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THE BAYREUTH BURSARY COMPETITION 2009/2010
The final of this competition will take place during the Wagner Society’s President Day on
Saturday 5th December at the London Welsh Centre. The panel of judges will be led by Dame Gwyneth Jones, our President.
The finalists who successfully completed the first stage of the competition on 26th April are:
Emma Carrington (mezzo soprano)
Andrew Foan (bass)
Sara Jonsson (soprano)
Shuna Scott Sendall (soprano)
Kirstin Sharpin (soprano)
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Bayreuth Bursary 2008
Bayreuth
Bursary Competition for Repetiteurs 2008/2009
The winner of the recent competition was Andrew Griffiths, and the
runner-up is Geoffrey Paterson.
The awarding panel of judges
were Lionel Friend, Dame Anne Evans and Roy Laughlin.
Andrew studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the National
Opera Studio. From 2006 to 2008 he has been a conductor on the Royal Opera
House's Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, where his repetiteur work has
included Wagner's Ring Cycle. Other engagements have been with Scottish
Opera, Iford Festival Opera and Opera North.
Geoffrey is a former scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, and a
post-graduate student of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He is
presently following a repetiteur course at The National Opera Studio. His
freelance engagements include the National Youth Orchestra Sinfonietta and
Edinburgh Studio Opera, and he has worked regularly as assistant to Mark Fitz-Gerald.
Both Andrew and Geoffrey will be performing in a Repetiteurs' Showcase at
The Royal Academy of Music as part of Bayreuth Bursary Day on Sunday 30th
November (for details, see Events page)
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For further details please email:
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Many thanks to Mr Peter West of Donnington Art for these images.
He contacted by clicking here: Donnington Art
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The
Mastersingers &
These
photographs (© Peter West), and many more, can be seen on the Mastersingers website: www.mastersingers.org.uk |
The
Mastersingers Company was formed in 1998 by singer Malcolm Rivers for the promotion of the
operas of Richard Wagner and for the development of young Wagner singers working alongside
distinguished and experienced exponents of Wagner’s work. The
Wagner Society has for many years been supporting young artists, through bursaries and
awards for lessons and coaching. It has also funded a number of staged and concert
performances to give young artists the opportunity of appearing before the public. The
Society has now formally acknowledged this part of its activities by setting up a Young
Artists Programme that will carry forward the work of training young artists and providing
them with guidance and assistance. Malcolm
Rivers, Artistic Director of The Mastersingers, is co-director of the Wagner Society Young
Artists Programme. Working
with The Mastersingers the programme has so far seen two very successful collaborations
with the Rehearsal Orchestra, a performance of scenes from Das Rheingold, Act III of Die Walküre and a fascinating event combining a
performance of Wagner’s songs with an exploration through words and music of his
stormy relationship with Hector Berlioz. Plans
include further collaborations with the Rehearsal Orchestra – on Siegfried Act III and Götterdämmerung Act III, together with staged
performances at the Royal Academy of Music. |
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The Mastersingers receives no grants or subsidy and therefore relies for its funding on private donations. We are always grateful to receive donations from anyone who wishes to help us to continue our work of supporting and developing the next generation of Wagner performers. If you wish to offer your support, please contact Malcolm at: The Mastersingers, 44 Merry Hill Mount, Bushey Herts WD23 1DJ tel/fax: 020 8950 4651 email: malcolm@mastersingers.org.uk
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