Ă山ǿĽé News - Wirth Vocal Prize /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Wirth%20Vocal%20Prize/rss en An Interview with Wirth Vocal Prize winner Chelsea Rus /channels/news/interview-wirth-vocal-prize-winner-chelsea-rus-259173 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On Feb. 7, Chelsea Rus was named the winner of the inaugural Wirth Vocal Prize. According to the Schulich School of Music’s website, the $25,000 prize is given to “an exceptional voice student… in recognition of outstanding accomplishment as a singer and significant promise for an international career.” Pretty heady stuff for any young singer – but especially so for Rus, who had never even heard an opera until her first year of college in 2009 back home in Abbotsford, B.C.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/chelsea-rus.jpg?itok=otEt9HxJ" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:56:02 +0000 webfull 116831 at /channels Chelsea Rus wins the Wirth Vocal Prize /channels/news/chelsea-rus-wins-wirth-vocal-prize-258390 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>British Columbian soprano <strong>Chelsea Rus </strong>was named the winner of the 2016<em> <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/music/student-resources/competitions-awards/wirth-vocal-prize">Wirth Vocal Prize</a></em><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/music/student-resources/competitions-awards/wirth-vocal-prize"> </a>in the inaugural edition of the competition held Sunday, February 7 in Tanna Schulich Hall.  Ms. Rus performed a program that included works by Puccini, Massenet, and Strauss.  She is a master's student in the studio  of Joanne Kolomyjec.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Chelsea%20Rus%2C%20Winner%20of%20the%20Wirth%20Vocal%20Prize?itok=IknxeIl_" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:06:08 +0000 webfull 115836 at /channels