EVENTS
The Exchange workshops provide essential tools and strategies for fulfilling and innovative professional careers in the arts and parallel careers.
January 11, 2025 | 11 AM–2 PM
UNT College of Music, Recital Hall
Audition Prep Workshop
Join the Exchange team of UNT Voice Faculty and guest presenters in Choral Studies and Music Education for their second annual free Audition Prep workshop, designed to help you hone your skills for the 2025 audition season.
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From the beginning stages to final steps, this comprehensive workshop will provide essential audition strategies.
Participants will have the opportunity to present their audition repertoire and receive feedback from the voice faculty, learn about UNT’s degree programs in vocal studies, scholarship information, and tips for putting your best foot forward.​​​
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From a 2025 Audition Prep Workshop Attendee:
"Thank you so much for hosting the workshop! I had a great time, and the workshop helped me feel more confident about my audition. I really enjoyed listening to everyone’s hard work and I felt like I was able to get to know the professors’ personalities. I look forward to auditioning!"
November 16, 2024 | 11 AM–1 PM
UNT College of Music, Room 321
Let's Take the Work Out of Networking
​Join Dr. Dolores August (Career Development Specialist in CoM), Cherisse Williams (DMA, MBA candidate and GA in the Office of Development in CoM) and Jae Park (MM in Vocal Performance with experience serving in the corporate world) for a cost-free interactive NETWORKING WORKSHOP.
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They will bring their extensive backgrounds to demystify the art of networking and provide practical strategies to help you build authentic relationships to benefit your professional goals. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your networking skills, whether in the music world or in a parallel career.
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September 21, 2024 | 3 PM-5:30 PM
UNT College of Music, Choir Room
Acting Techniques for
Singing Storytellers, Part II
SHE’S BACK! JOIN OPERA DIRECTOR, CLAIRE CHOQUETTE,
IN A FREE STAGECRAFT WORKSHOP
3:00 – 5:30, Choir Room 230
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3:00 – 3:45 pm Stagecraft for Singers: creating effective performances through gestures, subtext, eye movement, focus, grounding, facial expressions, and actors' beats.
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3:45 – 5:30 pm Going Into the Weeds: Individual Coachings
May 4-5, 2024 | 10 AM-4 PM; 2 PM–4:30 PM
UNT College of Music
Acting Techniques for
Singing Storytellers
Hone your stagecraft and audition skills with opera director Claire Choquette and The Dallas Opera Director of Education Kristian Roberts.
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MAY 4 | CLAIRE CHOQUETTE | ORCHESTRA ROOM 232
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10–11am Stagecraft for Singers: creating effective performances through gestures, subtext, eye movement, focus, grounding, facial expressions, and actors' beats.
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11am–12:30pm Aria Masterclass: exploring stagecraft tools
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12:30–1:30pm Break for Lunch
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1:30–4:00pm Aria Masterclass
MAY 5 | KRISTIAN ROBERTS | RECITAL HALL
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2–2:50pm Audition Strategies in Today’s Opera Landscape followed by a Q&A
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3–4:30pm Mock Auditions with feedback from Ms. Roberts
MAY 5 | CLAIRE CHOQUETTE | CHOIR ROOM
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3–4:30pm Body Movement in Art Song​
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January 20, 2024 | 10 AM–1 PM
UNT College of Music, Choir Room
Audition Prep Workshop
A workshop designed for high school juniors and seniors considering a music major in the vocal studies at UNT
Discover the surprising power of a music major in the vocal arts!
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OUR OFFERINGS:
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Sample auditions with feedback from te Exchange Team and UNT Voice Faculty
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Information about music degree programs in vocal studies at UNT.
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Scholarship information
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Audition repertoire choices
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Acheiving peak auditions and what to expect in the audition room
October 21, 2023 | 4–6 PM
UNT College of Music
Graduate Writer’s Workshop
Dr. Samantha Dapcic (UNT D.M.A. 2019) leads this empowering workshop for graduate students who are writing—or will be writing—dissertations. M.M. and G.A.C. students considering doctoral studies are encouraged to attend.
From the beginning stages to final steps, this comprehensive session will provide essential tools for large research papers, including strategies on:
Finding a topic
Research organization
Essential resources
Outlines
Formatting
Bibliographies
Avoiding plagiarism
Common mistakes to avoid.
September 16, 2023 | 4–6 PM
UNT College of Music, Choir Room
Begin Your Future Now!
STARVING ARTIST, OR FINANCIALLY SAVVY? YOU DECIDE.
A free workshop with an extraordinary line-up of professionals to help you plan the future you want!​ With the NTXVAE Team and Guest Presenters:
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Rainelle Krause, Acclaimed International Soprano
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Bree Nichols, Soprano & Opera Arlington Founder
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Dolores August, UNT CoM Career Development Specialist
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Jessica Muñiz-Collado, UNT Music Business Professor
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Ryan Krause, TCU Neeley School of Business Professor
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UNT Student Money Management Center
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CAREER JOURNEYS | 4–5 PM
Join world-class career-innovating sopranos Rainelle Krause and Bree Nichols in conversations that will inspire your artistic journey.
Hear stories about their career paths and strategies for time-management, building confidence, resilience, preserving vocal longevity, and professionalism on and off stage.
FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY: FROM STUDENT TO DEGREE-HOLDER | 5–6 PM
Join our team of professionals in a broad range of topics and strategies: money management, the power of budgeting, loan management, careers in music business, Roth IRAs, tax-deductible business expenses, and more.
October 29, 2022 | 10 AM - 1 PM
UNT College of Music, Choir Room
Audition Prep
The Exchange team joins with the UNT College of Music and guest presenters, Dr. Allen Hightower and Dr. Jessica Nápoles, to present an audition workshop designed for high school juniors and seniors considering a music major in vocal studies at UNT. The three-hour workshop includes sample auditions with feedback from the faculty, information about music degree programs in vocal studies at UNT, scholarship information, audition repertoire choices, and the opportunity to attend a UNT Opera rehearsal.
August 26, 2022 | 10 AM - 1 PM CDT
UNT College of Music, Recital Hall
A Musician’s Guide to a Sustainable Career
The Exchange believes in turning ideas into action with the exchange of knowledge, information, essential tools, and strategies to help those in the vocal arts develop fulfilling and innovative professional careers in the arts and related fields. The Exchange team and guest presenters brought decades of expertise as performers, educators, arts administrators, and in parallel careers to this empowering workshop.
January 23, 2021 | 10 AM - 2 PM CDT
Online Event
The Singing Entrepreneur
The team presented its second workshop, The Singing Entrepreneur, which focused on equipping singers ​for real careers in today's evolving arts economy. This single-day online workshop was led by NTX Vocal Arts Exchange core faculty and special guests, including Nick Petrella and Andy Heise from Arts Entrepreneurship Podcast: Making Art Work and operatic soprano Alexandra Loutsion, and Edward Rothmel, collaborative pianist.
October 3, 2020 | 10 AM - 1 PM
Online Event
Virtual Audition Workshop
The team presented its inaugural workshop, equipping singers ​for recorded auditions in the unique 2020-21 audition season and beyond. This single-day, online workshop was led by NTX Vocal Arts core faculty and guest panelists, for singers from pre-collegiate to emerging professionals.