Junior Conservatory – Grades 6 – 8
Tuesdays 4:00 – 6:00pm : Tuition: $230 (15% discount)
September 17 – November 26
The Conservatory Program is designed for advanced high school and middle school students that plan to pursue musical theatre at a collegiate level and as a professional career. This program will continue throughout the school year, and students will have opportunities to be considered for Rochester Opera House’s professional and teen productions. In addition to participating in the Vocal Workshop, Acting Workshop, and Broadway Dance, conservatory students will receive professional headshots.
There will be no class from October 8-22. Conservatory classes can be taken in a bundle here, or as a one off class each semester. More information on individual classes below.
*Class schedule subject to extend due to snow days/illness of staff
Classes May Be Taken as “One Off” or as a Bundle!
Tuesdays 4:45 – 5:15pm
Vocal Workshop : Tuition: $90
This workshop-based class will focus on training students for a future in professional singing. Lessons will include music theory and reading sheet music, vocal placements (belt/chest, head voice/falsetto, and mixed voice), proper breathing and diaphragm work, vocal health, building your audition book and repertoire, stylized singing in different genres of music, basic piano, and understanding harmony structure. Students will be working on solo pieces, duets, and ensemble material.
Tuesdays 5:15 – 6:00pm
Acting Workshop : Tuition: $90
Acting Workshop will focus on training students for a future in professional acting. Students will build a toolbox of the fundamentals, including performance techniques and exercises, sense memory, emotional recall, improvisation, character tasks, text analysis, imagination, the mechanics of staging, character-process, script analysis and mindfulness of the ensemble. Students will be working on monologues, improvisation and group scene work.
Tuesdays 4:00 – 4:45pm
Broadway Dance : Tuition: $90
This workshop-based class will focus on training students for a future in professional singing. Lessons will include music theory and reading sheet music, vocal placements (belt/chest, head voice/falsetto, and mixed voice), proper breathing and diaphragm work, vocal health, building your audition book and repertoire, stylized singing in different genres of music, basic piano, and understanding harmony structure. Students will be working on solo pieces, duets, and ensemble material.
Directions & Contact Information
Rochester Opera House
31 Wakefield Street Rochester, NH 03867 (located in City Hall)
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Business: (603) 332-2211
Email: [email protected]
Tickets: (603) 335-1992
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Rochester Performance & Arts Center
32 North Main Street Rochester, NH 03867
Business: (603) 948-1099
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Open Mon and Tue 2PM - 5:15PM
We are open on weekends for special events and performances.
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1 Wakefield St
Rochester, NH 03867
Business: (603) 335-1992
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Wed thru Sat, 12Noon - 6 PM
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