Three Mezzos Concert at the Three Churches in Mahone Bay, Friday August 26, 8 pm.
August 19th, 2011 by admin
A trio of mezzo-sopranos take centre stage as Music at the Three Churches presents the fourth concert of its summer series at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, August 16.Paula Rockwell, Claire Mallin and Nina Scott-Stoddart will be accompanied by pianist Jennifer King in an evening of music which has appropriately been dubbed “The Three Mezzos.”
Ms Rockwell, who is an instructor at Acadia University in Wolfville, has travelled across Canada, the United States, England and Japan performing with orchestras, giving recitals and teaching.
She performs regularly with Symphony Nova Scotia and each summer can be heard at the Willcocks Choral Symposium in Lymann, New Hampshire, where she teaches master classes as well as performs.
Ms Mallin is a native of Montreal who founded and directed Atelier d’opéra at the ƒcole de Musique de Lanaudi�re and has performed with orchestras, choirs and ensembles throughout Quebec.
She has been active as a soloist, voice teacher and choir conductor and, more recently, as a music therapist.
Ms Scott-Stoddart is a resident of Lunenburg who is certainly no stranger to local audiences. She has sung as a featured soloist across Canada and the United States and also worked as an opera producer and stage director.
Following her arrival in Nova Scotia in 2002, she founded Maritime Concert Opera and the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop.
Ms King, who holds degrees from Acadia and McGill universities as well as a diploma from the University of Reading, serves as faculty accompanist at Acadia and is also an active adjudicator and chamber musician.
The Mahone Bay concert begins at 8 p.m. and refreshments will be served on the lawn during intermission.
The final concert in this season’s series will be held at Trinity United Church on September 9 and will feature the winners of this year’s Dalhousie Student Competition.
