Singing

Admission requirements

• The three-year course is open to musicians of any nationality who are no more than 27 years of age.
• Candidates must possess a 1^st or 2^nd Level Degree or Conservatory Diploma (old Italian system) in Vocal Studies. If the degree was obtained abroad, it will be considered valid if it has been declared equivalent to a Conservatory diploma; it is the responsibility of any student admitted to a course to obtain the equivalence of the foreign qualification, pursuant to applicable Italian laws.
• Candidates should be fluent in the Italian language.

Exceptions to these requirements may be permitted only in exceptional cases, in the event of special, recognized artistic qualities and subject to the evaluation and approval of both the teacher and the Academic Board.

Provided that the above requirements are met, admission to the course is subject to an entrance examination.

Applications for admission

Applications for admission must be submitted online (form https://santacecilia.it/en/master-courses/form-di-iscrizione-corsi-di-perfezionamento)by no later than the 7^th July 2024.

Proof of the application being successfully sent will consist of the e-mail notification sent by the Accademia.

The following documents must be attached to the online application:

• diploma certificate
• artistic CV and list of studied repertoire;
• examination programme at the candidate’s choice;
• photocopy of passport or other identification document;
• proof of payment of the examination admission fee.

Entrance examination

Programme

Performance of three pieces from operas of different periods and styles, one of which from the Baroque repertoire.

Mode

Entrance examinations will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone (Rome); in accordance with the number of applicants, the 17 – in the afternoon – or 18 October 2024. Candidates will receive an e-mail concerning date and schedule.

The candidates shall appear at the examination bearing a valid identification document, as well as the musical material for their examination programme, including the scores for the pianist; the Academy will provide applicants with a Piano/Harpsichordist accompanist.

The Examination Panel may ask the candidates to perform all or part of the programme.

The pieces shall be prepared in full and performed from memory.

The Panel may ask the candidates to describe the motivations and objectives connected to attending the course.

No supplementary exam session are foreseen.

The course lasts three years and includes the following exams:

• two intermediate exams (promotion from the 1^st to the 2^nd year and from the 2^nd to the 3^rd year);
• a diploma exam at the end of the third year of attendance.

The diploma exam can be brought forward to the end of the second year only in exceptional cases, subject to approval by the Academic Board.

At the end of each year of attendance, students shall take an examination for promotion to the subsequent course year, with the programmes indicated below.

Promotion from course year I to II

• Performance of three arias, taken from Operas / Oratorios / Sacred or Secular Cantatas by any author, one of which from the Baroque repertoire, and performance of a complete opera role.

The programme must be prepared in full and performed from memory.

The Commission may request the execution of all or part of the submitted programme.

Promotion from course year II to III

• Performance of three arias, taken from Operas / Oratorios / Sacred or Secular Cantatas by any author, one of which from the Baroque repertoire, different from those presented in the previous year, and performance of a complete opera role, different from the one presented in the previous year.

The programme must be prepared in full and performed from memory.

The Commission may request the execution of all or part of the submitted program.

Should a student fail to pass a promotion examination, he/she shall be entitled to re-apply for admission to the course only after one academic year has passed.

Examination and attendance fees

• € 50.00 entrance examination;
• € 950.00 yearly attendance (for students enrolled at the same time in the Chamber Music course, one of the two fees is reduced to € 800.00);
• € 100.00 promotion examination;
• € 250.00 diploma examination.

Students in arrears with their course tuition and examination fees will not be admitted to lessons or to examinations.

All payments, specifying as reason “Singing Course,” may be made via:

• postal account payment
  no. 30406003, made out to Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Fondazione
• wire transfer
  c/c n. 9872, made out to Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Fondazione
  Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) Agenzia n. 6340 di Roma, Via del Corso, 471
  IBAN: IT31 I 010 0503 2400 0000 0009 872
  SWIFT: BIC BNL IITRR
• Paypal on Fondazione’s website at this link https://santacecilia.it/alta-formazione/paypal

The receipt of the payment for attendance must be sent to the academic office (Segreteria didattica: didattica@santacecilia.it) by no later than 15 days after the date of admission to the course. Students may pay the attendance fee in two instalments of equal amount, the second of which is to be paid by no later than 01 March.

Withdrawal from the course shall not entitle the student to be refunded what was paid.

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