Program Recognition
•A world-renowned classical music conservatory founded in 1924, admitting students on artistic promise alone
•One of the most selective conservatories in the world, with an acceptance rate of about 4 percent
•A deliberately small student body of around 160 students for highly personalized, intensive training
Training
•Students choose their own voice teacher, guided by the school's artistic leadership
•Unlimited repertoire and language coaching, with dedicated French, German, and Russian diction coaches
•World-class artist-teacher faculty including John Relyea, J'Nai Bridges, Dolora Zajick, Julia Faulkner, and Jennifer Rowley
•Vocal Studies and Opera led by Director Miloš Repický, with creative advisor Karen Slack
Performance & Productions
•Learn-by-doing approach: students perform from the start in the Student Recital Series
•Fully staged Curtis Opera Theatre productions each season, tailored to showcase the enrolled singers
Notable Alumni
•Anna Moffo — celebrated lyric-coloratura soprano of the Metropolitan Opera •Amanda Majeski — soprano and Pedagogical Advisor for Voice and Opera at Curtis
•More than 40 Vocal Studies alumni have become members of the Metropolitan Opera
Location
•Located in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia
•Reciprocal agreement with the University of Pennsylvania lets eligible students take courses there at no cost
Value
•Curtis is fully tuition-free: every admitted student receives a full-tuition merit scholarship, always
