Sorrento Classica
International Summer Festival and Intensive Music Courses
Inaugural season
BROADWAY TRAINING INTENSIVE
FESTIVAL DATES
Saturday, July 21 through Saturday, July 28, 2018
DEADLINES
Video submission due by:
10pm (EST) on Sunday, April 29, 2018
Payments:
Application fee (150 euro) & Hotel payment in FULL due by: May 15 (Bank transfer)
Tuition ($500) due by:
June 1 (Paypal, Check, or Chase/Zelle)
Students will be notified of acceptance by May 1, 2018 along with registration instructions.
About Aaron Gandy
A specialist in American musical theater and American popular song, Aaron Gandy's concerts and recordings embrace the best of Broadway from Kern to Lloyd-Webber, while encompassing Swing, Jazz and the golden age of Hollywood. Recent recordings include the all-star Jule Styne In Hollywood (PS Classics) and the upcoming Busker Alley (Jay Records). In 2004 he conducted the premiere recording of Kay Swift's Fine & Dandy on PS Classics featuring Broadway's Carolee Carmello and HBO's Mario Cantone. Upcoming recordings include Alec Wilder's Miss Chicken Little (originally broadcast on CBS television in 1953) and a restoration of Walter Donaldson's jazz-age romp Whoopee! Regarded as a leading authority on composer Vincent Youmans, Mr. Gandy restored and conducted the premiere recording of Youmans' final Broadway score Through the Years starring Metropolitan Opera Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy.
Mr. Gandy restored the original film orchestrations for Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, and Irving Berlin's White Christmas. His restoration of the original film orchestrations for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! was performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in 1997.
His association with the Music Division of the Library of Congress began in 1995 with 'Swonderful! The Library of Congress Salutes the George and Ira Gershwin Collection. For Richard Rodgers' centenary in 2002 Mr. Gandy teamed with soprano Sylvia McNair for a program entitled Rodgers Rarities, which highlighted the Library's Richard Rodgers Collection. Later that year, Mr. Gandy conducted Rodgers and Hart's classic A Connecticut Yankee in Veterans Memorial Hall in San Francisco, starring Davis Gaines.
For New York City's celebrated Encores series, he coordinated the restoration of Harold Arlen's St. Louis Woman and Cole Porter's DuBarry was a Lady. For Carnegie Hall, he coordinated concert presentations of the Gershwin's Tip-Toes and Irving Berlin's Louisiana Purchase. Mr. Gandy has restored and performed Youmans' Great Day! at the Library of Congress, and Rainbow starring Jerry Hadley in New York City.
Mr. Gandy's recording projects include The Boys from Syracuse (DRG), St. Louis Woman (Mercury) , Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Decca Broadway), Tip-Toes and Tell Me More (New World Records) and Louisiana Purchase (DRG), and Orchids in the Moonlight/The Carioca (Arabesque). Concerts have included Doin' What Comes Naturally: GMHC's Broadway Salute to Ethel Merman, Colm Wilkinson: Stage Heroes (broadcast on PBS), and Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (also on PBS); he has also worked on solo recordings by Tony® Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth, soprano Tomoko Shibata and soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Mr. Gandy's Broadway credits include Disney's The Lion King, Urinetown, and Dora the Explorer Live! at Radio City Music Hall. He has concertized with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Chicago Humanities Festival, 42nd Street Moon, Cami Hall, San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon, The Museum of Television and Radio, Symphony Space, Tribeca Performing Arts Center and solo appearances with Davis Gaines, Leslie Uggams, Christianne Noll, Jerry Hadley, Jim Dale, Dick Hyman, Lainie Kazan and Glenn Close. A native of North Florida, Mr. Gandy is a graduate of Florida State University's School of Music.
Musical Theater Training Intensive, NYC
Lincoln Center, NYC
Broadway World, NYC
SCHEDULE FOR BROADWAY TRAINING PROGRAM
Sample Schedule (non-excursion days):
9am: Breakfast
10am - Noon: Rehearsal
12:30pm: Lunch
2:30pm: Music History Class
3:30pm-6pm: Rehearsal
7pm: Dinner
9pm - Performance Jams
NOTE: ALL CLASSES, LESSONS & REHEARSALS take place at the INSTITUTO COMPRENSIVO TASSO located at Via Marziale, 18 in the center of Sorrento.
PIANO TRAINING COURSE
American pianist Renée Guerrero is currently accepting applications & video submissions from teens & adults for summer music studies in beautiful Sorrento, Italy. The week-long festival of daily lessons, music history and masterclasses will culminate in a public concert by students and teachers. During the week, students can opt to go on excursions to Pompeii, Naples and the Amalfi coast. Students aged 14 and younger will be considered if chaperoned by a family member.
FESTIVAL DATES
Saturday, July 21 through Saturday, July 28, 2018
DEADLINES
Video submission due by:
10pm (EST) on Sunday, April 29, 2018
Payments:
Application fee (150 euro), Practice piano fee (100 euro) & Hotel payment in FULL due by: May 15 (Bank transfer)
Tuition ($350) due by:
June 1 (Paypal, Check, or Chase/Zelle)
Students will be notified of acceptance by May 1, 2018 along with registration instructions.
Biography
Vocal Training Course (Classical & Musical Theater)
American tenor Matthew Surapine is currently accepting applications & video submissions from teens & adults for summer music studies in beautiful Sorrento, Italy. The week-long festival of daily lessons, music history and masterclasses will culminate in a public concert by students and teachers. During the week, students can opt to go on excursions to Pompeii, Naples and the Amalfi coast. Students aged 14 and younger will be considered if chaperoned by a family member.
