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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: 

bursary@wagnersociety.org

 

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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 & The Wagner Society Young Artists Programme

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.

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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