Amherst Glebe Arts Response
  • Home
  • The Arts
    • Music >
      • Java & Jazz >
        • Joseph Henson Jazz
      • Chamber Music America
      • Gottschalk
    • Beyond the Russian Pale
    • Opera
  • Humanities
    • Special Programs to View on Youtube
    • Museum
    • Amherst County School Project
  • Community | Healthcare
    • Arts in the Community
    • Arts in Healthcare >
      • Chamber Music America
  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Archives
    • Music Series Archives >
      • 2022-2023 Season
      • 2021-2022 Season >
        • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia >
          • NEA Big Read: Kickoff Event
          • NEA Big Read: Book Discussions
          • The Big Read Grant
          • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia Youtube Videos
        • Mezzo Soprano Sophie Delphis
        • Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • “Winter Stories and Songs”
        • The Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • Quintana All-Stars
        • Ayreheart
        • Isaac Williams Quartet
        • Alkemie Early Music Ensemble
        • Los Gatos
      • 2020-2021 Season >
        • Alkemie
      • 2019-2020 Season
      • 2018-2019 Season
      • 2017-2018 Season
      • 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 Seasons
    • Humanities Archive >
      • Museum
    • News Archive
    • Arts in the Community Archive
    • Arts in Healthcare Archive
Picture

ANNOUNCING AUDITIONS
for WORKSHOPS of NIGHTCAPS
A new musical drama by
Brooke Vandervelde and Richard Rose presented by
Amherst Glebe Arts Response

​
Nightcaps is set at a small historically White college in the upper South; the action moves between 2018, 1910, and 1940. We are looking for classically trained student vocalist with some experience in opera who can devote one or more Saturdays in 2022-2023 to workshopping a scene. Workshops will be held 9 am-5 pm at Second Stage | Amherst (194 2nd Street, Amherst VA) on the following Saturdays:​
  • November 12
  • January 14
  • February 18
  • April 1
Auditions will be held for the following parts: 
​
  • Patrice: Black tenor; college student
  • Coale: White baritone; college student
  • June: Black soprano; recent college graduate
  • Arthur: Black bass or baritone; recent college graduate
  • Adam: White baritone; college student, football player
  • Terence: White tenor; college student
  • Tom: White baritone; college student
  • Judah: Black alto or mezzo; college student
  • Sasha: White soprano; college student
  • Pete: White baritone; college student; international student​

To schedule an audition time, contact Brooke at 804-922-2446 or rivula@gmail.com.
Workshop performers will be paid and will receive travel reimbursement and lunch. We will develop just one scene at each workshop. Advance preparation for the workshops is not expected: come ready to work hard and enjoy the experience of developing a promising new work with friends and colleagues.

Listen to the score at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscore and check out the script at tinyurl.com/nightcapsscript.

Richard Rose’s recent opera Monte and Pinky was performed by
Capitol Opera Richmond at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Brooke Vandervelde has retired from a career teaching classics and is now music director at Ascension Episcopal Church, Amherst, where she also
leads a bi-weekly Gospel Jam.

AGAR is a 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to promoting the arts
​primarily in Amherst and Greater Lynchburg.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • The Arts
    • Music >
      • Java & Jazz >
        • Joseph Henson Jazz
      • Chamber Music America
      • Gottschalk
    • Beyond the Russian Pale
    • Opera
  • Humanities
    • Special Programs to View on Youtube
    • Museum
    • Amherst County School Project
  • Community | Healthcare
    • Arts in the Community
    • Arts in Healthcare >
      • Chamber Music America
  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Archives
    • Music Series Archives >
      • 2022-2023 Season
      • 2021-2022 Season >
        • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia >
          • NEA Big Read: Kickoff Event
          • NEA Big Read: Book Discussions
          • The Big Read Grant
          • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia Youtube Videos
        • Mezzo Soprano Sophie Delphis
        • Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • “Winter Stories and Songs”
        • The Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • Quintana All-Stars
        • Ayreheart
        • Isaac Williams Quartet
        • Alkemie Early Music Ensemble
        • Los Gatos
      • 2020-2021 Season >
        • Alkemie
      • 2019-2020 Season
      • 2018-2019 Season
      • 2017-2018 Season
      • 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 Seasons
    • Humanities Archive >
      • Museum
    • News Archive
    • Arts in the Community Archive
    • Arts in Healthcare Archive