[e-drive][CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT - OPERA]

[Darlene Bullard]

Please direct all responses and inquiries directly to the theatre or
association listed in the e-drive notice below.

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VANCOUVER OPERA GUILD
CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT
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The Vancouver Opera Guild will disburse Career Development Grant in June
2004. This Grant will be available to Canadian Citizens and those with
Landed Immigrant status between the ages of 20 and 33. The deadline for
the receipt of completed applications is April 15, 2004. This year's
grant is for singers only.

The purpose of the Grant is to help people involved with opera, or those
preparing for a career in the operatic field, to improve their skills or
to work on a personal project related to opera. The Grant IS NOT
available to students for the completion of a music degree, but is
designed to assist those not yet fully established in a professional
career.

Grant applications will be judged by a jury of three members of the
operatic/artistic community on the following points:

					- potential of the applicant
					- merit of the project
					- artistic/operatic background

The Grant will be available at the start of the successful candidate's
project. The recipient must send a report on the project to the
Vancouver Opera Guild not later than three months after its completion.

Further information and application forms available from:

Mrs. R. Michael Lepage
9531 Neill Place
Richmond, BC
V7E 5J6
604-274-2729
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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street, 12th Floor
Toronto, ON M5C 3C4
Tel: 416-867-9165
Fax: 416-867-9246
Email:  communications at caea.com