Job Posting: After School Opera Program Educator, Canadian Opera Company

The COC is looking for an artist to lead the After School Opera Program at our three newest locations, established in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough: St. Thomas More Catholic School (2300 Ellesmere Rd.), Boys and Girls Club (100 Galloway Rd.) and St. Margaret’s Public School (235 Galloway Rd.).

The purpose of the After School Opera Program is to provide participants with a meaningful and accessible arts experience that introduces them to the elements of opera as a performing art, with particular emphasis on singing and acting in a group. In this role, the lead artist will deliver the 8- to 10-week program on Thursday afternoons at one of three Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough community location during each of the three school semesters (September – December; January – March; March/April – June).

Each weekly session is 2 hours in length. The lead artist will teach the children music, which may include a variety of musical styles, including adaptations from the opera repertoire, written into a miniature opera by the After School Opera Program’s composer-in-residence, Dean Burry. The lead artist will guide drama activities inspired by the music and the stories behind the opera, and help participants prepare for a sharing of their work with family and friends on the last day of the program. Guest artists will lead occasional workshops in areas such as design for costume and sets, creative movement, or wigs and make-up to supplement the children’s exposure to opera as a multidisciplinary performing art. The number of participants is restricted to a maximum of 30 each semester. There is the potential for a second weekday to be added as early as of spring 2013.

Students range in age from 7 to 12 years. The ideal candidate will have teaching experience with junior/intermediate level children, a familiarity with the opera repertoire, and an independent means of transportation. Piano proficiency, knowledge of the Orff method of music instruction and experience teaching children drama are definite assets. After a period of mentorship, the selected artist will be tasked with choosing or writing the music to be taught and planning each of the program’s 8 to 10 weeks of activities.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to:

Education and Outreach
Canadian Opera Company
227 Front St. E.
Toronto, ON M5A 1E8

E-mail: education@coc.ca
Fax: 416-363-5584

Closing date: Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 5 p.m.

The COC will gladly accept examples of work including CDs and MP3s.

For more information about the After School Opera Program, please visit its webpage, or contact education@coc.ca.

Announcement: National Search for New Artistic Director Announced, Factory Theatre

The Board of Directors of Factory Theatre have announced that a national search for a new Artistic Director will commence shortly, as Ken Gass will no longer be continuing in that role with the organization, nor as Artistic Director Emeritus as was offered as part of re-visioning for Factory Theatre’s future.

“On behalf of all the members of the Board of Directors, I wish to thank Ken for his contribution and many years with Factory Theatre,” says Ron Struys, President of the Board.  “We had all hoped that Ken would continue with the theatre as Artistic Director Emeritus, but he has elected not to accept this position.  As founder and artistic director, as well as respected director, producer, playwright and advocate, Ken has played a major role in defining and transforming theatre in Canada and helping to foster the Canadian theatrical voice.”

The theatre is now embarking on a national search for a full-time Artistic Director.

In its more than 40-year history, Factory Theatre has produced over 300 plays in main stage productions and hundreds more in workshop and festival environments.  Factory Theatre was one of the first theatres in the country to commit itself to producing only Canadian plays, sparking a revolution that effectively launched the Canadian playwriting movement.  The company was responsible for helping to launch the careers of some of Canada’s most important playwrights.

Factory Theatre is a vibrant centre of new play development and production. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Factory produces a full season of all-Canadian plays, many of them world premieres.

Announcement: hipTIX YOUTH INVASION is launching at the Dora’s!, TAPA

TAPA is proud to announce an exciting new initiative born out of the TAPA Youth Council: hipTIX YOUTH INVASION is launching at the Dora’s!

Starting in September, hipTIX is partnering with Broadway World Toronto to create a channel of videos featuring youth interviews with artists associated with shows selling hipTIX. We’re launching this at the 33rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards on Monday, June 25th by creating a video and YOU can be involved!

Just visit our adorable young correspondents, Devin & Thomas outside of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts between 6:30-8:00pm and talk to them about youth theatre involvement – they’ll be handing out candy, too!

Click here for a special message from your youth correspondents

Audition: Casting Call for 14 – 16 Year Olds, YTV

Do you love the spotlight? Do you have a huge personality? Do you want to be in TV?

REALITY TALENT WANTS TO MEET YOU!

Reality Talent is a Toronto based collaborative casting company working to build a catalogue of fresh and undiscovered faces for a variety of reality shows.

We are interviewing now for outgoing and personable teenage boys and girls between the ages of 14 – 16 years old in the GTA. No previous television experience necessary. We are looking to discover new talent to star in exciting, upcoming reality programming in development with YTV.

APPLY NOW AT: WWW.REALITYTALENT.CA