Tenor William George has performed with many international musical organizations, including Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Savonlinna (Finland) Festival, the Aldeburgh (England) Festival, the Stockholm Tonsattarfestival, Philippines Symphony, Elysium Festival and at Carnegie Hall.
A specialist in contemporary music, Mr. George has sung several prestigious North American premieres, including the role of Hermes in Sir Michael Tippett's King Priam, the world premiere of Enigma by electronic composer Barry Truax (a work that was composed for him) with Vancouver New Music, Edgar Allen Poe in Augusta Read Thomas’ Ligeia, and Kenneth Leighton’s Symphony #3. He also received acclaim for his performances of Tippett’s song cycles at Tippett festivals in Stockholm and Sacramento, and Benjamin Lees’ Echoes of Normandy.
As artistic director of Vancouver's Erato Ensemble, Will shows his excitement about the music coming out of Art Song Lab by programming several pieces that have been written by ASL Participants over the past few years.
Here is Will George performing a rollicking tale or toe-woe from ASL 2014.