Opera Kelowna welcomes applications for our emerging artist training program, Valley Opera Summer Intensive (VOSI). Featuring a faculty of leading artists from across Canada, the program offers holistic training for emerging professional opera artists. Instruction includes private voice and body mapping lessons, individual and ensemble coachings, master classes, as well as group classes in acting, diction, movement, choreography, and body mapping. In 2025, we are offering classes in stage fighting, and training in stage intimacy.
All VOSI voice participants will perform in Opera Kelowna’s annual, professional, mainstage production (La Traviata) as chorus members, and/or comprimarios. Cover opportunities are also available. Other performing opportunities may be available.
Additional professional development sessions may include grant writing, networking opportunities, working indie-opera contexts and project development.
Program fees are $1600. There is no application cost.
Housing will be provided at a nominal cost to successful applicants who required it.
Some scholarships will available.
Our application period for 2025 has now closed! Thank you to all of our applicants for the upcoming season!
Everything felt like a breeze and easier when I was having lessons with Monica Huisman.
I chose to participate because it offered me numerous opportunities to work with exceptional voice teachers and faculty, as well as to perform in the mainstage production alongside professional singers.
