We are thrilled to announce that tenor, Will George will be returning for a third year with Art Song Lab in 2015!
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.