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Gather with us at the Baumann Centre for a joyful mix of holiday favourites, opera arias, art songs, and sing-alongs. From familiar melodies to beautiful vocal music, this relaxed midday recital is all about sharing songs, making memories, and enjoying the company of others.Come to sing along, listen, or simply spend a little time together through music.
Artists
During the Canadian premiere of Walter Braunfels’ opera The Birds, Alex Chen’s passions for classical music and zoology came together. Alex is a collaborative pianist, baritone, and vocal coach. Yet he began his professional life studying zoology and working with birds – entertaining crows, flying kestrels, and trading glances with owls on his gloved hand. Alex grew up in Cambridge, ON beginning piano lessons at 9 and voice at 12. While studying science at the University of Guelph he pursued a minor in music. Unable to resist the allure of a juicy melody, a rich story, or a misty musical passage, he pursued the Master’s in Collaborative Piano program at Western University. Alex moved West to study with Baroque soprano Nancy Argenta. Now, he is a key member of the Victoria musical community, frequently performing as an art song collaborator, solo singer, and opera chorus member. His projects with Gay4Nature Collective (co-founder), BC Culture Days, and Ocean Wise provide outlets for Alex to share the crossover between human music and the natural world.
Originally from Hampton, New Brunswick, Shelby Scott is a second-year graduate student in Staged Voice, studying under soprano Anne Grimm. Shelby holds a Bachelor of Music from Acadia University. This past summer Shelby represented New Brunswick at the National Music Festival and in the National Youth Choir of Canada, she also took part in summer programs at Orford Music Academy and the St. Andrews Summer Opera Intensive. In Victoria, Shelby works as a choral scholar at Christ Church Cathedral and sings in the chorus of Pacific Opera Victoria. Highlights from her first year in Victoria would also include singing Dido in UVic Collegium’s production of Dido and Aeneas, and winning the Eleanor Gray Memorial Piano and Voice Competition.
Jennifer Turner is a B.C. born soprano celebrated for her expressive singing and beautiful ringing tone. She has been a featured soloist with Pacific Opera Victoria, Blue Ridge Theatre, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Baroque, and the Okanagan Festival Singers. Recent opera engagements include Ines in Il Trovatore and Scarlet in Robin Hood both with Pacific Opera Victoria. She is also a passionate interpreter of oratorio with recent solo engagements including Brahms’ Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah, and Mozart’s Requiem. Jennifer believes in the power of music to change lives and embodies this philosophy through both her performing and her teaching at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She has been generously supported in her work by the British Columbia Arts Council, Early Music Vancouver, and the Gail O’Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund.
A native of Montreal, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak is a conductor, pianist, and vocal coach. Newly appointed Artistic Director for the Victoria Children’s Choir, Kimberley-Ann has a busy but fulfilling work schedule. She is also the Principal Coach and Music Administrator at Pacific Opera Victoria, musician with the Victoria Symphony, teaches at the University of Victoria, and on music staff as Conductor and Répétiteur at The Glimmerglass Festival. Always with a smile, she has a passion for sharing music with the younger generation.
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925 Balmoral Road, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8T 1A7
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