HELMUTH RILLING
Choral Workshop: Haydn's Creation | For Singers of All Ages

FEB 9-14, 2009
Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2008

Helmuth Rilling

Kathy Saltzman Romey

Founded in 1990 by the late Robert Shaw, the Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop gathers choral singers to prepare and perform great masterworks. In this workshop, a choir of 80 singers will explore Haydn's Die Schöpfung (The Creation) with German conductor Helmuth Rilling and choral preparer Kathy Saltzman Romey. For more information about the workshop faculty, please click on their images above. The workshop includes five days of intensive rehearsals and will culminate in a Carnegie Hall performance of The Creation with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and soloists Susan Gritton, James Taylor, and Nathan Berg.

NEW!! This workshop also features the Recitative and Aria Master Classes which will give up to six conductors and up to six singers the opportunity to work on selected recitatives and arias from The Creation. Singers chosen for this track will first participate in a master class with James Taylor, followed by a master class for conductors with Helmuth Rilling on the same recitatives and arias.

Choral professionals—conductors and singers—aged 18 and older are encouraged to apply to this workshop and will be selected by a competitive application process. The Recitative and Aria Master Classes are open to singers and conductors also applying to participate in the choir, as well as to those conductors interested in auditing the workshop.

For more information, please select a link below:

General Info |  Requirements and Application |  Auditing

General Information

There is no tuition for this workshop. Participants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations and round-trip travel arrangements to New York City, and will be given information about discounted hotel rates. Local participants will receive a $500 stipend, and participants from outside the New York City area will receive a $650 stipend.

Participants will receive scores of the work in advance of the workshop and will be expected to know their parts upon arrival. Participants should be able to work at performance tempo from the first rehearsal.

Requirements and Application

Applications will be accepted from singers at least 18 years of age.

Application
Please complete the application form found here and return it with the following:

• A current résumé including: teachers, master classes, performing experiences, education/training, festivals, and awards.
• An audition recording, as described in the application.
• A non-refundable application fee of $40, payable by check or money order (to The Carnegie Hall Corporation) or credit card. A credit card form can be downloaded here.

Auditing

The workshop will be open to auditors during the portions of the workshop held at Carnegie Hall. Auditors will receive a complimentary ticket to the workshop's concert. The workshop schedule will be sent to auditors upon receipt of the registration form found here. The fee for auditing is $30 per day. For more information, please call 212-903-9733 or e-mail ptw@weillmusicinstitute.org.