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MONC NW Regional Finalists
Cat Affleck Soprano Age 29 Vancouver, BC
Erin Armstrong Soprano Age 25 North Vancouver, BC
Steven Brennfleck Tenor Age 27 Beaverton, OR
Megan Chenovick Soprano Age 29 Bellevue, WA
Hiather Darnel-Kadonaga Soprano Age 23 Vancouver, BC
Maya Lahyani Mezzo-Soprano Age 27 New York, NY (originally Israel)
Michael MacKinnon Baritone Age 28 Vancouver, BC
Michael Anthony McGee Baritone Age 27 New York, NY
Yu Seok Oh Baritone Age 29 Lynnwood, WA (originally Korea)
Jonathan Silvia Bass-Baritone Age 29 Kent, WA
Rachel Willis-Sorensen Soprano Age 25 Houston, TX

 

NORTHWEST REGIONAL AUDITION

Dwyla Donohue, Director, Regional Auditions

Tel: (206) 329-2220

Fax  (206) 686-5056

e-mail: dwyladonohue@comcast.net

Regional  Audition:  Sunday, February 7, 2010

1:00 P.M. Meany Hall

U of Washington Campus

Northwest Regional Audition:

 

Tickets will be available from January 1, 2010 at Ticketmaster online or

may be purchased at the Meany Theatre box office on February 7, 2010.

 

Betty Carter, Assistant Director, Regional Auditions

carteb20@bigplanet.com

900 Warren Ave. N. Apt.301

Seattle, WA 98109

Tel: (206) 523-6436

 

 

Winners from all District Auditions advance to the February 7, 2010 Regional Audition in Seattle, WA

Cal Affleck, Michael MacKinnon, Hiather Darnel-Kadonaga, and Erin Armstrong

Winners of the MONC Western Canada District

Erin Armstrong Soprano Age 25 North Vancouver, BC
Michael MacKinnon Baritone Age 28 Vancouver, BC
Cat Affleck Soprano Age 29 Vancouver, BC
Hiather Darnel-Kadonaga Soprano Age 23 Vancouver, BC

Encouragement Award
Sonny Shams Tenor Age 22 Vancouver, BC
Teresa Sedlmair Soprano Age 21 Vancouver, BC
Jacob Kinderman Baritone Age 21 Olympia, WA
Tiffany DesRosiers Soprano Age 23 Langley, BC

 
Jonathan Paul Lee, Ksenia Popova, Yu Seok Oh, Vera Calábria (judge), Megan Chenowick, Jonathan Silvia, Vinson Cole (judge), Michael Anthony McGee, Maya Lahyani

Winners of the MONC Western Wa/Alaska District

winners receive $1,120 prize money at this audition
Megan Chenovick Soprano Age 29 Bellevue, WA
Michael Anthony McGee Baritone Age 27 New York, NY
Maya Lahyani Mezzo Soprano Age 27 New York, NY (originally Israel)
Yu Seok Oh Baritone Age 29 Lynnwood, WA (originally Korea)
Jonathan Silvia Bass-Baritone Age 29 Kent, WA

Encouragement Award

winner receives $250 Encouragement award at this audition
Jonathan Paul Lee Baritone Age 23 Tacoma, WA
Ksenia Popova Soprano Age 20 Lynnwood, WA

Audience Favorite Award

winner receives $200 Audience Favorite award at this audition
Yu Seok Oh Baritone Age 29 Lynnwood, WA (originally Korea

 

Winners of the MONC Oregon District

winners receive $1,300 prize money at this audition
Steven Brennfleck Tenor Age 27 Beaverton, OR
Jeffrey Beruan Bass Age 28 Portland, OR
Rachel Willis-Sorensen Soprano Age 25 Houston, TX

Encouragement Award

winner receives $500 Encouragement award at this audition
Albert J. Glueckert Tenor Age 23 Portland, OR

Audience Favorite Award

winner receives $500 Evelyn Crowell Audience Favorite award at this audition
Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki Soprano Age 26 Portland, OR
 

 

The Northwest Regional Council Auditions is happy to announce a partnership of mutual support with Norm Hollingshead’s Opera Plus. For years Norm has been spreading his love of opera around the Puget Sound region through his many opera-related lectures and tours. For more information about Opera Plus just click here www.normsoperaplus.com.

 

 

The purpose of The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions is to:

1. To discover exceptional young talent.

2. To provide a venue for young opera singers from all over the country and at all different levels of experience to be heard by a representative of the Metropolitan Opera and to assist those with the greatest potential in their development.

3. To identify new talent for the Metropolitan Opera and for possible participants in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Many current and past participants in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program have successfully competed in the National Council Auditions, as have a high percentage of the principal artists on the Metropolitan Opera roster. On average, every season there are over 100 singers on the Met roster that have gone through the auditions program. The auditions are a nationwide competition beginning at the National Council's district level and culminating in the National Council Grand Finals Concert at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Applicants many choose to enter any district audition regardless as to whether they are a resident of the area. District winners must compete in the region finals of the region in which they were district winners. The winners from the sixteen regions represent their region at the National Semi-Finals in New York, where they will present two arias on the Metropolitan Opera stage accompanied by piano. Approximately ten of these singers are selected as National Finalists, and compete in the National Grand Finals Concert, which is held exactly one week later. The National Grand Finalists perform two arias each on the stage of The Metropolitan Opera accompanied by The MET Orchestra in the form of a concert. Up to five equal winners will be chosen and awarded $15,000 each, and the remaining Finalists will receive $5,000 each. National Semi-Finalists not advancing to the Finals each receive $1,500. The Grand Finals Concert is broadcast nationwide on The Metropolitan Opera Radio Network.

 

For the latest and most reliable MONC Application information please click on the link below to view Metropolitan Opera National Council application requirements as well as a down-loadable application form. Use your back arrow to return to this web site.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metupload/nationalcouncil/200910MONCApplication.pdf

 

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