Ms. Christine Lyons (Soprano) is a 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition.
Second photo is with Blair Boone-Migura, Founder, President, Executive Director, Art Song Preservation Society of New York.
Second photo is with Blair Boone-Migura, Founder, President, Executive Director, Art Song Preservation Society of New York.
Christina Lyons Bio
Praised as “especially moving” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and as a “sparkling soprano” by the Broad Street Review, Christine Lyons is a dynamic artist on the rise. This 2017-18 season, Ms. Lyons will be presented in concert by Vocal Arts DC at the Kennedy Center, by Denyce Graves at Wolf Trap, and by Sherrill Milnes at Opera Naples. She will also sing the roles of Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Saltworks Opera, Adina in L’Elisir d’amore with ARE Opera, Micaëla in Carmen with Opera Ithaca, and in summer joins the inaugural season of Teatro Nuovo to sing Amenaide in Tancredi rifatto.
Ms. Lyons is a 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition, 2018 Second Prize Winner in the Rochester Oratorio Society’s Classical Idol Competition, 2018 Third Prize Winner in The American Prize for Women in Opera Competition, 2017 Second Prize Winner in the Vocal Arts DC Discovery Art Song Competition, 2017 Second Prize Winner in the New York Lyric Opera Theater National Vocal Competition and 2017 Fourth Prize Winner in the Opera Columbus Cooper-Bing International Vocal Competition. Radio audiences enjoyed her performance as the featured artist on WWFM Classical as a part of their “Celebrating Our Musical Future.”
Praised as “especially moving” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and as a “sparkling soprano” by the Broad Street Review, Christine Lyons is a dynamic artist on the rise. This 2017-18 season, Ms. Lyons will be presented in concert by Vocal Arts DC at the Kennedy Center, by Denyce Graves at Wolf Trap, and by Sherrill Milnes at Opera Naples. She will also sing the roles of Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Saltworks Opera, Adina in L’Elisir d’amore with ARE Opera, Micaëla in Carmen with Opera Ithaca, and in summer joins the inaugural season of Teatro Nuovo to sing Amenaide in Tancredi rifatto.
Ms. Lyons is a 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition, 2018 Second Prize Winner in the Rochester Oratorio Society’s Classical Idol Competition, 2018 Third Prize Winner in The American Prize for Women in Opera Competition, 2017 Second Prize Winner in the Vocal Arts DC Discovery Art Song Competition, 2017 Second Prize Winner in the New York Lyric Opera Theater National Vocal Competition and 2017 Fourth Prize Winner in the Opera Columbus Cooper-Bing International Vocal Competition. Radio audiences enjoyed her performance as the featured artist on WWFM Classical as a part of their “Celebrating Our Musical Future.”
Left to right: Encouragement Prize: Kameryn Lueng (soprano), Grand Prize: Christine Lyons (soprano), Audience Favorite: Erika Baikoff (soprano), Pianist Prize: Raimi Sarieddine, Gérard Souzay Prize for French Singing supported by Dalton Baldwin: Christopher Reames (Tenor), Latin American Song Prize: Ju Hyeon Han (soprano)
The Bi-Annual Mary Trueman Vocal Arts Competition
The Art Song Preservation Society is the sponsor of The Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition held bi-annually.
This competition honors Mary Trueman, a renowned teacher of French and German Vocal Literature and Diction at Rice University and of Voice at Texas Southern University. With her combined background and knowledge of French & German language and literature, piano accompanying, and vocal pedagogy, she was a supreme teacher of art song literature.
In 2012, the final eight competitors were selected from over 100 auditionees, and sang exquisite selections from the vast art song repertoire. In 2014, 14 finalists were selected from over 150 applicants. In 2016, 10 finalists were chosen from over 150 applicants. The search began in 2017, to find qualified finalists to compete in the next round of this exciting voice competition.
The competition is divided into 3 stages:
Step 1 – preliminary online submission; YapTracker application due by August 31. THREE of SIX art songs
Step 2 – Semi Final Auditions, Sept 30th (10am-7pm) & Oct 1st (10am - 7pm) in NYC – singer begins with his/her choice and the judges will make a decision as to whether or not they will hear a 2nd or 3rd piece.
Step 3 – Finalist recital competition, late May/early June, exact date TBA in Sept at the semi-finals - 10-12 minute program begins with singer’s choice
Judging the finals competition in the past are some of the Art Song Preservation Society’s esteemed Advisory Board Members and friends: Corradina Caporello (The Juilliard School), Thomas Grubb (author of Singing In French: A Manual of French Diction & French Vocal Repertoire), Thomas Muraco (The Manhattan School of Music), Benita Valente (Temple University), Marni Nixon * (1930-2016), Mark Markham (collaborative partner to American soprano, Jessye Norman) and Blair Boone-Migura (ASPS Founder & Director). Joining our illustrious panel in 2017 are Maya Hoover (mezzo-soprano, and author of A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire) and José Meléndez (Academy of Vocal Arts).
The winner receives a grand prize of $1,000, insightful coachings and rehearsals with members of the Art Song Preservation Society’s Advisory Board, career advisement, consideration to be cast in a prominent role in a future production with the Hawaii Opera Theater in Honolulu, and a solo song recital in New York City sponsored by the Art Song Preservation Society. In the past, Encouragement Awards and awards in French mélodie singing, German Lied singing, collaborative piano performance, and audience favorite have also been awarded with a cash prize.
* Deceased
This competition honors Mary Trueman, a renowned teacher of French and German Vocal Literature and Diction at Rice University and of Voice at Texas Southern University. With her combined background and knowledge of French & German language and literature, piano accompanying, and vocal pedagogy, she was a supreme teacher of art song literature.
In 2012, the final eight competitors were selected from over 100 auditionees, and sang exquisite selections from the vast art song repertoire. In 2014, 14 finalists were selected from over 150 applicants. In 2016, 10 finalists were chosen from over 150 applicants. The search began in 2017, to find qualified finalists to compete in the next round of this exciting voice competition.
The competition is divided into 3 stages:
Step 1 – preliminary online submission; YapTracker application due by August 31. THREE of SIX art songs
Step 2 – Semi Final Auditions, Sept 30th (10am-7pm) & Oct 1st (10am - 7pm) in NYC – singer begins with his/her choice and the judges will make a decision as to whether or not they will hear a 2nd or 3rd piece.
Step 3 – Finalist recital competition, late May/early June, exact date TBA in Sept at the semi-finals - 10-12 minute program begins with singer’s choice
Judging the finals competition in the past are some of the Art Song Preservation Society’s esteemed Advisory Board Members and friends: Corradina Caporello (The Juilliard School), Thomas Grubb (author of Singing In French: A Manual of French Diction & French Vocal Repertoire), Thomas Muraco (The Manhattan School of Music), Benita Valente (Temple University), Marni Nixon * (1930-2016), Mark Markham (collaborative partner to American soprano, Jessye Norman) and Blair Boone-Migura (ASPS Founder & Director). Joining our illustrious panel in 2017 are Maya Hoover (mezzo-soprano, and author of A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire) and José Meléndez (Academy of Vocal Arts).
The winner receives a grand prize of $1,000, insightful coachings and rehearsals with members of the Art Song Preservation Society’s Advisory Board, career advisement, consideration to be cast in a prominent role in a future production with the Hawaii Opera Theater in Honolulu, and a solo song recital in New York City sponsored by the Art Song Preservation Society. In the past, Encouragement Awards and awards in French mélodie singing, German Lied singing, collaborative piano performance, and audience favorite have also been awarded with a cash prize.
* Deceased