Kevin Ahfat (2018-19 Rebanks Fellow) and Stephanie Tang (ADP ‘18) are among the 27 semi-finalists for the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) – Piano 2021. The 8 finalists will be announced on April 30, and the final results will be made available on May 14.
Sydney Baedke (soprano, 2019-20 Rebanks Fellow) played the title role in the “Brott to You” online/on-demand production of John Estacio’s Filumena, filmed by the Brott Music Festival in November 2020.
Adanya Dunn (mezzo-soprano, 2016-17 Rebanks Fellow) was one of Music Academy of the West’s 2021 Alumni Enterprise Award Winners. Adanya’s winning project is InsideOut: Pop-Up Concerts & Walking Concert Tour (Red Light Arts & Culture) - a range of indoor and outdoor, socially-distanced concerts (following a range of COVID protocols), in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
The Canadian Opera Company appointed Amplified Opera to its newly developed “Disruptor-in-Residence” program. Co-founded by Teiya Kasahara, Marion Newman, Asitha Tennekoon (tenor, ADP ’16) and Aria Umezawa, Amplified Opera seeks to put diverse artists at the forefront of productions that resemble and address the experience of BIPOC artists.
Jennifer Tung (GGS Faculty) was included in the inaugural cohort for the landmark national conducting fellowship - Women in Musical Leadership. This initiative is led by Tapestry Opera, in partnership with Pacific Opera Victoria, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and in collaboration with leading opera and music organizations across Canada.
GGS Student Services & Admissions Manager Whitney Mather (soprano, ADP ’15) was interviewed by The Wholenote about this year’s transition to an online audition process. The resulting article, Assessment is a Two-Way Street, appears in the publication’s current issue.