First photo - 2012 winner Michael Weyandt (baritone), 2014 winner Virginie Verrez (mezzo), 2016 winner Sandra Hamaoui (soprano)
& 2018 winner Christine Lyons (soprano)
Second photo - Ms. Christine Lyons (Soprano) is the 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition.
Third photo - Ms. Lyons and Blair Boone-Migura, Founder, President, Executive Director, Art Song Preservation Society of New York.
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Christina Lyons - 2018 Winner of The Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition Award
Ms. Lyons is the 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition.
Ms. Lyons is the 2018 Grand Prize Winner in the Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition.
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. Most recently, in 2018, 14 finalists were selected from over 150 applicants to perform in the final's concert.
The competition is divided into 3 stages:
Step 1 – preliminary online submission; YapTracker application is due by March 15, 2020. Five art songs (French. German, English, Italian, Latin American song).
Step 2 – Semi-Final Auditions, March 22nd at The Manhattan School of Music in NYC. Six art songs (French, German, English, Italian, Latin American art song PLUS one additional song in any language that the singer would like to present). Singers begin with their choice and the judges will make a decision as to whether or not they will hear additional selections.
Step 3 – Finalist recital competition, May 30th at 1pm, a 15 minute program is required beginning with the singer’s choice.
Eight art songs (2 French, 2 German, English, Italian, Latin American art song PLUS one additional song in any language that the singer would like to present).
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), Frank Daykin (author of Encyclopedia of French Song), Benita Valente (Academy of Vocal Arts), Marni Nixon * (1930-2016), Mark Markham (collaborative partner to American soprano, Jessye Norman), Maya Hoover (mezzo-soprano, and author of A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire) and José Meléndez (Academy of Vocal Arts), Margaret Lattimore (mezzo-soprano with the Metropolitan Opera) and Andrea DelGuidice (mezzo-soprano, NY Opera Collaborative & Narnia Festival) and Blair Boone-Migura (ASPS Founder & Director). Joining the panel of judges this year as a special guest is Dr. James Gandre (President of The Manhattan School of Music).
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, and a solo song recital in New York City sponsored by the Art Song Preservation Society. In the past, Encouragement Awards and the Gérard Souzay Prize award in French mélodie singing sponsored by the legendary pianist Dalton Baldwin, the German Lied singing prize, collaborative piano performance, Latin American song prize, and the audience favorite have also been awarded with a cash prize. Additional prizes vary each time the competition is held.
APPLICATION AVAILABLE THROUGH YAPTRACKER: JAN 1, 2020.
https://www.yaptracker.com/applications/aspsny-trueman-2020
* 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. Most recently, in 2018, 14 finalists were selected from over 150 applicants to perform in the final's concert.
The competition is divided into 3 stages:
Step 1 – preliminary online submission; YapTracker application is due by March 15, 2020. Five art songs (French. German, English, Italian, Latin American song).
Step 2 – Semi-Final Auditions, March 22nd at The Manhattan School of Music in NYC. Six art songs (French, German, English, Italian, Latin American art song PLUS one additional song in any language that the singer would like to present). Singers begin with their choice and the judges will make a decision as to whether or not they will hear additional selections.
Step 3 – Finalist recital competition, May 30th at 1pm, a 15 minute program is required beginning with the singer’s choice.
Eight art songs (2 French, 2 German, English, Italian, Latin American art song PLUS one additional song in any language that the singer would like to present).
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), Frank Daykin (author of Encyclopedia of French Song), Benita Valente (Academy of Vocal Arts), Marni Nixon * (1930-2016), Mark Markham (collaborative partner to American soprano, Jessye Norman), Maya Hoover (mezzo-soprano, and author of A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire) and José Meléndez (Academy of Vocal Arts), Margaret Lattimore (mezzo-soprano with the Metropolitan Opera) and Andrea DelGuidice (mezzo-soprano, NY Opera Collaborative & Narnia Festival) and Blair Boone-Migura (ASPS Founder & Director). Joining the panel of judges this year as a special guest is Dr. James Gandre (President of The Manhattan School of Music).
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, and a solo song recital in New York City sponsored by the Art Song Preservation Society. In the past, Encouragement Awards and the Gérard Souzay Prize award in French mélodie singing sponsored by the legendary pianist Dalton Baldwin, the German Lied singing prize, collaborative piano performance, Latin American song prize, and the audience favorite have also been awarded with a cash prize. Additional prizes vary each time the competition is held.
APPLICATION AVAILABLE THROUGH YAPTRACKER: JAN 1, 2020.
https://www.yaptracker.com/applications/aspsny-trueman-2020
* Deceased