American Opera and Musical Theatre Institute at Augusta University

American Opera and Musical Theater Institute

The American Opera and Musical Theater (AOMT) Institute is an educational training program designed to prepare young vocal talent for professional careers in Musical Theater and Opera Performance.

The AOMT is a program of excellence reflected in distinct talent, vocal passion, and performance quality. In a unique collaboration with the Departments of Otolaryngology and Kinesiology at Georgia Regents University, we are offering instruction in the proper maintenance of a healthy voice and the health and wellness of the body, including weight management.

The institute will create exciting performance opportunities for students, faculty, and members of our community by collaborating with internationally renowned musicians, providing a professional level of experience by producing fully staged operatic and musical theater works.

Mission Statement
Provide a unique, artistic educational program to train and prepare young vocal talent for professional careers in musical theater and opera performance. Offer a program of excellence reflected in distinct talent, vocal passion, and performance quality.

Vision
AOMT Institute will offer an opera program that is unique to the region and the music academic community nationwide. The institute will create interdisciplinary performance opportunities for all GRU students, faculty, and staff. AOMT Institute will produce top-tier, fully staged American operatic and musical theater works as well as standard operatic literature.

Productions since 2000

2000 Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
2001 Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter)
2002 The Magic Flute (Mozart)
2003 The Music Man (M. Willson)
2004 Suor Angelica (Puccini)
2006 A Mozart Celebration
(The Impresario; The Marriage of Figaro, Act II)
2007 Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
2008 An Evening on Broadway
2009 Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
2010 An Evening on Broadway 2
2011 Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein) and The Old Maid and the Thief (Menotti)
2012 Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
2012 (Fall) Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
2013 (Spring) The Medium (Menotti)
2014 (Spring) Into the Woods (Sondheim)