The main participants in the Opera Workshop are students of the Vocal Department. The workshop stages at least one complete opera each year in cooperation with the Academy Orchestra. Singers of the workshop have participated in various operas, such as The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Impresario, Dido and Aeneas, and La Boheme. Many of the workshop's graduates have joined opera companies in Israel and abroad.
About the Ensemble
Emil Eibinder founded the Folk Music Ensemble in 2001 adding another top-quality performing group to the Faculty of Performing Arts. The Ensemble is made up of 12 Arab and Jewish students who study in the String Department, the Wind Department, the Jazz Department and the Oriental Music Department.
The Ensemble specializes in Balkan music from Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Moldova, and Yugoslavia, as well as Israeli folk music. Since its inception, the Ensemble has performed all over Israel to high acclaim and enthusiastic audiences.
The Vocal Department trains singers in the various areas of vocal music (opera, lieder, and oratorio) in a number of languages and styles. Each student also receives lessons in voice development as well as training in accompaniment. Each year the Opera Workshop presents a number of stage productions together with the chamber ensemble or orchestra, and the students receive acting lessons.
This faculty trains instrumentalists in various styles and instruments (piano, guitar, drums, saxophone, flute, etc.). It includes ensembles such as big band, Dixie, and smaller groups. The faculty has programs for Cross-Disciplinary composers and singers, and it also offers a number of specialized subjects such as ethnic jazz, the history of jazz, improvisation workshops, and so on.
The Dance Department focuses on training dancers and teachers who are knowledgeable about the history of dance and music. The Department offers dance ensembles active in the framework of various workshops; these groups provide students with stage experience, both at Academy performances and in performances for the general public.
Areas of study specific to the Dance Department:
The Cross-Disciplinary Composition Department was established to provide the opportunity to study music at a high academic level for young artists who view the art of music, as the founders of the department and its teachers do, as something pluralistic, which is not limited to just one narrow style, or to just one musical direction.
The Department of Jazz Performance at JAMD operates within the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Music, and is connected academically and artistically with the Department of Creative works, the Interdisciplinary Vocal Department, the Department of Oriental Music, and the Faculty of Dance.
The program of study entails acquisition of a combination of skills in playing the different styles of jazz.
The Wind and Percussion Department offers study programs for all standard instruments, with Israel’s finest teachers. Learning takes place in lecture format and via individualized instruction, chamber-music workshops, method classes, annual competitions, participation in a symphony orchestra, and master classes with internationally-acclaimed artists.
The department cooperates with the Academy’s other units on special projects, such as chamber-opera productions and mixed ensembles with string and keyboard instruments, vocalists and dancers.