All applicants must follow the application and audition procedures outlined in this section. An incomplete application or lack of payment of application fees will stop the application process. Decisions regarding admission and financial aid will be made and students will be notified in May. Follow the steps below:

  • Submit a completed application form with the application fee no later than May 1, 2007.
  • Send your audition CD, MD, Video, cassette or mp3 files with required repertoire, see below.
  • Limited scholarship or bursaries available. For consideration, download and complete the financial assistance application form. (pdf)
  • For additional information on financial assistance, see below.


Notice for students from the USA

Passport Information

Since January 23, 2007, a new American law requires everyone entering the United States BY AIR to have a valid passport. 

If you are unable to obtain a passport consider flying to Seattle and bussing to Vancouver/Powell River as US citizents can continue to use such documents as their birth certificates and drivers' license to cross the Canada-U.S. border BY LAND AND SEA for at least another year.

Application Deadline and Fees

May 1, 2007

Download and complete the application form (pdf) and the application fee payment form (pdf).

Applications postmarked after May 30th will only be considered subject to availability. The application fee is required of all applicants. It is non-refundable and not applicable toward other SOAP fees.

Applicants will receive notification of their acceptance by e-mail, mail or telephone not later than May 15, 2007.

Application fee: $60 CAD

All fees are payable in Canadian funds. Foreign students not paying by credit card should obtain an International Money Order in Canadian dollars for the payment of fees. All cheques must be payable to the Powell River Academy of Music (SOAP).

Audition Requirements

Two contrasting art songs and two arias one of which should be from the role you are applying for.

Please send along with your application a clearly labelled video(VHS), audio cassette, CD, MD or DAT or mp3 files which includes the required repertoire.

Acceptance Procedure

Upon acceptance to SOAP, an official letter of acceptance and housing preference materials will be sent to the student. In order to reserve his/her place in SOAP, a student must return the following within 21 days of the notification of acceptance date:

  • tuition deposit of $300 CAD (non-refundable, applicable toward tuition fees)
  • housing deposit of $400 CAD (if applicable)
  • housing preference forms


Scholarship/bursary awards and program acceptance may be forfeited if appropriate forms have not been returned by the end of the twenty-one-day period.

Enrollment Fees

Tuition and all fees are due June 1, 2007. Tuition includes all rehearsals and performances, master classes, private lessons, audition training, forums and entrance to all SOAP concerts.

All fees are payable in Canadian funds. Foreign students not paying by credit card should obtain an International Money Order in Canadian dollars for the payment of fees. All cheques should be made payable to the Powell River Academy of Music (SOAP) Once a student has made a deposit or registered, fees (including tuition and housing and meals) are nonrefundable.

SOAP reserves the right to expel any student for violations of SOAP policy, city ordinances, or provincial law without refunding any fees paid.

Tuition and Housing and Meal Fees

  • Tuition $1090 CAD
  • Dorm/hostel and meals $875 CAD
  • Hotel and meals $1280 CAD

Housing

Students are placed in SOAP housing on a first-come, first-served basis according to the order in which the housing preference form and housing deposit are received. Room and roommate requests are assigned on a priority basis, but no guarantees can be made. The dorm/hostel facilities are staffed by Resident Supervisors.

All students in SOAP housing are required to take the meal plan; there is no room-only plan. Students electing to live in SOAP housing facilities are strongly urged to submit the required housing reservation form and the non-refundable $400 CDN housing deposit immediately upon notification of acceptance but not later than 21 of the notification of acceptance date. More detailed information will be sent with students’ acceptance materials.

SOAP Transportation

Free bus transportation is provided when necessary to transport students between accommodation, rehearsal, performance locations and airport and bus on arrival and departure.

* For up-to-date exchange rates visit a currency calculator web site such as Reuters

Please send all materials to:

Symphony & Opera Academy of the Pacific
7280 Kemano Street
Powell River, BC
Canada V8A 1M2


  
 

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