di Poppea, and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.


Classes include:

•  Daily masterclasses in Baroque vocal style with Julianne Baird and Drew Minter

  • Daily coachings with our vocal faculty

•  Daily classes in stage gesture and theatre craft for opera singers - Peggy Murray

•   Historical Dance with Dorothy Olsson

•  Study of Baroque repertoire and ornamentation for strings with Dongmyung Ahn, violin; and viola da gamba & cello with Lisa Terry

•   Improvisation for players of basso continuo based on 16th and 17th century sources, with Christa Patton, Baroque harp, Ben Katz, Baroque keyboards and theorbo & Baroque guitar, with Adam Cockerham

¨   Daily music rehearsals with full continuo led by Music Director, Christa Patton

TUITION: • Singers: $725 • Strings and continuo instruments $625 • Auditors: $65 per day

HOUSING: On-campus housing: $75 per night

To Apply:

The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College uses the YAP Tracker application process for our program. YAP Tracker Application Form

You do not need to be a paying subscriber to YAP Tracker to use the application form, although you will need an account (guest accounts are available; see the website for details). Registration can be completed at http://www.yaptracker.com

Deadline for Singers – April 15, 2025 , Deadline for Instrumentalists & Dancers - April 30, 2025

All classes take place at:

Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College – CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367

For further information, email: baroqueoperaworkshop@gmail.com.


Concerts

Faculty Soirée

Our stellar teaching artists offer a blend of music and insightful commentary

in a relaxing atmosphere with wine and cheese.

Wednesday July 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Choir Room 264

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Final performance

Monteverdi’s Musical Theatre

Saturday, July 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

LeFrak Concert Hall

All events take place at the
Aaron Copland School of Music Queens College CUNY

65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367

Tickets: $20 - $15 seniors and students