Wolf Trap Teaching Artist Auditions


Project supported by U.S. Embassy Singapore 
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Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a program of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

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WOLF TRAP TEACHING ARTIST AUDITIONS 
Open Call – Are you the next Singapore Wolf Trap Teaching Artist? 

Audition: Monday 25th July 2022 
Deadline to submit CV/Cover Letter : Wednesday 20th July 2022 
Training: September 12th -16th 2022 9 am – 5 pm daily 

In 2018, Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) became the first and only international affiliate of Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts. Singapore Wolf Trap aims to serve children aged three to six years, as well as their educators, parents, and caregivers, using Wolf Trap’s proven arts integration model.  The model pairs arts-based learning experiences for children with powerful, effective professional development for early childhood educators.  Educators receive hands-on, customized coaching, working side by side with professional teaching artists to develop arts-based skills, and discover how to engage nursery and kindergarten learners in core curriculum subjects through singing, dancing, role-playing, storytelling and more. 

Could you be the next Singapore Wolf Trap Artist? Singapore Wolf Trap programme is expanding and will be auditioning Singaporean Artists to begin their Wolf Trap journey.  

“What I love about Wolf Trap is how it knows no boundaries - from the experience of meeting fellow members from different parts of the world to sharing strategies of all creative disciplines openly to the continued growth you can see in yourself as an artist!” Dwayne Tan, SG Wolf Trap 

Who Should Apply?

  • Professional performing artists, with skills in acting, singing, dancing, and music
  • 3 to 5 years of demonstratable professional experience in your artform 
  • 3 to 5 years of demonstratable experience teaching in the classroom
  • A passion for engaging with children and young people is essential 
  • A basic understanding of early childhood development is desirable but not essential 
  • All candidates must be available for the full training programme — 12th -16th September 2022, 9am to 5pm (daily)

How to Apply?
Interested teaching artists should send a cover letter and CV to [email protected] detailing how they meet the specifications listed above. (Maximum word count of 400 words). 

The shortlisted artists will be asked to audition, demonstrating their art skills and teaching ability.
Deadline to submit CV/Cover letter: Wednesday 20th July 2022  

How to Apply?
Interested teaching artists should send a cover letter and CV to [email protected] detailing how they meet the personal specifications. (Maximum word count of 400 words). 

The shortlisted artists will be asked to audition, demonstrating their art skills and teaching ability. 

Round 2 Auditions: Monday 25th July 2022 
Deadline to submit CV/Cover Letter : Wednesday 20th July 2022 
Training: September 12th -16th 2022 9 am – 5 pm daily 

Training will take place at – Havelock II, 2 Havelock Rd – The Loft 04-03

Meet your U.S. Master Teaching Artists 

Christina Farrell

Christina Farrell’s extensive experience as a Teaching Artist includes classroom residencies and professional development for Gateway to the Arts Aesthetic Education Institute and the Western Pennsylvania Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning in the Arts. She is the Founding Director of Opera Ignite, a company dedicated to creative education through music, drama and movement. Through Opera Ignite, she conducts classroom residencies, professional development for teachers and audience engagement workshops. She is also the Educational Director for Prime Stage Theatre which promotes literacy skills to reluctant adolescent readers through theater-based experiences. Her professional development workshops have been featured at various Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Conferences, the 2010 Pittsburgh 

Association for the Education of Young Children Conference and the 2011 Conference on Eugene O’Neill in association with New York University. She was chosen as the 2007 Gateway to the Arts Hardie Artist of the Year in recognition of her outstanding commitment to arts education and is a recipient of the 2011 Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship.

Valerie Branch
Valerie Branch became a Wolf Trap artist in 2014 and provides residencies in early childhood classrooms. She has experience touring as a performing and teaching artist both nationally and internationally. She has taught as an independent artist and with different organizations such as WPAS, and is a teaching artist with Young Audiences of Maryland. As a teaching artist, Valerie brought dance into schools in South Africa and St. George’s, Grenada and also received an invitation from the Danish Embassy to participate in a Cultural Arts Program Exchange Visit to Denmark. Valerie graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland College Park with a Bachelor’s degree in Dance. She is the founder and artistic director of VB Dance Ensemble, a professional contemporary company focused on bringing social and cultural awareness and change through the power of dance.

What is Arts Integration? 

Arts-integrated learning aims to enhance learning by using acting, singing, dancing, role-playing, storytelling and more to attain core curriculum objectives. The results — mastery of key curricular concepts and art skills for teachers and students.

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Who are Teaching Artists? 
SRT Learning & Engagement defines the role of a teaching artist as an actor, musician, dancer, or performer who practices their craft at a high level whilst also utilizing their craft to enhance learning and engagement for their participants.  

A teaching artist can bring their creativity and curiosity into the classroom in a safe, structured, and intentional manner — combining their artistry with sound pedagogical practice. 

A word from the inaugural Singapore Wolf Trap Team

“Thank you, Singapore Wolf Trap, for being such a huge support system in helping me hone my craft and aiding me in my residencies. They always try to think of ways to help me upgrade myself and my skillset to make me more confident in teaching.” – Carin Tay, SG Wolf Trap

“Wolf Trap has dramatically reframed my approach towards early childhood teaching! To learn about the world is to develop curiosity and care for it. With the Wolf Trap methodology, student -centric expression is the most effective way of engaging meaningfully with young minds.” Grace Lee-Khoo, SG Wolf Trap 

“What I love about Wolf Trap is how it knows no boundaries - from the experience of meeting fellow members from different parts of the world to sharing strategies of all creative disciplines openly to the continued growth you can see in yourself as an artist!” Dwayne Tan, SG Wolf Trap 

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