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For 67 years the Music Academy of the West has trained the next generation of great classical musicians by providing opportunities for advanced study and intensive performance in a uniquely beautiful and supportive environment. Each Music Academy Fellow is awarded a full scholarship, including free tuition, single-room accommodations, and all meals. Recognized as one of the world’s preeminent summer music programs for exceptional pre-professional classical musicians, the Academy offers an experience that is at once intimate and intense, highly personalized, and deeply collaborative. Apply now through October 15!

The 2015 Sugar Creek Opera Illinois is an intensive program with mainstage opportunities and career development. The season will be a weekend festival of one mainstage opera with managed singers and apprentice artists; repertoire for 2015 will be The Magic Flute. Auditions will be held in Chicago and New York and the deadline to apply is October 27. Audition slots are filling up fast, so apply now!

The 2015 Crested Butte Music Festival applications are up for singer and pianists! Situated in the pristine Rocky Mountains, the program offers comprehensive training and performance opportunities for apprentice-level singers and pianists during a 6-week residency with the Crested Butte Music Festival, which presents world-class presentations of opera, symphony, chamber, jazz, and bluegrass each summer. Auditions will be held in Cincinnati in November and New York in December; the deadline to apply is November 3.

Union Avenue Opera's 2015 application is now open on YAP Tracker! Auditions will be held in Los Angeles, New York and St. Louis. Repertoire for the 2015 summer season includes Don Giovanni, Rigoletto and Götterdämmerung. Check YAP Tracker for audition dates and deadlines.

The International Meistersinger Akademie (IMA) offers emerging artists an exceptional environment of excellence in the study of opera, oratorio and Lied/Mélodie. This is a FULL SCHOLARSHIP summer program in Neumarkt i.d.OPf Germany with an incredible faculty line up, including Brigitte Fassbaender, Stephen King, Felicity Lott, Malcolm Martineau, Craig Terry, Matthew Horner, Edith Wiens among others. Don't miss this incredible training and career-changing opportunity. Auditions to be held in London, New York, Chicago and Neumarkt i.d.OPf. and the deadline to apply is December 1.

Only 10 days remain to apply for Portland Opera's Resident Artist program! Now in its tenth year, alumni of the Portland Opera program have gone on to sing with The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Aix-en-Provence, and the Bayerische Staatsoper. Audition slots for this excellent opportunity fill up quickly, so apply now for the highest consideration!

Kentucky Opera is auditioning for the 2015/16 Studio Artist Program, and applications for singers and pianists are now available on YAP Tracker. The program runs August 24, 2015 - March 05, 2016. Auditions will be held in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and the deadline to apply is October 15!

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY! OperaWorks' Winter Intensive Program returns to sunny California! OperaWorks is a completely different brand of training that takes singers beyond a training program and lasts a lifetime. Work with an international faculty of extraordinary teachers in OperaWorks’ holistic curriculum including acting, coachings, performance techniques, improvisation, conducting, Alexander Technique, yoga, physical theatre, marketing, social networking, and career planning. The deadline to apply is September 25, 2014, and program dates are January 04 - January 18, 2015. Apply now through YAP Tracker!

We are very pleased to be hosting the CoOPERAtive Program's online application again this season. Auditions will be held live throughout the United States; auditions will also be accepted by recording. The program will be held in beautiful Princeton from June 28, 2015 - July 18, 2015. Apply today!

The application for the Bel Canto at Caramoor Young Artist Program is now open! The deadline to apply is Friday October 24, but don't wait until the last minute: to get your preferred audition date and time, we strongly recommend you apply early!