Call for application for the new 2027 Choir Residency! | Festival d’Aix—en—Provence

The Academy is calling for applications for its new 2027 Choir Residency!

With this new residency, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence aims to make the choir a central part of its outreach initiative and to guide a new generation of artists toward the contemporary challenges of the profession. Combining immersion in opera productions, collective practice, and exploration of diverse repertoires, the program offers a unique space for professional development and experimentation. In this way, it transforms the choir into a hub for the creation, transmission, and renewal of opera.

The new Choir Residency invites 12 guest singers to participate in two productions as part of the 2027 edition of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Production 1 (18th-century repertoire): 12 singers (total: 12)
Production 2 (19th-century repertoire): 4 singers (selected from the 12), performing “side by side” with a professional opera chorus

Benefit from a stimulating working environment alongside Richard Wilberforce (choir director, countertenor, and composer) and Benedict Kearns (choir director, Opéra National de Lyon). The Residency will also feature a series of activities, including participation in musical events organised in collaboration with the Festival’s Passerelles programme, and workshops on career management, artists' rights, and physical and mental preparation.