Developed for serious vocalists and collaborative pianists, the Intensive Music Performance Program allows you to spend three weeks improving your performance skills while living in the historic city of Vienna. The purpose of your time abroad and the primary goal of the program is to approach performance from multiple perspectives: technique, interpretation, expression, language, and style.
As part of the program, you receive music lessons and dramatic interpretation coaching. You also attend small group sessions that provide an interactive format for performance and analysis of the interpretative process. Group sessions give teachers an important perspective on how you perform under pressure, enabling them to identify issues that can be addressed in individual sessions.
You also take a course on German diction and on language used in rehearsals.
These dates are preliminary and are subject to change. Students should not book flights according to these dates.
Our mission is simple: to provide you with the best study abroad program possible—which includes the highest quality academic and cultural experiences.
We offer unique courses that explore Music Performance through an in-depth and hands-on approach. Enhance and integrate your technical and interpretive skills through daily lessons, coachings, and language study with our distinguished faculty. Work toward finding the unique balance that defines you as an artist. Finally, immerse yourself in the unique cultural experience that is Vienna!
You enroll in a required set of courses for a total of 5 to 6 credit hours.
Program Content
For vocalists (21 contact hours)
For pianists (30 contact hours)
Additionally, for all students (42 contact hours)
Faculty
Michael Pinkerton, internationally recognized educator, producer, artistic administrator, stage director, and performer, is head of the voice and opera department at the Konservatorium Wien Universität in Vienna, Austria. At the end of December 2009, Michael Pinkerton retired from his position as Artistic Director of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien – a company consisting of three historic theaters – Theater an der Wien, Raimund, and Ronacher. Pinkerton’s involvement with Vereinigte Bühnen Wien dates back to 1989, when he assumed the leadership for Theater an der Wien’s apprentice program. In 1994 he became head of Artistic Production supervising productions of Elisabeth, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, the European premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and preparation for Roman Polanski’s Dance of the Vampires. From 1997 until 2002, Michael Pinkerton was Artistic Director of the German musical theater company, Stella Entertainment. In this capacity he supervised numerous productions including Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, and Dance of the Vampires. Before his work as a stage director and producer, Michael Pinkerton enjoyed a distinguished career as a singer and actor. He was a frequent soloist with the Wiener Kammeroper and the Stuttgarter Staatsoper. As a modern music specialist, he performed in several world premieres with international festivals in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and Arezzo. Various educational projects have included initiating and directing the Musical Theater Workshop for the International Youth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, directing opera performances for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska, master classes for the FESNOJIV Vocal Academy in Caracas, Venezuela, and numerous master classes throughout Europe and the United States.
Dr. Carolyn Hague has been living in Vienna, Austria for the past thirty years. Ms. Hague heads the Master’s program in Lied und Oratorium for singers and pianists at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität. She also teaches chamber music and piano at the Institute for European Studies in Vienna. Previously to her appointment at the Konservatorium in 2001, she was a faculty member of the Wiener Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst for thirteen years. She served as a vocal coach and as the pianist and assistant to Kammersänger Walter Berry. After Berry’s retirement, she became the pianist/assistant to Kammersänger Robert Holl. Dr. Hague was the principal coach of the Wiener Kammeroper from 1984 to 1987. During this time she also served as pianist and coordinator of all the pianists for the Belvedere International Competition for Opera Singers. Her summer teaching and performing activities have included the Internationales Jugendfestspieltreffen in Bayreuth, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, and the German for Singers and Vocal Coaches program at Middlebury College. Dr. Hague is a frequent guest artist for Austrian National Radio and Television as well as numerous venues in Europe and the U.S. Her recital partner included distinguished artists such as Ks. Walter Berry, Ks. Angelika Kirchschlager, Ks. Birgid Steinberger, Ruxandra Donose, Linda Watson, Florian Boesch, Mathias Hausmann, Peter Matzka, and Rene Staar.
Baritone Dr. Robert Barefield has performed as soloist with organizations throughout the United States and in Europe, including the New Orleans Opera, the Mississippi Symphony, the Arizona Opera, the Dorian Opera Theatre, the Central City Opera, the Ohio Light Opera, and Operafestival di Roma in Italy. Operatic roles have included Don Giovanni, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Sid in Albert Herring, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, and John Proctor in Robert Ward’s The Crucible. As an oratorio soloist, Barefield’s performances have included Carmina Burana, the Fauré Requiem, The Sea Symphony, and Dona Nobis Pacem of Vaughan Williams and Handel’s Messiah. An accomplished recitalist, Robert Barefield’s wide-ranging repertoire has encompassed works such as Schubert’s Winterreise and Die Schöne Müllerin, Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel and premiere performances of works by contemporary composers such as Simon Sargon, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Maggio, and David Conte. Dr. Robert Barefield serves on the vocal faculty of the Hartt School, the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford.
Course syllabus coming soon!
IES Abroad Vienna organizes field study trips that complement what you’re learning in the classroom, and contribute to your general knowledge of Austrian culture and society.
