QUEENS VOICE LAB
In July 2020 Vital Opera launched the pilot of Queens Voice Lab with a cohort of twelve amazing artists.
Queens Voice Lab is a diverse and inclusive, artist-led community and workspace of professional singer-actors. The project provides a cost-free opportunity for participants to cultivate a safe, supportive community of peers, center their ownership of their creative process, and continue to learn about and explore their craft. Participants engage in regular workshop meetings to share individual and/or group work with the possibility of receiving desired feedback, discuss artistic/career-oriented issues, and initiate other activities or projects of interest that advance the community’s knowledge and skill. On occasion, Queens Voice Lab will engage in public events to share their work and artistry with the Queens community.
Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic makes in-person meetings unsafe for the time being, Queens Voice Lab is conducting its activities online until such a time as in-person meetings pose no risk to participants.
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
In July 2020 Vital Opera launched the pilot of Queens Voice Lab with a cohort of twelve amazing artists.
Queens Voice Lab is a diverse and inclusive, artist-led community and workspace of professional singer-actors. The project provides a cost-free opportunity for participants to cultivate a safe, supportive community of peers, center their ownership of their creative process, and continue to learn about and explore their craft. Participants engage in regular workshop meetings to share individual and/or group work with the possibility of receiving desired feedback, discuss artistic/career-oriented issues, and initiate other activities or projects of interest that advance the community’s knowledge and skill. On occasion, Queens Voice Lab will engage in public events to share their work and artistry with the Queens community.
Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic makes in-person meetings unsafe for the time being, Queens Voice Lab is conducting its activities online until such a time as in-person meetings pose no risk to participants.
This project is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Explore our other projects
Halcyon
Halcyon (formerly Unfinished ) is a new documentary-style opera that explores the question: “What happens to us when a place that matters to us comes to ruin?”
“Millbrook is a Frame of Mind:” Reflections in Word and Song
As part of Community Day on September 7, 2019, the Millbrook Library and Vital Opera presented the inaugural edition of Millbrook is a Frame of Mind: Reflections in Word and Song, a celebration of Millbrook featuring music, poetry, and prose from the village.
Four Hands of Bridge
In April 2015 we premiered Four Hands of Bridge, an experimental evening featuring four consecutive performances of Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge. This brief, yet intense opera explores themes of consumerism, marital infidelity, the loss of a loved one, and isolation in modern society.
Artist Development Workshop on Le Nozze Di Figaro
Our artist development workshop on Le Nozze di Figaro in November of 2013 was an opportunity for a group of nine singer-actors to delve deeply into the music, text, plot, and characters of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro).
An Edible and Musical Birthday Celebration for Julia Child
In August 2012 we presented An Edible and Musical Birthday Celebration for Julia Child in honor of Julia Child’s 100th birthday.