The winners of the 43rd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers were announced at the conclusion of the competition's final round this evening, which took place in a front of a capacity audience at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.
Today, February 21, 24 finalists will perform for the judges and audience, hoping to win a George London Award, an honor that has been conferred upon hundreds of the best young singers since 1971.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 17-19, 2014, 90 of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 43rd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
In her newly published memoir, 'Finding My Voice with Aphasia: Walking through Aphasia' (published by iUniverse), which will be featured at the 2013 Guadalajara Book Fair, educator Carol M. Maloney presents an incredibly inspiring story of tenacity, grace and undeterred resolve.
In her newly published memoir, 'Finding My Voice with Aphasia: Walking through Aphasia' (published by iUniverse), educator Carol M. Maloney presents an incredibly inspiring story of tenacity, grace and undeterred resolve.
What disease affects about one million Americans and is more common than Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy? According to Stoke.org, stroke induced aphasia is the culprit, and with more than 100,000 Americans acquiring the disorder of communication each year, one author asks, how many people have actually heard of it?
In her newly published memoir, 'Finding My Voice with Aphasia: Walking through Aphasia' (published by iUniverse), educator Carol M. Maloney presents an incredibly inspiring story of tenacity, grace and undeterred resolve.
Three international opera stars and three stars on the rise are the six artists who headline the 2013-14 season of events of the George London Foundation for Singers, which has been honoring, supporting, and presenting the finest young opera singers in the U.S. and Canada for more than four decades. Five of the artists are GeorgeLondon Award winners, and thus among the “scores of important singers [who] have been discovered by the [George London Foundation] competition over the years,” as Peter G. Davis wrote in The New York Times last year.
Over three days of preliminary auditions today, February 25 through the 27th, 2013, approximately 90 of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 42nd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 25-27, 2013, approximately 90 of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 42nd annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Beginning today, The Morgan Library & Museum presents Robert Wilson/Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach, a focused exhibition that marks the first public display of Glass's autograph score and the first time it has been united with Wilson's production storyboards since the opera premiered more than thirty-five years ago. The exhibition will remain on view through November 4.
The 18th annual George London Foundation Recital Series - which presents 'pairs of outstanding opera singers, many of whom were winners of a George London prize early in their careers or recent George London Award recipients' - features three events.
The New York Historical Society, located at 170 Central Park West, New York, NY, has announced its upcoming installations for June 2012.
The winners of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers were announced at the conclusion of the competition's final round this evening, which took place in a front of a capacity audience at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Handel and Haydn Society Presents A Bach Christmas, conducted by Steven Fox, with the December 18th performance to be broadcast live by Classical New England.
As a special event in its 2011-2012 season, The George London Foundation for Singers will present the U.S. premiere screening of George London: Between Gods and Demons, a 2011 documentary film about the career of the legendary singer - the pre-eminent American bass-baritone of the postwar era who was a leader in the cultivation of young talent - on the exact 60th anniversary of his Metropolitan Opera debut: Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 3:00 PM.
Student representatives from two New York City youth organizations--the Young People's Chorus of New York City under Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History--will be presented with a 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award by First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony today.
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