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:10:15 AM | Name:Jordan Gurbin | Titles: Die Lotosblume, op. 25 by Robert Schumann Shady Grove by arr. Christine Donkin Mai, op. 1, no. 2 by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Zara Comes | Titles: Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K 307 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart If I... by Lori Laitman Die Lotosblume by Robert Schumann | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Henri Trepanier | Titles: Strike the Viol, Strike the Viol by Henry Purcell Romance, Romance by Claude Debussy Le Violette, Le Violette by Alessandro Scarlatti | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Stephanie Apostolakos | Titles: Vieni, vieni, o mio diletto by Antonio Vivaldi Shady Grove by arr. Christine Donkin Chason d'amour, op. 27, no. 1 by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Riley Hales | Titles: Già il sole dal Gange by Alessandro Scarlatti Wohin?, Die schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert The Salley Gardens by arr. Benjamin Britten | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Treesha Ray | Titles: Amor preparami by Alessandro Scarlatti Cool and Silent is the Lake by Gladys Davenport Lachen und Weinen by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Alice Byrnes | Titles: If I…, no. 4 by Lori Laitman Bel piacere by George Frederic Handel Lachen und Weinen by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Betty Qiu | Titles: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34, no. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn Le rossignol des lilas by Reynaldo Hahn A Winter Night by Jeff Smallman | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Rory O'Neill | Titles: Die Lotosblume by Robert Schumann Where'er You Walk by George Frederick Handel To An Isle In The Water by Ellen Mandel | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Sally Bruce | Titles: Vittoria, mio core! by Giacomo Carissima Fiocca la neve by Pietro Cimara Lachen und Weinen, D 777 by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Catherine Ofarrell | Titles: Angels, Ever Bright and Fair w/ Recitative by George Frideric Handel Cancion del grumete by Joaquin Rodrigo L’heure exquise by Reynaldo Hahn | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Ethan Sebastiampillai | Titles: Where'er You Walk, from Semele by George Frederick Handel Sonntag, op. 47, no. 3 by Johannes Brahms Trade Winds by Frederick Keel | Home Festival:Oakville |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm until 3:45 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Level 8 Classical Voice Playoffs will be held at Walton Road United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:15 pm to approximately 5:30 pm.