Monday, June 10th

Classical Voice - Level 7 - Group A

Adjudicator: Jennifer Tung

Classical Voice - Level 7 - Group A

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.

Location

Walton Memorial United Church
2489 Lakeshore Rd W
Oakville, ON L6L 1H9

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:Rendall LackenbauerTitles:
Come and Trip It, HWV 55 by George Frideric Handel
Rolling Down to Rio, IEG 54 by Edward German
Voyage à Paris, FP 107 by Francis Poulenc
Home Festival:Woodstock
Time:10:10 AMName:Desi VanBeek-PatersonTitles:
Sebben, crudele, La costanza in amor vince l'inganno by Antonio Caldara
Heidenröslein, D 257 by Franz Schubert
At The River by Aaron Copland
Home Festival:Woodstock
Time:10:20 AMName:Ella HamiltonTitles:
O cessate di piagarmi by Alessandro Scarlatti
The Green Dog by Herbert Kingsley
Romanze (Op. 26), Rosamunde by Franz Schubert
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:10:30 AMName:Rebecca LiuTitles:
Pupille nere by Giovanni Bononcini
Die Bekehrte by Max Stange
Parad! by Manuel García
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:10:40 AMName:Danae DyckTitles:
Come and Trip It, HWV 55 by George Frideric Handel
Jeunes Fillettes by arr. Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Music, When Soft Voices Die, op. 25, no. 5 by Roger Quilter
Home Festival:Niagara
Time:10:50 AMName:Melody ShafieeTitles:
Heidenröslein Op 3. No 2. by Franz Schubert
Spring Sorrow by John Ireland
Pupille nere by Giovanni Bononcini
Home Festival:Sault Ste. Marie
Time:11:00 AMName:Isabella GuanTitles:
Ich liebe dich, WoO 123 by Ludwig van Beethoven
The Willow Song by Arthur Sullivan
Van gli effluvi de la rose by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Home Festival:Quinte
Time:11:10 AMName:Madeline ValiTitles:
Spring Sorrow by John Ireland
Non giova il sospirar by Nicola Vaccai
Plaisir d'amour by Jean-Paul Martini
Home Festival:Oakville
Time:11:20 AMName:Noah SmithTitles:
Come and Trip It by George Frideric Handel
Ich liebe dich by Ludwig van Beethoven
Van gli effluvi de la rose by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:1:00 PMName:Benjamin McKenzie-SutterTitles:
Water Parted from the Sea by Thomas Augustine Arne
Danny Boy by F. Weatherly
The Willow Song by Arthur Sullivan
Home Festival:Peel
Time:1:10 PMName:Sadie KennedyTitles:
Plaisir d'amour by Jean-Paul Martini
Daisy Time by Martha Hill Duncan
Longing by Samuel Barber
Home Festival:IMFC
Time:1:20 PMName:Zirong Katherine LiuTitles:
Sebben, crudele by Antonio Caldara
Tango d'amour by Leo Le Sieur
Spring by Dean Blair
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:1:30 PMName:Amy HamptonTitles:
Tango d'amour by Leo Le Sieur
Tu lo sai by Giuseppe Torelli
Dolente immagine di Fille mia by Vincenzo Bellini
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:40 PMName:Nina KrivenkoTitles:
Sebben, crudele by Antonio Caldara
Ich liebe dich, WoO 123 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Tango d'amour by Leo Le Sieur
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:50 PMName:Barbara NovikovaTitles:
Come and Trip It by George Frideric Handel
Ecstasy by Amy Beach
Non ti scordar di me by Ernesto de Curtis, arr. Mancini
Home Festival:Unionville

2:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 4:00 pm.

Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.

4:30 PM - Level 7 Voice Playoff

Level 7 Voice Playoff will be held at Walton United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:30 pm to approximately 5:30 pm.