Northampton Community College
3835 Green Pond Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18020
United States
Julianne Baird and Grant Herreid, co-directors
The 2022 Baroque Academy will be held in Bethlehem, PA at Northampton Community College August 7-14, 2022 Opera singers should plan to arrive on Saturday, August 6, and instrumentalists should be prepared to participate in a run through on Sunday afternoon, August 7
Pitch is A=415. Audition due date: April 1, 2022 for singers and instrumentalists.
Tuition: $675.
Baroque Academy Singers
Opera Project: The Judgement of Paris by Daniel Purcell
Edited, with a Prologue and Epilogue created by Grant Herreid and Lawrence Rosenwald.
Co-directed by Julianne Baird and Grant Herreid, with Lawrence Rosenwald, texts, and Dorothy Olsson, historical dance.
Perform a role in our fully staged production with Baroque orchestra and historical dance. Sessions on period acting and performance techniques. Master class and coachings. Performance Friday, August 12, 2022. Audition by April 1, 2022. There are also a few opportunities for singers outside of the opera project in Baroque Academy.
Baroque Opera Project Daily Schedule: 9:00-10:30 Master class, 11:00-12:15 staging rehearsal, 1:30-3:00 musical rehearsal, 3:30 to 5:30 tutti rehearsal with orchestra. Opera dress rehearsal: Thursday evening, August 11, after the Faculty Concert.
2022 Baroque Academy Concerts:
Baroque Academy Faculty Concert, Thursday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.
Baroque Opera Project Performance, Friday, August 12, 8:00 p.m.
Performance: Baroque Academy Student Concert 1:00 p.m. (tba)
Late evenings: salon concerts, drop-in sessions
Baroque Academy Audition Information
To apply for Baroque Academy, please submit the following through our audition portal. Due dates are April 1, 2026 for singers, and April 15, 2026 for instrumentalists.
- $30 audition fee
- Instrumentalists should include a resume or brief description summarizing your musical background and experience, including formal and informal training and education along with 10-15 minutes of music showing your technique, expression, and understanding of Baroque style. The piece(s) need not be accompanied. Please include composer and title information with your submission.
- Singers auditioning for the Baroque Opera Project should provide unedited video of you performing two contrasting baroque arias, one of which should be in French. If you have a third selection that you would like for us to consider, you may include it. All samples should be recorded within the past two years. You may familiarize yourself with the opera here: https://imslp.org/wiki/Plat%C3%A9e,_RCT_53_(Rameau,_Jean-Philippe) In addition, there are several recordings available.