You also have the opportunity to attend guest lectures by professional musicians.
Our job is to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding what landmarks to see first or discovering the best café—not finding a place to live where you feel comfortable. We do our best to locate housing that is reflective of how the local students are living. Our goal is that when you leave Vienna, it will feel like home.
You live in an apartment that typically accommodates four to five students. Apartments have Internet access and fully equipped kitchen facilities. Meals are not included in the program fee.
Part of making you feel at home in Vienna is doing our best to help you feel safe and cared for. Whether it’s the orientation program that prepares you for what’s ahead, your housing that is well-located and comfortable, or the field trips that take you to places off the beaten path—we’re all about our student services. This is just one of the things we’re known for.
After arrival in Vienna, you participate in an orientation program which introduces you to the city of Vienna, the IES Abroad program, and student life in the city. During the first few days, you settle into your housing, take care of formalities, receive briefings on safety and security, and tour Vienna and the surrounding area.
A weekend field trip, a day trip, and other excursions throughout Vienna bring you to sites that figure prominently in the lives and works of featured composers. In addition, you have the opportunity to attend guest lectures by professional musicians.
Also known as the Palais Corbelli, the IES Abroad Vienna Center is an elegant 18th century palace in the heart of the city and is just minutes from many of the museums, theaters, and other major cultural attractions that have bestowed international fame on Vienna.
Features include:
Dr. Morten SolvikIES Abroad Vienna Center Director An international scholar, Dr. Solvik holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Music and Intellectual History from Cornell University. Born in Norway, he speaks Norwegian, German, and English fluently, and uses French as a research language.
Dr. Solvik was instrumental in setting up the IES Abroad Vienna Music Program, which he has coordinated since 1999, and has also designed and taught numerous courses in Music History. In addition to his work with IES Abroad Vienna, Dr. Solvik has served as lecturer at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (The University for Music and Fine Arts). His teaching and administrative experience is augmented by his active and productive scholarly career as an expert on Gustav Mahler.
IES Abroad Vienna Staff Kendall Burgess, M.A.Registrar / Assistant to the Center Director
Dr. Kent CanzoneriManager of Student Affairs and Facilities
Meral KölblingerStudent Health & Safety Coordinator / Student Affairs
Apaporn ErtlAccountant
Tobi SigmundCustomized Programs Coordinator / Student Affairs
Dieter StroblFacilities Coordinator / Library Services
Helmut SummesbergerStudent Housing Coordinator / Student Affairs
IES Abroad Vienna Faculty Gabriele AmonStudio Art Mag. Art, University for Applied Arts in Vienna; Univ.-Lekt. University of Applied Arts, Institute for Art and Technology – dept. of Textile
Ulrike AntonMusic History Music Performance 1er Prix - Degré Superieur (Conservatoire Hector Berlioz, Paris) ; Professional Performance Diploma (Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester); Master of Music (University of Manchester); PhD in musicology (University of Vienna/University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna); International concert flutist
Roswitha BeneschArt History Doctor philosophiae, Lektorin Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Joelle BouffaMusic Performance Dilpoma in solo piano, chamber music, and vocal accompaniment at the Convervatoire royal de Liege; Coach for the Institute for Voice and Musical Theater at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna
Deirdre BrennerMusic Performance BA, Dartmouth College (USA); MMus, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK); Master's in Lied and Oratorio, Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversitaet (Vienna, Austria)
Ana DimovaDiploma in piano at the State Music Academy Pantcho Vladigerov (Bulgaria), collaborative pianist in the String, Woodwind, and Percussion Departments of the Vienna Conservatory (Privatuniversität Wien)
Peter FischerInternational Law Dr.juris Vienna University Dr.juris honoris causa Bratislava University Professor emeritus Vienna University Professor Bratislava School of Law
Tibor FrankHistory, Cultural History Dr. Univ., a történettudomány kandidátusa az MTA doktora; egyetemi tanár, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, Hungary
Michele FriedmanMusic Performance B.M., M.M., California State University; Lehrauftragte - Universität Mozarteum Salzburg; Lehrauftragte - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst ; Lehrende – Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
Peter GerlichPolitical Science Doctor rerum politicarum, Master of Arts, Ordentlicher Professor, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien
Barbara GorzynskaMusic Performance M.A. in Music Performance (violin), Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland; Adjunct, Academy of Music in Lodz; Visiting Professor, University for Music and Performing Arts in Graz
Gerold GruberMusic Theory PhD Musicology, University of Vienna; Univ. Doz., a.o. Univ. Prof. Musicology at the Institute for Analysis, Theory and History of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Carolyn HagueMusic Performance BM, Stetson University; MM, University of Louisville; DMA, University of Maryland at College Park; Lehrende - Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
Günter HaikaLiterature, Culture and Gender Studies Mag. phil., Professor University of Vienna; Wake Forest University Vienna Program
Peter HaissEconomics Doctor rerum oeconomia, Dozent, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz und Universität Innsbruck
