Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation - Award for 2012

The Foundation announces a $12,000 award for

CHORAL CONDUCTING

The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce its Award for 2012, in Choral Conducting.  This is in recognition of Sir Ernest MacMillan’s celebrated career as a conductor, in particular his many years with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (1942-1957) and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1931-56). 

The Award is intended to support the artistic development and career advancement of a young conductor; it may be used to assist with travel, a workshop or study program, participation in a festival or competition, or other relevant purposes. 

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The application deadline has passed. 

Applications were received from St. John’s to Vancouver.  The jury has selected as finalists Elaine Choi (Toronto), Melanie J. Marlin (Toronto), and Joel Tranquilla (Fredericton, currently studying at Michigan State University). 
Each finalist will rehearse the Elmer Iseler Singers for 30 - 40 minutes in front of the jury and live audience. 

The competition will take place during the Association of Canadian Choral Communities’ National Choral Conference, PODIUM, in Ottawa in the afternoon of Saturday May 19, 2012, at Knox Church (120 Lisgar St.). 
The jury is chaired by Jon Washburn (Vancouver), with jurors Leonard Ratzlaff (Edmonton), Lydia Adams (Toronto), Iwan Edwards (Montreal), Douglas Dunsmore (St. John’s), and former MacMillan Award winner Janet Brenneman (Winnipeg). 

The winner will be announced later that evening at the PODIUM banquet.  The jury may also withhold its recommendation if it considers no applicant is of sufficiently high artistic standard. The jury’s determination will be final and not subject to appeal.

 

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