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DARE is a unique collaboration between Opera North and the University of Leeds, the first partnership of its kind in the UK.

As two of the UK’s leading institutions of culture and education we fuse the artistic with the academic, combining the very best of both organisations to inspire and stimulate new ways of thinking and working.

Highlights

DARE New Composers Forum
Six emerging composers were selected to create and develop new work with the Orchestra of Opera North

Ground-breaking Scholarships and Fellowships
Becs Andrews is the second DARE Fellow in Opera Related Arts
Pettman DARE International Performance Scholarship 2013/13 Scholar appointed

Inspiring new ways of thinking, practicing and developing
“DARE is an exemplar of visionary and far reaching collaboration”
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See collaborative projects to explore the broad spectrum of DARE initiatives.