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Our vision is to enrich the music and fine arts programs in the community, build on existing music programs, and to provide opportunities that expand the development of music skills and talent in prospective students.
Our two main objectives are as follows:
1. To offer special opportunities for participants to work with experts in vocal performance in the form of private voice lessons to teach voice skills including technical and stylistic aspects of voice performance of all genres, provide opportunities for participants to perform, and to inspire participants through access to performances and rehearsals of advanced performers in the Highland's Opera Studio.
2. To provide advanced vocal and language training for the purpose of establishing an accomplished regional opera chorus. The advanced studies provided at the Highland's Opera Studio Community School will serve to cultivate the skills necessary for participants to earn a place in the Highland's Opera Studio Opera Chorus and perform in professional opera production as part of the Highland's Opera Studio.
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Colleen Skull
Director of Community School
Soprano Colleen Skull has appeared with opera companies and orchestras across the country, including the Canadian Opera Company, Manitoba Opera, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, Highlands Opera Studio, and many others. Described as having "real talent, boasting a voluptuous, weighty voice that oozes out of her" (Winnipeg Free Press), Ms Skull is a distinguished graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. Operatic roles include Wellgunde in Gotterdämmerung, Waltraute in Die Walküre, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Agatha in Der Freischütz, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Lisa in Pique Dame, Liu in Turandot, Marina in Boris Godunov, and the title roles in La Voix Humaine and Jenůfa. Currently a doctoral candidate in Voice Performance at the University of Toronto, Ms Skull recently won the Graduate Award from the International Symposium on Performance Science, at which she will offer a keynote presentation with a publication to follow. Upcoming performances include a performance at the ISPS conference and in the Thursday at Noon Series as the DMA recital competition winner at the University of Toronto. She has also won many awards and prizes including the Metropolitan Opera District Competition and a Chalmers Award, and has been generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. Ms Skull maintains an active voice studio in Toronto and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
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