Since 2005, Opera Grand Rapids has hosted a consortium of colleges and universities. Students who attend schools in the OGR Collegiate Consortium benefit from free application to the VanderLaan Prize, access to master classes and student recitals, and tickets to Opera Grand Rapids productions, among other benefits.
Schools derive benefit from Consortium membership by pooling funds with other area colleges and universities to facilitate group educational events at Opera Grand Rapids. Students are able to gain professional exposure and build community with their peers in the region at dozens of annual Consortium events.
Consortium schools must provide OGR with both a faculty point person or persons and a list of names and email addresses of all students in the voice area.
Contact
William Bokhout
wbokhout@operagr.org
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Level 1
Membership Price: $1,000
Market Value: $4,000
- Free Application to the VanderLaan Prize
- Admission to VanderLaan Prize lectures
- 20 free student tickets VanderLaan Prize Concert
- Participation in Masterclass with OGR artist
- Access to all rehearsals
- Participation in three student recitals
- OGR Chorus auditions on your campus
- 20 free tickets to L’elisir D’amore
- School Recognition in all opera programs
Level 2
Membership Price: $2,500
Market Value: $7,000
- Includes all of Level 1 benefits
- 20 free tickets to all contemporary and Explore Opera events
- 2 tickets to Night with the Opera, Opera Gala
- Master Class with an OGR artist on your campus
2024/25 CALENDAR
September
3-8, 2024
The Elixir of Love Rehearsals
Betty Van Andel Opera Center and Forest Hills Fine Arts Center
Students and professors may coordinate with OGR to observeany facet of the rehearsal process, from the first music rehearsal to the final dress rehearsal.
September 20, 2024 7:30 PM
OR September 21, 2024 7:30 PM
The Elixir of Love Performance
Forest Hills Fine Arts Center
Each school receives up to 20 free student tickets to attend either performance.
October 21, 2024
7:30 PM
Student Recital: Classic Music Theater — Songs and Scenes from classic musicals prior to 1970
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Students present one to two songs for other consortium schools from the Golden Age of Theater. This unique performance opportunity allows students to network with their peers in the region. A light reception will follow.
November
7, 2024
Chorus Concert
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
We are pleased to be able to spotlight our wonderful chorus at this special concert.
Each Level 2 school receives up to 20 free student tickets.
January
13-29, 2025
Eurydice Rehearsals
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Students and professors may coordinate with OGR to observe any facet of the rehearsal process, from the first music rehearsal to the final dress rehearsal.
January 31 7:30 PM
OR February 1 7:30 PM
Eurydice Performance
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Matthew Aucoin invited Opera Grand Rapids to partner with the Boston Lyric Opera to co-commission a chamber version of his hit opera EurydiceEurydice which reconceives the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, telling the story from the heroine’s perspective.
Each Level 2 school receives up to 20 free student tickets to attend either performance.
February 17, 2025
7:30 pm
Student Recital: Collaborations — A take on OGR’s popular HipOpera
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Participating students present pieces that demonstrate a collaboration between singer and accompaniment/style. Think possibly a jazz arrangement of an art song, an alternate accompanying instrument (marimba, guitar, kazoo), gender crossing arias (i.e. 3 drag Tenors, baritone singing “Quando men vo”) — get crazy and think outside the box! A light reception will follow.
March 13, 2025
7:30 PM
Opera is Lit
GRAM
…literature, that is!
Musicologist Camellia Adams curates an event that aims toexplore the connection between music and text. This year’s theme is the Greek mythological influence on opera.
Each Level 2 school receives up to 20 free student tickets to attend either performance.
March 17, 2025
7:30 PM
Student Recital: Opera! — Taking the lead from the VanderLaan Prize
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
Students perform Opera arias for consortium schools. This unique performance opportunity allows students to network with their peers in the region. A light reception will follow.
March 29, 2025
2:00 PM
VanderLaan Prize Lectures
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
The three adjudicators of the VanderLaan Prize each give short, interactive lectures on the opera industry today. Previous lecturers have included a GRAMMY winner, artists featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning works, and a MacArthur Fellow.
March 23
7:00PM
VanderLaan Prize Concert
Betty Van Andel Opera Center
The top ten students from around the nation compete for one of the largest purses available for undergraduates.
Each school receives up to 20 free student tickets.
May
15, 2025
Night With The Opera
GLC Live @ 20 Monroe
Opera Grand Rapids will return to GLC at 20 Monroe for an amazing evening of opera, philanthropy and fun. Stay tuned throughout the season for event details and artist announcements.
Each Level 2 school receives 2 tickets.
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