Tuesday, June 11th
Classical Voice - Level 6 - Group B
Adjudicator: Jennie Such
Jennie's career has spanned the genres of oratorio, opera, recital and musical theatre. She is an alumna of Western University and the Royal College of Music (U.K). As an emerging artist she was a young company member with the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble, and the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble.
Jennie has sung principal roles with Broomhill Opera (U.K), Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Atelier, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Ontario, Vancouver Opera, Mirvish Productions, and the Canadian Opera Company.
As an oratorio soloist Jennie has performed throughout Canada, Germany and the U.K. She has been broadcast on CBC Radio, MDR (Germany) and the BBC (U.K), and has recorded works for CBC Records and the Naxos label.
Teaching and coaching is the cornerstone of Jennie's current musical work. She is a voice instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University, and the singing coach at the Stratford Festival and the
Birmingham Conservatory. 2024 will mark her 11th season with the company.
Additional vocal coaching credits include the Toronto production of Billy Elliot (Mirvish), The Hockey Sweater (NAC), and Opera NUOVA (Edmonton).
This season she will stage direct Opera Laurier's 2023/24 productions.
As an adjudicator Jennie has served for the Ontario Arts Council, and the Kiwanis and Rotary Festival organizations in regional and provincial competitions.
Awards include grants from the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the USC Teaching Excellence "Honour Roll" Award (Western University) and a Tyrone Guthrie financial gift from the Stratford Festival.
Location
Central Baptist Church Oakville
340 Rebecca St
Oakville, ON L6K 1K3
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Victoria Hampton-Davies | Titles: Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer Bergère légère by arr. Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Linda Fletcher | Home Festival:Hamilton |
| Time:10:10 AM | Name:Mouren Onnannya Kabir | Titles: Presto, presto io m'innamoro by Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata Shenandoah by American Folk Song Arr. Mark Mrozinski The Cloak, The Boat, and The Shoes by Ben Moore | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
| Time:10:20 AM | Name:Jason Li | Titles: Star Vicino by anonymous Auf dem Rhein, op. 51, no. 4 by Robert Schumann Climbin' Up the Mountain by arr. Patsy Ford Simms | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:10:30 AM | Name:Mateja Simic | Titles: Frage (Ist es wahr?), op. 9, no. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn Colette by Cecile Chaminade Star vicino by anonymous | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
| Time:10:40 AM | Name:Aubrey Kailan | Titles: Maman, Dites-Moi by arr. Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Scarborough Fair by arr. Jay Althouse | Home Festival:Stratford |
| Time:10:50 AM | Name:Sarah Bastien | Titles: Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes by arr. Healy Willan Star Vicino by anonymous Maman, dites-moi by arr. Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:11:00 AM | Name:Charlotte Kolas | Titles: Flocks are Sporting by Henry Carey Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer Lied zur Gesellenreise, K 468 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:IMFC |
| Time:11:10 AM | Name:Brooklyn Anderson | Titles: Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer Shenandoah by Mark Mrozinski Papillon, tu es volage by Oscar O’Brien | Home Festival:Barrie |
| Time:11:20 AM | Name:Ellie Lajeunesse | Titles: How Can I Keep From Singing? by Robert Lowry Papillon, tu es volage by arr. Oscar O'Brien Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer | Home Festival:Barrie |
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Maya Sternin | Titles: How Can I Keep From Singing? by Robert Lowry, arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney Cosi, Amor, mi fai languir by Alessandro Stradella Homeward Bound by Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse | Home Festival:Niagara |
| Time:1:10 PM | Name:Elizabeth Delorraine | Titles: Climbin' up the Mountain by arr. Patsy Ford Simms Shenandoah by arr. Mark Mrozinski Nel cor più non mi sento by Giovanni Paisiello | Home Festival:Niagara |
| Time:1:20 PM | Name:Julian Eden | Titles: Dove Sei, amoto bene? (Art Thou Troubled) by George Frideric Handel Nymphs and Shepherds by Henry Purcell Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Linda Fletcher | Home Festival:Oakville |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Riona Berbatovci | Titles: Shenandoah by Mark Mrozinski Homeward Bound by Marta Keen Colette by Cecile Chaminade | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Time:1:40 PM | Name:Zoya Avramova | Titles: Obstination by H. de Fontenailles Nel cor più non mi sento, La molinara by Giovanni Paisiello Lullaby, op. 57, no. 2 by Cyril Scott | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:1:50 PM | Name:Clara Facchinelli | Titles: Colette by Cecile Chaminade Frage, op. 9, no. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn White Butterflies by Kenneth Ira Bray | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
2:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY
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.
4:30 PM - Level 6 Classical Voice Playoffs
Level 6 Voice Playoff will be held at Walton United Church - 2489 Lakeshore Rd. W. - from 4:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will need to travel to Walton United Church.