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:1:00 PM | Name:Wilson Tansley-Cryer | Titles: Du Bist Die Ruh, D 776 by Franz Schubert Malinconia, Ninfa gentile by Vincenzo Bellini Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain by Roger Quilter | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Chrissie Chan | Titles: How Beautiful are the Feet, Messiah by George Frideric Handel Ridente La Calma, Der Sylphe des Friedens by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lost by David L. McIntyre | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Tessa Harvey | Titles: Après un rêve (op. 7, no. 1) by Gabriel Fauré Verborgenheit by Hugo Wolf Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven? by Aaron Copland | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Carolyn Wang | Titles: Il mio bel foco by Benedetto Marcello Per pietà, bell’idol mio by Vincenzo Bellini Claire de Lune, op. 46, no. 2 by Gabriel Fauré | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Aurelia Friesen | Titles: Du bist die Ruh, D 776 by Franz Schubert Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven? by Aaron Copland Romance by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Sarah Leah Civera | Titles: Pie Jesu, Requiem, op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre, Joshua by George Frideric Handel Vedrai Carino, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Isabella Bu | Titles: Clair de Lune, op. 46, no. 2 by Gabriel Fauré Quella fiamma che m'accende by Francesco Bartolomeo Conti Hark the Echoing Air Z. 629, The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell | Home Festival:London |
Time:2:45 PM | Name:Mya Deschamps | Titles: Caminante from Three Spanish Lyrics for Soprano by Imant Raminsch Mausfallen-Sprüchlein by Hugo Wolf The Bird by John Duke | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:3:00 PM | Name:Océanne Demers | Titles: Hark! The echoing air, The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques by Maurice Ravel De dónde venis, amore? by Joaquin Rodrigo | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:30 pm until 5:15 pm.
Announcement of the winners will happen at the end of the workshop.