The New York Vocal Arts Academy, a public charity, was founded with the aim of helping young and emerging singers bridge the gap between academic life and a professional international career.
We firmly believe in restoring appreciation for and pride in the Western classical canon that has faced an onslaught of destructive ideological dogmatism over the past decades.
We are committed to reviving a strictly meritocratic educational approach.
We will instil upon our pupils the values of individual responsibility, discipline, hard work, perseverance, and resilience which have been assaulted by our current culture of collectivism, identity politics and victimhood and cancel culture.
The New York Vocal Arts Academy constitutes the continuation of the work lead by Dr. Emilio Pons at the Sankt Goar International Music Festival and Academy, which brought emerging singers in direct contact with and allowed them to be guided by casting directors and general managers of leading European opera houses and festivals, thereby launching the careers of many young singers.
NYVAA serves emerging singers from and/or based in the American continent.
Jean Dennes (Oper Zürich, now Theater Basel) with French pianist and coach Thomas Bessnard.
Masterclass with German star counter-tenor Andreas Scholl.
Masterclass with acclaimed British pianist Julius Drake
Masterclass with Boris Ignatov (Oper Stuttgart)
Masterclass with internationally acclaimed soprano, KS Edda Moser, with American pianist and coach, Travis Bloom
Masterclass with Sebastian Schwarz (then: Theater an der Wien) and Mexican tenor Armando Elizondo
Masterclass with Alain Perroux (then: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; currently: Strasbourg; designated new general manager of Grand Théâtre de Genève)
Masterclass with American star mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore
Masterclass with American tenor Larry Brownlee
Program:
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NYVAA will recreate the highly successful historical model whereby students lived under the same roof as their teachers and peers, and learned from observing each other’s progress and being immersed in music and vocal training around the clock.
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3 hours a week of voice lessons focused on developing technical skills.
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3 hours a week of one-on-one coaching in a master class setting for the benefit of all participants.
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Each participant will be the subject of one of the multiple weekly master classes.
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Participants will enjoy master classes with currently active opera singers of international caliber and with casting directors and agents.
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Guided visits to museums, concert and opera performances.
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Students will receive financial advice, a crucial aspect which is often, if not always, overlooked, given the unstable nature of income in the performing arts.
The Brownstone-Haus der Musik, seat of NYVAA
Music room
Student accommodation
Student accomodation
Faculty accommodation
Kitchen
Kitchen
Formal dining room
Private courtyard
How to help
You can support young singers by removing the financial obstacles which prevent them from realizing their full potential.