Lieder and Art Song - Vocal Immersion Program (ViP)

Join Michelle DeYoung, Paul Groves, Dietlinde Turban Maazel, and the international young professionals of the Vocal Immersion Program in its first of two recitals. In the first week of the program, guest artists study Art Song and German Lieder through a series of private lessons, acting workshops, masterclasses, movement classes, and poetic discussion led by the ViP faculty. This first recital’s program will be presented by the international young artists and collaborative pianists in a dazzling culmination of Art Song and German Lieder.The VOCAL IMMERSION PROGRAM at CASTLETON (ViP) is a professional performing arts mentoring program in the bucolic Piedmont Region. Established in 2020 by Paul Groves, Michelle DeYoung, and Dietlinde Turban Maazel for emerging professional artists, the program allows a select group of young singers to explore their artistic potential through two weeks of diverse lessons and classes culminating in performances of well-known opera arias, duets, and ensembles as well as German Lieder. Faculty instruction led by world-renowned artists, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, tenor Paul Groves, actress Dietlinde Turban Maazel, are joined by coach Julian Garvue, and world percussion artist Tom Teasley.