Mentor In Torment: Schubert & Mayrhofer

The Program for Singers offers a unique setting for 15 classical singers to delve deeply into the vast repertoire of art song for three weeks. Fellows are paired with staff collaborative pianists to work with a faculty of distinguished musicians, pedagogues, and scholars on varied aspects of vocal performance, including style, technique, language, diction, dramaturgy, performance, and career preparation.

In addition to a series of public masterclasses that focus on growing the fellows’ experience and interpretations of specific repertoire, the musicians participate in several afternoon and evening concerts presented during the summer, some with specially curated themes and others featuring repertoire selected by the performers.

This program is curated by Graham Johnson, who was honored with the Hugo Wolf Medal in 2014 for his services to the art of song. That same year, he published Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, a richly detailed commentary with annotations of poetic sources and articles on performance, to join his Songmaker’s Almanac, French Song Companion, and volumes on the vocal music of Benjamin Britten and Gabriel Fauré. His latest book, Poulenc: The Life in the Songs, was published in 2020 to great critical acclaim.