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THE SCOOP | Tafelmusik Announce New International Vocal Competition for Spring 2016

By Michael Vincent on June 4, 2015

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, 2011. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, 2011. Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann

Tafelmusik are known for high standards. To further their vision for an international centre of musical excellence, they have announced a new vocal competition that will see three prize-winning singers join the Tafelmusik choir and orchestra as soloists for performances in the spring of 2016.

“As an established ensemble with a large and enthusiastic audience, Tafelmusik is in an excellent position to nurture and boost the careers of the next generation of historically-informed vocal soloists,” Chief Artistic Advisor Jeanne Lamon commented in the press release. “I am very happy that the Tafelmusik Vocal Competition will join our existing artist training programmes to identify rising stars, and bring them to our stage.”

The contest will be open to altos (mezzo-sopranos, countertenors, contraltos), tenors, and baritones/basses under the age 35. (Note: Sopranos are not included in the competition as German soprano Dorothee Mields (no stranger to Toronto audiences) will be the featured soloist and will be mentoring the winners in a series of masterclasses.)

The competition will be in two rounds, and start with Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, Director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir judging recorded submissions from the singers, due by 15 October 2015.

Only nine finalists will be selected to sing in the final round held at Toronto’s Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall on 16 January 2016. Canadian singers and teachers, Mary Morrison and Catherine Robbin will join Jeanne Lamon, Ivars Taurins as the jury. Performers will be asked to sing an assigned solo from Zelenka’s Missa omnium sanctorum, an aria from a Bach cantata or passionto, and a Handel opera or oratorio aria. The final round of the competition will be open to the public.

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German soprano Dorothee Mields
The winners (one from each alto, tenor, and bass voice), will receive a $2,000, prize and join the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir to sing as soloists in upcoming concert of Zelenka’s Missa omnium sanctorum on April 28, 29, 30, and May 1, 2016.

For more details visit www.tafelmusik.org/vocalcompetition.

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