Houston Grand Opera

Young Artists' Vocal Academy (YAVA) Application 2020

This application closed on Sunday February 23, 2020.

REMINDER - Deadline for applicants is February 23, 2020. To keep in touch with developments, please join our Facebook group at www.facebook.com/hgostudio. Thank you for applying to HGO's Young Artists Vocal Academy.

Please contact Jamie Gelfand at studio@houstongrandopera.org with any questions regarding this application. For technical help, please contact help@yaptracker.com.

References

You are required to have two references complete online recommendation forms. One of your recommendations must come from your voice teacher. Your second recommendation should be from a music professional. The deadline for recommendations is March 1, 2020. if you have questions about the online recommendation process, please view the help menu.

Recommendations*

Number required: 2. Allowed method(s): Online.

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Personal Information

Read INFORMATION ON YAVA 2020 before completing this application form

Voice Type*

First Name*

Last Name*

Date of Birth*

MM/DD/YYYY Format

Current Year in School* Note that YAVA is only open to singers who have not yet started their masters degree.

Expected Date of Graduation*

YAVA Week*

We offer two one-week sessions of YAVA. Please select which YAVA week you are applying for. Number of selections required: 1.

Week one Arriving in Houston on May 10, departing on May 17, 2020.

Week two Arriving in Houston on May 17, departing on May 24, 2020.

I am available for either week.

Have you submitted an application to YAVA or the HGO Studio before?*

Yes

If so, when?

Contact Information

E-mail Address*

Address Line 1*

Address Line 2

City*

State/Province*

Zip/Post Code*

Country*

Cell Phone*

No spaces, dashes etc. phone number fields

Website

Education and Training

EDUCATION - List colleges and/or universities, with dates attended and primary voice teacher, fields of study, and major degree or degrees awarded.*

Do you have any plans after graduation?*

Other pertinent experience (include other training programs, competitions, apprenticeships etc.) and dates:*

Please use this space for any further information you think we should have.

Resume

Please upload a pdf copy of your resume.

Resume*

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Video

Please upload links to two separate video recordings uploaded to YouTube.

Please be sure that your YouTube video privacy setting is set to Public. If you would prefer to keep your video setting as Private, please be sure to share your video as an Unlisted video. For how to share an unlisted video, please go to: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157177.

Please watch your submitted video before completing your application to check that it was uploaded properly. If it's not working, it's likely that you didn't enter the proper link. See YAP Tracker help for instructions.

Video Clips*

Video Clips Number of selections required: 2.

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Headshot

Headshot*

HEADSHOT: Files must be less than 2MB and in the .jpg/.jpeg format. Your filename must contain your full name and may not contain any special characters (ampersands, apostrophes, etc.)

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Payment Details

Payment Instructions

Please note that the application fee is not refundable in any circumstances.

Amount: $20.00 (USD)

Please select your payment type* Credit Card

Credit Card First Name

Credit Card Last Name

Credit Card Number

Expiration

Security Code

Please note: all application fees are non-refundable.