Alumni Spotlight

You belong at Longy

We root for each other and cheer on each other’s successes. Play your part in co-creating a community of collaborative music-makers of all kinds. This is how we live and learn together. This is what belonging at

Longy means.

Watch: You Belong at Longy

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

Vocal Studies

Guided by an exceptional faculty, students in Longy’s Vocal Studies Department learn and perform across multiple styles and genres—from fully staged operas, staged art songs, and newly composed works, to cantatas and oratorios, and contemporary improvisation. Longy singers have opportunities to work with distinguished local organizations, including our professional opera company-in-residence MassOpera—as well as partners such as Boston Camerata and Castle of Our Skins.

Watch Natalie Vatcher perform an aria from Handel’s Alcina

Degrees & Diplomas

Master of Music Degree Graduate Performance Diploma

Bachelor of Music* Undergraduate Diploma*

*Longy will accept an undergraduate class of students to begin in Fall 2023. We will suspend undergraduate applications beyond that date.

>> Versatility in your career is key.

Check out Longy’s crossover options in Historical Performance or Jazz &

Contemporary Music departments.

Your Faculty

Corrine Byrne, chair Anne Azéma Pamela Dellal Libor Dudas* Tyler Duncan Angela Gooch Ana Guigui Kudisan Kai* Carol Mastrodomenico Jeffrey Mattsey Brian Moll* Sandra Piques Eddy Tyler Reece Karyl Ryczek Christopher Sierra David Small Ryan Turner Dana Varga Jayne West Noriko Yasuda*, opera coach *no private studio

Course Highlights

Gender Benders and Trend Disruptors

Perform nineteenth-century lieder that would traditionally be off-limits to your voice type, gender, or sexuality. Separate lieder from its cis-heteronormative, male-centric worldview and bring it into the twenty-first century with alternative character perspectives.

From Boston to Broadway: How to Sing Musical Theatre Songs

Performing musical theatre contributes to your holistic training as a vocalist, actor, and performer. Learn modern performance techniques and delve into a character to unlock your potential as a well-rounded singer. MassOpera’s New Opera Workshop Concert Performance of Dan Shore’s Freedom Ride (2019) featuring Longy alumni

Faculty Profile Dana Lynne Varga

Dana Lynne Varga is founder and artistic director of MassOpera as well as Vocal Studies faculty at Longy. Aside from classical vocal music, her influences include pop, hip-hop, and jazz. Much of her work has focused on empowering musicians and on gender parity in classical and vocal music. It’s so exciting to be part of an institution that challenges restrictive, outdated paradigms of what is “allowed” in the classical and operatic fields. I work to empower students to expect and to build a fair and inclusive industry, one where musicians can live in any body and be put on stage when they’re talented. Longy’s focus on collaboration, real-world experience, and entrepreneurship prepares students to make a real difference, and our project-based courses force students to create rather than simply study music created by others. All of this happens in a space of belonging for all genders, nationalities, and lived experiences—it’s truly the academia of the future.

MASSOPERA

Opera Company-in-Residence

Imagine working with a dynamic opera company while earning your degree; crafting a professional network before leaving school; using your education to launch your career. MassOpera will hold intensive Artist Training for twelve Longy graduate students, who will benefit from one-on-one studio and coaching sessions, as well as guaranteed casting in a professional MassOpera production or event. They will also hold in-depth workshops for the entire Longy vocal department, focusing on crucial skills for working artists.