Go BehindtheScenes of the Opera with the COC Ensemble Studio at Union


OffCentre Stage the COC Ensemble Studio Competition

The Canadian Opera Company has announced four artists will be joining its Ensemble Studio for the 2022/23 season: soprano Ariane Cossette, mezzo-sopranos Queen Hezumuryango & Alex Hetherington, and pianist Brian Cho. The group joins the COC's digital program for Canadian Professionals this August.


The COC Ensemble Studio previews The Barber of Seville YouTube

The COC Ensemble Studio is an innovative artist development program for emerging Canadian opera professionals. The company's uniquely collaborative approach blends advanced study and practical experience through a multi-year program that's individually tailored for each member.


Go BehindtheScenes of the Opera with the COC Ensemble Studio at Union

Toronto, June 16, 2022 - The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes four new artists for the company's 2022/2023 season: soprano Ariane Cossette, mezzo-sopranos Queen Hezumuryango and Alex Hetherington, and pianist Brian Cho. The four officially join the highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals this August, alongside returning sopranos Charlotte Siegel and Midori Marsh.


SCRUTINY COC Ensemble Studio SneakPeek Wins Us Over

The COC Ensemble Studio has announced two new artists for the 2021-22 season. Soprano Charlotte Siegel and pianist Vladimir Soloviev will join the Ensemble Studio on August 30, 2021 and will become part of an innovative development program that has helped launched the careers of nearly 230 Canadian opera professionals.


Review Meet the Young Artists, COC Ensemble Studio, Four Season’s

The Canadian Opera Company has announced the names of three young singers and one pianist who will join the Ensemble Studio in the 2014 ⁄ 15 season. Soprano Karine Boucher, tenor Jean-Philippe Fortier-Lazure and bass-baritone Iain MacNeil were selected out of nine finalists who competed in the third annual Ensemble Studio Competition in.


COC Ensemble Studio includes 2 recent WMCT winners Womens Musical

The COC Ensemble Studio has welcomed four rising artists starting in the company's 2023-24 season. The rising artists chosen were soprano Karoline Podolak, tenor Wesley Harrison, baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, and pianist Mattia Senesi.The four will officially join the highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals this August, alongside returning sopranos Ariane.


OffCentre Stage the COC Ensemble Studio Competition

The COC Ensemble Studio is a specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals. Involvement brings a host of benefits. Experience performing on the COC's mainstage; The opportunity to work directly with COC General Director Perryn Leech, COC Music Director Johannes Debus, and Director of Artistic Planning Roberto Mauro;


COC Ensemble Studio Flute Ready For PrimeTime my/maSCENA

The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes four new artists for the company's 2022-2023 season: Ariane Cossette, Queen Hezumuryango, Alex Hetherington, and Brian Cho. Navigate. Publications. La Scena Online; La Scena Musicale. Current Issue; Back Issues; 2019-20 Arts Resource Guide. Online Arts Resource Guide;


The COC Ensemble Studio on tour YouTube

Holiday Season noon hour concert given by the COC Ensemble Studio members. I already had a sneak preview last week, in the Holiday Carols evening for members of the COC President's Council. It whetted my appetite for more! I got my fill at Winter Celebrations, a noon-hour concert given by the Ensemble Studio.


OffCentre Stage the COC Ensemble Studio Competition

Back in April, we spoke to the young artists of our COC Ensemble Studio training program, who have been keeping busy with a "new normal" of at-home virtual t.


The COC Ensemble Studio Meet the Newbies

The annual Ensemble Studio audition process, open only to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, takes COC artistic staff across Canada and into the U.S. for preliminary auditions in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and New York, followed by a final callback audition at the COC's Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre in Toronto.


SCRUTINY COC's Ensemble Studio Preview Thrills With Surprise Guest

CENTRE STAGE: ENSEMBLE STUDIO COMPETITION Experience the thrilling power of the human voice and the potential genesis of stardom, as a new generation of brilliant singers compete in the final round of auditions for the Ensemble Studio, Canada's leading career development program for emerging opera artists.


Meet the Young Artists COC Ensemble Studio

For opera fans in Toronto, one of the delights of the fall season is the annual Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition, presented by the Canadian Opera Company.


The Young Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio Chris Hutcheson

Toronto - The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes two new artists for the 2021/2022 season: soprano Charlotte Siegel and pianist Vladimir Soloviev. The two officially join the Ensemble Studio on August 30, 2021, becoming part of an innovative development program that has launched the careers of nearly 230 Canadian opera professionals. [READ MORE]


Newbies to the COC Ensemble Studio!

The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes four rising artists starting in the company's 2023/2024 season: soprano Karoline Podolak, tenor Wesley Harrison, baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, and pianist Mattia.


In review Opéra de Montréal's Atelier Lyrique joins the COC Ensemble

Toronto - The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes four rising artists starting in the company's 2023/2024 season: soprano Karoline Podolak, tenor Wesley Harrison, baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, and pianist Mattia Senesi.

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