The School

Our strategy has a core set of values which drive the Vision; Value; Mission and Goals for the New Zealand Opera School

In short, our values are:-

• Students first
• Team work
• Respect
• Leadership in Opera
• Accountability

Read the body of our strategy and see for yourself how these values will ensure your experience as a student or tutor, supporter or sponsor of the School is a positive one.

Vision

We are recognised as New Zealand’s premier opera training school. We ensure standards of excellence in tuition are delivered to assist young opera singers and those with greater experience achieve their performance goals whilst expanding the understanding of opera to the New Zealand public.

Values

Students first
We exist to provide for our students. Our success will be determined by how well we meet individual student goals.

Teamwork
Success requires teamwork. We are actively collaborative, trusting and recognise the individual contributions of each person to the School’s success and growth.

Respect
We are an organisation with many and varied talents. We are constantly courteous and respect and embrace all contributions towards delivering the School’s Vision and Goals. We are an ethical and transparent organisation.

Leadership in opera
We are intuitive, curious, inventive, perceptive, decisive, creative and bold, which enables us to take the lead in the development of young operatic talent.

Accountability
Actions speak louder than words. We own a collective responsibility for our attitude, actions and behaviours towards students, tutors, colleagues, sponsors and stakeholders

Mission

To use our unique capabilities to ensure that world-class tuition is provided to a selected group of emerging opera singers and experienced professionals and that the Opera School experience is recognised as having a valuable contribution towards their future successes.

Goals

To run a campus based opera school with individual student objectives satisfied in 90% of cases

To employ world-class tutors to deliver individual and group tuition for operatic, and on occasion oratorio, vocal and performance technique to all Opera School students on an equal basis

To select students based on experience, repertoire and audio files submitted during the application process; students must be at post graduate or equivalent level with a primary focus on opera

To demonstrate good governance to the students, staff, sponsors and stakeholders such that the risk of individual failure or loss of sponsorship or staff is less than 10% per annum

To measure, manage and report against the expectations of key stakeholders such that overall satisfaction ratings continually rise by 5% per annum

To identify and partner with individuals, groups or organisations who support and augment the vision, mission and values of the School