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:Rendall Lackenbauer | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Desi VanBeek-Paterson | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Ella Hamilton | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Rebecca Liu | Titles: Pupille nere by Giovanni Bononcini Die Bekehrte by Max Stange Parad! by Manuel García | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Danae Dyck | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Melody Shafiee | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Isabella Guan | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Madeline Vali | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Noah Smith | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Benjamin McKenzie-Sutter | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Sadie Kennedy | Titles: Plaisir d'amour by Jean-Paul Martini Daisy Time by Martha Hill Duncan Longing by Samuel Barber | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Zirong Katherine Liu | Titles: Sebben, crudele by Antonio Caldara Tango d'amour by Leo Le Sieur Spring by Dean Blair | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Amy Hampton | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Nina Krivenko | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Barbara Novikova | Titles: 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 |
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.
Level 7 Voice Playoff will be held at Walton United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:30 pm to approximately 5:30 pm.