FESTIVAL DATES
Saturday, July 21 through Saturday, July 28, 2018
DEADLINES
Video submission due by:
10pm (EST) on Sunday, April 29, 2018
Payments:
Application fee (150 euro) & Hotel payment in FULL due by: May 15 (Bank transfer)
Tuition ($350) due by:
June 1 (Paypal, Check, or Chase/Zelle)
Students will be notified of acceptance by May 1, 2018 along with registration instructions.
Biography
Matthew Surapine, Tenor, has won acclaim across North America for the beauty and incisiveness of his singing and for his spirited stage portrayals. His performances of Hortensius in La Fille du Régiment led the Toronto Globe and Mail to laud his "brilliant timing, breezily free movement, and the spirit of Franklin Pangborn," and the Charleston Post and Courier to proclaim that the accomplished young tenor "stole every scene he was in."
He has been welcomed in Opera Companies across the United States, as well as 10 years on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera company as a principal singer, as well as his tenure at the New York City Opera CO., first as a chorister and then joining the roster as a principal singer.
Mr. Surapine's favorite roles include Goro in Madama Butterfly, his most frequently requested role. Other highlights in his career include his debut with the Chautauqua Institute in Verdi’s Othello, in which he performed Cassio. Also in this versatile performers career include Curley in “of Mice and Men”, Gastone in La traviata, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail Monostatos in “the Magic Flute” as well as Tamino in the same piece. King Kaspar in “amahl and the night visitors has always been a holiday favorite, as well as Baron Puck in Offenbach’s “La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein. Mr. Surapine was proud to co-star with James Earl Jones in the Lincolin Center debut of “Lincoln at Ease”, written by Peter Schickele, AKA PDQ Bach.
Mr Surapine’s Musical Theater roles include Cocky in “the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd”, Motel in “Fiddler on the Roof”, as well as performing alongside Rebecca Luker in “Brigadoon”, Lisa Vroman and Paul Sorvino in the Most Happy Fella where he performed the role of Giuseppe the Chef, appeared with Sally Ann Howes and Jean Stapleton in Cinderella. Mr. Surapine has collaborated with Jazz/Cabaret Icon David Lahm as well as composer and beatnik jazz elf, Bob Dorough. His teachers include(d) Kalmen Opperman, Carolyn Marcell, Dan Marek, as well as coaches Colin Romoff, James Gregory, Jane Steel and Nico Castel.
With James Earl Jone at Lincoln Center, NYC.
As the Count in Barber of Seville
New York City Opera's "Most Happy Fella"
Schedule for Piano & Voice Students
Sample Schedule (non-excursion days):
9am - Breakfast
10am - Noon - Assigned Practice/Lessons
12:30pm - Lunch
2:30pm - Music History Class
3:30pm -6pm - Assigned Practice/Lessons/Masterclass
7pm - Dinner
9pm - Performance Jams
NOTE: ALL CLASSES, LESSONS & REHEARSALS take place at the INSTITUTO COMPRENSIVO TASSO located at Via Marziale, 18 in the center of Sorrento.
Instituto Compresivo Tasso
Saturday, Jul 21, 2018, 12:00 PM
Via Marziale, 18, Sorrento, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
TUITION COSTS
- Tuition for 7 days of Piano or Voice Course is $350.
- Tuition for 7 days of Broadway Training is $450.
HOTELS, MEALS & EXCURSION COSTS
- Accommodations are approximately $75/double or $95/triple and includes breakfast.
- Lunch & Dinner at area restaurants and purchased by the student.
- Excursion costs are purchased separately. Details found below under "Excursions".
Information Session in NYC
Admission is free.
Learn more about the inaugural summer music training program for ages 15 to adult. Meet the teachers and get your questions answered about this exciting and affordable new program in beautiful Sorrento, Italy! Please RSVP: findapianist@gmail.com
Tuesday, Mar 27, 2018, 08:00 PM
244 West 54th Street, New York, NY, USA
LOCATION
Sorrento, Italy
IN TOWN
PIAZZA TASSO
Looking for a spot to just chill and relax for a bit? Grab a table at one of the café’s here on the Piazza Tasso and watch the coming and goings of Sorrento.
Piazza Tasso is undoubtedly the hub of activity in Sorrento and a great location to find a seat and get off your feet for a spell. The piazza is surrounded by shops, cafes, fruit stands and horse drawn carriages waiting to take visitors on a leisurely tour of Sorrento. It all makes for a non-stop symphony of colorful activity.
Old Sorrento
The old section of Sorrento is a wonderful place to get lost in its narrow streets and alleyways. Here you'll discover colorful shops and quaint trattorias and the true essence of Sorrento. Spend a few hours wandering this section of town and you’ll know why Sorrento is such a popular destination. The old town centre is home to numerous historical buildings including the Basilica of Sant’Antonino and the complex of San Francesco, which includes the church, cloister, and a convent.
EXCURSIONS
POMPEII
AMALFI COAST BUS TOUR
Isle of Capri
The Island of Capri is one of the most picturesque and visited locations in Campania. Its unique beauties were celebrated in ancient times and later published for the world in Homer's works: Odysseus (known in Latin as Ulysses) sailing past the island, narrowly escaped the fate of those who hear the voices of the Sirens. Thus the island has a mythical charm, as well as its natural treasures, through the writings and legends of Ancient Greece. Its breathtaking landscapes and beauty stretch from the rocky caves around the island to the edge of the horizon, and has been an inspiration to poets, lovers and travelers throughout the centuries.
FAQ's
- In July, Sorrento's temperatures average 69 (low) -to 84 (high) degrees Fahrenheit, typical Mediterranean climate.
- No car is necessary for students as the hotels, restaurants and classes are centrally located.
- In case of emergency: Sorrento Hospital is a 6 minute drive from the school (1.6 km).
- Sorrento is the Limoncello capital of the world!