Bel Canto Boot Camp

Bel Canto Boot Camp was born during the pandemic when we reached out to singers around the world – singers who had no place and seemingly no reason to sing. To be honest, we needed to find a way to feed our own souls as well while we were cut off from music making – something we never even considered could possibly happen. We created The Vaccai Project – a unique online training course for singers. Just short of two thousand singers from America to South Africa, from Columbia to Russia practiced together for the day when stages would be open to them again and theaters would be filled with audiences. We discovered a beautiful new way to support singers – beautiful in its inclusivity, its expansion of the richness of the New York opera community to artists all over the world, the breaking of often prohibitive barriers of distance, cost, time and audition-only programs. 

Now, as the world continues to emerge from Covid-19, Bel Canto Boot Camp strives to support artists in the physical world as we did (and continue to do) virtually. The Vaccai project is now available in book form at Amazon. BCBC recently announced a new partnership with Guild Hall of East Hampton: The Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artist Series – a unique training and performance collaboration between operatic superstars, established professional singers, and promising singers still on the verge of an international career. Press release here. In the summer of 2022 BCBC will present its first in person training week in New York City for all members. 

Our online platform allows us to stay in contact when we cannot be there physically – BCBC allows singers, teachers, and presenters to network effectively with each other in the ever growing BCBC community.

Recent collaborations include Cape Town Opera, Peabody Preparatory, Michigan State University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State University, San Diego National Association of Teachers of Singing (US) and The Association of Teachers of Singing (UK).