Antonia HanreichHistory, Cultural History Doctor philosophiae, University of Vienna Freiberufliche Vortragende der Kulturgeschichte
Monika Johnson-SchönstädtGerman Mat., Akademia-Vienna Sprachtrainerin
Katharina KlettermayerPublic Service Internship Mag., Social and Cultural Anthropology University of Vienna
Doerte KuhlmannArt History, Architecture Ph.D.,Bauhaus University in Weimar; professor of Architecture Theory, Gender Studies and design, Institute of Architectural Sciences,Vienna University of Technology
Géza KállayLiterature Ph.D., Doctor de Letteren (Leuven, 1996); professzor, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, Hungary
Erik LeidalMusic History B.M. in Music History, B.A. in English Literature, Rice University; M.A. in Musicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; independent international performer
Tamás MagyaricsHistory Dr. Univ., Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, Hungary
William McElheneyMusic Performance Indiana University (Bloomington); diploma in Trombone Performance from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna; Vienna Philharmonic
Dardis McNameeJournalism Graduate of Bryn Mawr College in Music and Political Science and a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna in Contemporary History, Editor in Chief of the English-language monthly, The Vienna Review
Monika MeyerGerman Mag., Universität Wien Sprachtrainerin
Wolfgang MoelzerBusiness, Management PhD, University of Economics and Business Administration; Managing Partner of BKB Management
John MoraitisMusic History Ph.D. in Musicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MA in Musicology, University of Georgia
Hanspeter NeuholdInternational Law Doctor iuris, Ordentlicher Professor, Institut für Völkerrecht, Universität Wien
Beatrice OttersböckArt History Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh Freiberufliche Vortragende der Kunstgeschichte
Roman PfefferlePolitical Science PhD, University of Vienna; post-doc researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Government at the University of Vienna
Renate Philapitsch-AschoberGerman PhD, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; Sprachtrainerin
Frank PokornPsychology MSc, MA, University of Vienna; Lecturer for German Language,University of York, Psychologist, Vienna grammar school teacher
Pantelis PolychronidisMusic Performance Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Michigan, postgraduate work at the University for Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna in Lied Accompaniment and Chamber Music, collaborative pianist, educator and scholar as well as Visiting Scholar at the Modern Greek Program of the University of Michigan
Wolfgang ProhaskaArt History Ph.D. University of Vienna; Curator of Italian, Flemish, French and Spanish Baroque Painting at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna; Position at the University of Fine Arts in the University of Vienna
Heidi RoesslerStudent Teaching Internship Coordinator Magistra philosophiae, University of Vienna Lehrerin, Bundesgymnasium Wien XIX
Tamás RétiEconomics Közgazdasági és Piackutató Intézet (Kopint-Datorg), Budapest, Hungary
Margarete SchachermeierGerman, Cultural History Akademisches Übersetzerdiplom, University of Vienna Sprachtrainerin
Nadja SchmidtPolitical Science, Interdisciplinary European Studies Mag., University of Vienna, Mag. College of Europe in Natolin/Poland; Phd student and lecturer, Political Science, University of Vienna
Miyuki SchuesslerMusic Performance Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo); diploma in Piano Performance from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna; Lehrende – Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
Martin SchwarzBusiness Internship Coordinator Master of Art, University of Southern California-Los Angeles; Direktor Martin Schwarz G.m.b.H.
Birgit SchönyGerman Mag., University of Vienna; Sprachtrainerin
Andrea SernettGerman Dip, University of Vienna Sprachtrainerin
Morten SolvikMusic History Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Lektor, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien IES Abroad Vienna Center Director
Katalin OrbánCommunications Ph.D. in Literatures in English at Rutgers University Lecturer at the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies at Eötvös Loránd University
Reinhold StipsitsPsychology Doctor philsophiae, Ausserordentlicher Professort, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Wien
Charlotte SummesbergerGerman Doctor philosophiae, University of Vienna Sprachtrainerin
Stefan WedracHistory Magister Philosophiae, Universität Wien
Hemma StaglGerman Magister Phil, University of Vienna Sprachtrainerin
Natalia WächterSociology, Anthropology, Political Science Dr. phil., Mag. rer.soc.oec, University of Vienna; senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
Evelyn BeneschArt History PhD University of Vienna, Deputy Director of Bank Austria Kunstforum
Rosa ReitsamerSociology PhD University of Applied Arts – Vienna, Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Music Sociology at the University of Performing Arts - Vienna
Lisa ReganArt History PhD UC Berkeley, Instructor at UC Berkely and Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz
Hedwig WölflPsychology MSc, University of Vienna Lecturer, University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna
Anna RonaiMusic Performance MA, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Russell RyanMusic Performance DMA, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna; Professor of Collaborative Piano, Arizona State University
Robert BarefieldIntensive Music Performance Program Hartt School of Music
Michael PinkertonIntensive Music Performance Program Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
Dietmar FrieseneggerMusic History MA; PhD Candidate, Cornell University
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Vienna Summer - Intensive Music Performance: For Vocalists and Collaborative Pianists
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