Scottish Opera Connect Courses for Singers and Musicians

Scottish Opera Connect Company

For 14 to 21 year olds

Scottish Opera Connect gives aspiring singers and orchestral musicians a unique, practical introduction to the skills and experience needed to perform opera. The programme offers the chance to develop knowledge, technique and creative skills under the expert tutelage of Scotland’s top opera professionals.

Connect Chorus
Our Connect Chorus meets throughout the year for a programme of evening and weekend workshops, running from September to April. During the year the group works with a range of professionals involved in making opera in Scotland. Composers, conductors, voice coaches, stage directors, choreographers and designers come together to lead sessions on everything from singing and stagecraft to Alexander Technique and stage management.

Connect Orchestra
Like Connect Chorus, our Connect Orchestra follows a programme of evening and weekend sessions running from September to April. Professional players from The Orchestra of Scottish Opera work with the group as mentors throughout the course, helping to develop the musicianship needed to play for opera.

Applications for Connect 2015/16 are now open! Auditions will be held in January 2015.

Application Forms can be accessed from the Music Department.

Application deadline Monday 1 December 2014