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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">TAMUC Department of Music will host clinicians Ann Baltz, Founder and Artistic Director of the nationally acclaimed performance training program OperaWorks, and
David Aks, Professor, Coordinator, and Conductor of Opera at California State University Northridge, for a three-day training program October 28-30th, 2016 for performers and educators of the arts. Masterclass topics include seminars in Audition Techniques,
Marketing Fundamentals, Establishing Career Goals in Music, the Power of Visualization, as well as, several Performance Techniques, Music Improvisation, and Conducting Masterclasses. The cost of the three-day workshop is $15.00. Schedule: Friday, Oct. 28th,
2016 5-9pm; Saturday Oct. 29th, 2016 9 am – 6:30pm; Sunday Oct. 30th, 2016 2:30-6pm To register click on the link below. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Ann Baltz is Founder and Artistic Director of the nationally acclaimed performance training program OperaWorks, and has been recognized as one of the leading opera
educators in America today. Recent engagements include faculty training for the New England Conservatory of Music on “Integrating Arts Curricula”; improvisation workshops for national conventions of NATS and the National Opera Association; and opera improvisation
concerts in San Francisco and New York City. Ms. Baltz has served as closing speaker at the NATS 2006 National Convention in Minneapolis, is a frequent presenter at Classical Singer’s National Conventions, and a panelist for OPERA America's National Singer
Conferences. Also for OPERA America she serves on the steering committee for the National Singer Training Forum with other directors of Young Artist Programs or conservatories. Ms. Baltz conducts master classes, workshops and residencies on performance training
and improvisation at institutions including the Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory of Music, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Bowling Green State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition, she
has served as Director of Apprentice Programs for Orlando Opera, and Opera Pacific; Music Director for the Wesley Balk Summer Institute; and as Guest Director of the Opera Workshops at Chapman University and Carnegie-Melon University. She is on the opera faculty
at California State University-Northridge. Her diverse professional background includes roles as assistant conductor, coach, and chorus master in over 40 productions with celebrated singers Dame Joan Sutherland, James McCracken, and Ruth Ann Swenson and conductors
Richard Bonynge, Anton Coppola, and Stewart Robertson. An accomplished pianist, Ms. Baltz played extensively on tour with Columbia Artist Concerts, Western Opera Theater, and Minnesota Opera. Through her deep commitment to new and experimental works, Ms. Baltz
earned distinguished posts as Music Director and Co-creator of Composer-Librettist Studios in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis, as well as Music Director for New Works Projects at the Minnesota Opera Institute and Portland Opera. In addition, she has
co-created and performed several one-act operas nationally in which she and a cast of singers improvise musical scores in performances. In 2004, Ms. Baltz received a Red Carpet Award from “Women In Theatre” recognizing her outstanding achievements in theater
in Los Angeles. As a writer, Ms. Baltz has contributed articles for Opera America's publications Business Advice for Singers and Making Choices. Additional articles appear in Classical Singer, and Vocals magazines. She is a frequent adjudicator for national
competitions including the regional and district levels of the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">David Aks received his Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting at Oberlin College where he also earned a Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance.
Additionally, he studied at the Minnesota Opera Institute, the Conductor’s Guild Summer Institute, The Academia Chigiana in Sienna, Italy, and the Tanglewood Conducting Program with Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Colin Davis, Andre Previn and Gustav Meier.
Mr. Aks' guest conducting appearances have included the American Youth Symphony, The Fresno Philharmonic, The Black Sea Philharmonic (Romania), The Nashville Symphony and The Antelope Valley Symphony. In addition, he has conducted the orchestras of Bogota,
Medellin and Cali in Colombia, S.A. Mr. Aks also served as Assistant Conductor to Seiji Ozawa for Tosca with the Boston Symphony. As cellist, Professor Aks has played with the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic,
Los Angeles Opera, American Ballet Theater and has toured Europe, Russia and the U.S. with the New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Professor Aks has guest conducted the All-State Honor Orchestras of Kentucky and California (twice) as well as the CODA (California
Orchestra Directors Association) Honor Orchestra. He has served on the faculty of OperaWorks Summer Intensive Program, the Altenburger Musiktheater Akademie in Germany and the ASTA Summer Institute of Chamber Music. He is a past president of The American String
Teachers Association (ASTA) Greater Los Angeles Chapter. He has previously taught at the University of South Florida and the College of St. Catherine.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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