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Leading up to the final week of preparation before opening Venus and Adonis, music blogger and critic Jane Shuttleworth caught up with two of our Samling Academy singers, soprano Zoë Jackson and baritone Peter Dunn.
It is with great sadness that we said farewell to Bob Bowman in February. As a Trustee and a generous benefactor of Samling from the charity’s earliest days, he was at the very heart of our organisation and will be greatly missed by us all.
On the 9–11 March Samling will be auditioning young singers from or based in the North East of England. Up to 30 singers will be selected to participate in Samling Academy 2018.
UPDATE: A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported our Christmas Appeal. We are delighted to report that we have exceeded our target of £10,000, raising a grand total of £14,427.50!
Five singers from Samling Academy gave a special private concert at Matfen Hall Hotel as part of HRH The Duke of Gloucester’s visit to Northumberland.
Two Samling Artists have taken home top prizes at the NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition on 14 October 2017. Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova (Samling Artist 2017) won First Prize, while German baritone Johannes Kammler (Samling Artist 2014) took home Second Prize.
Samling Artist (2013) Catriona Morison has been declared winner of the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, taking home £15,000 of prize money. The 31-year-old Scottish mezzo-soprano wowed audiences in the final round of competition, broadcast live across the world on 18 June. She performed works by Rossini, R. Strauss, Ravel and Purcell.
Beginning and ending with Spring, Samling’s annual showcase explores the transience and beauty of the natural world through the seasons. A gathering of Samling Artists from over the years present mankind’s response in song and spoken word.
On 11 and 13 April, six Samling Artists (sopranos Rowan Pierce and Elin Pritchard, countertenor Tim Morgan, tenor Timothy Langston and baritones Benjamin Lewis and Christopher Nairne) sang with Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus under esteemed conductor Nicholas McGegan in stirring performances of Handel’s powerful oratorio, Israel in Egypt.
On 17 February, four Samling Artists (soprano Rowan Pierce, mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany, tenor Luis Gomes and baritone Johannes Kammler) joined forces onstage with Samling Patron Sir Thomas Allen, Samling Academy Singers and Royal Northern Sinfonia under the baton of Nicholas Chalmers.