A Dora nominated conductor, Chinese-Canadian Jennifer Tung is the artistic director of Toronto City Opera and assistant conductor of the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. She leads a uniquely versatile career as music director, collaborative pianist and soprano. In 2020/21, she joined Tapestry Opera as a conducting fellow in the inaugural year of the Women in Musical Leadership program, in partnership with Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Opera Victoria.
Jennifer debuted with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival conducting The Mikado in 2017 and has returned to conduct Sweeney Todd and Tragedy of Carmen. In 2019, she debuted with Opera York in La Traviata and assisted Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon's joint production of the Dora Award winning opera Shanawdithit by Dean Burry and Yvette Nolan. Recently, she conducted the world premiere of "Gould's Wall" by Brian Current and Liza Balken, a joint production with the Royal Conservatory of Music and Tapestry Opera.
For the 2022/23 season, she has debuted as guest conductor with Opera McGill's production of "Plaything" (Anna Pigorna/Maria Reva - Canadian premiere), Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and Kamloops Symphony. In March of 2023, Jennifer conducted the world premieres of Continuum's production of the opera "Show Room" (Rodney Sharman/Etom Egoyan) as well as Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre's co-production of "Of the Sea" (Ian Cusson/Kanika Ambrose). Upcoming engagements include concerts with Kamloops symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia and Vancouver Opera.
Jennifer is on faculty at the Glenn Gould School, and is a sought-after faculty member for summer programs internationally. She holds degrees in vocal performance and collaborative piano from the Eastman School of Music and has studied conducting with Maestro Denis Mastromonaco.
Walton Memorial United Church
2489 Lakeshore Rd W
Oakville, ON L6L 1H9
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Rachael Young | Titles: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi Che faro senza Euridice?, from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois, from Trois Mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Mallory Williams | Titles: I Felt a Funeral in My Brain, 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson, no.9 by Aaron Copland Automne, op.18, no.3 by Gabriel Fauré Thy hand Belinda...When I am laid in earth, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Non so più cosa son, Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Daniel Lagover | Titles: I Saw My Lady Weep by John Dowland Non piu andrai by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Der Lindenbaum by Franz Schubert Chanson triste by Henri Duparc Canterbury by Stephanie Martin | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Ellieanna Yurchuk | Titles: Dove sono i bei momenti, Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118 by F. Schubert Adieu notre petite table, Manon by J. Massenet Silent Noon by R. Vaughan Williams | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Jada Alexiou | Titles: Ahimè! Dove trascorsi?…Che faro senza Euridice?, Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald von Gluck Esurientes implevit bonis, Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach Liebst du um Schönheit, Rückert-Lieder by Gustav Mahler Va tacito e nascosto, Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel La Chevelure, Les Chansons de Bilitis by Claude Debussy King David by Herbert Howells | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:1:55 PM | Name:Ross Cole | Titles: I Love the Jocund Dance by Oskar Morawetz Bella siccome un angelo , Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti Phidyle by Henri Duparc Fin ch'han dal vino, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Maria Milenic | Titles: I bought this suitcase in New York, Flight by Jonathan Dove If music be the food of love Z 379 by Henry Purcell Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito, Cinco canciones negras (4) by Xavier Montsalvatge Canto negro, Cinco canciones negras (5) by Xavier Montsalvatge Non so piu, Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La chevelure, 3 chansons de Bilitis by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:2:40 PM | Name:Janet Obiahu-Ewa | Titles: The Jewel Song, Faust by C.F. Gounod The Trellis by J. Ireland C by F. Poulenc Si mi chiamano mimi, La Boheme by G. Puccini Die Sprode by H. Wolf | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:3:05 PM | Name:Anissa Nielsen | Titles: Sweeter Than Roses by Henry Purcell Oh! Quand Je Dors by Franz Liszt Die junge Nonne by Franz Schubert Alleluia by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Steal Me, Sweet Thief, The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti | Home Festival:Quinte |
Time:3:30 PM | Name:Fletcher Bryce Davis | Titles: Dichterliebe, op. 48, Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14 by Robert Schumann Songs of Travel, No. 4: Youth and Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams Montparnasse by Francis Poulenc O Mädchen, mein Mädchen, Friederike by Franz Lehàr To Gratiana Dancing and Singing by William Denis Browne | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Workshop will be held from approximately 4:15 pm until 6:00 pm.
Announcement of the winners will happen at the end of the workshop.