Rumbold Vocal Prize 2024/25

THE FINALISTS

Tessa Fackelmann - Mezzo-Soprano
1st Place Winner
$12,000 + Recital Tour in the Yukon (provided by the Yukon Arts Centre)

Alex Halliday - Bass-Baritone
3rd Place Tie Winner
$5,000 each

Elizabeth Polese - Soprano
2nd Place Winner
$8,000

Angelo Moretti - Tenor
3rd Place Tie Winner
$5,000 each

university of alberta student finalist

Maria Pottle, Soprano
University of Alberta Student Participant
$1,000

Shannon Hiebert (Judge), Paul Hopper (Judge), Alex Halliday (Finalist), Tessa Fackelmann (Finalist), Angelo Moretti (Finalist), Maria Pottle (UofA Student Participant), Wendy Nielsen (Master Clinician), Elizabeth Polese (Finalist), Simon Rivard (Judge), Arnold Rumbold, Joel Ivany (Artistic Director & Faculty).

Remembering Grace Rumbold
Honouring her lasting impact on the arts and emerging artists.

JUDGES & FACULTY

Throughout the week, our finalists had the privilege of working under the guidance of an extraordinary faculty:

Wendy Nielsen - Master Clinician (Copy)

Wendy Nielsen - Master Clinician (Copy)

Simon Rivard - Faculty & Judge (Copy)

Simon Rivard - Faculty & Judge (Copy)

Shannon Hiebert - Faculty & Judge (Copy)

Shannon Hiebert - Faculty & Judge (Copy)

Paul Hopper - Faculty & Judge (Copy)

Joel Ivany - Faculty (Copy)

Joel Ivany - Faculty (Copy)

Michael Zarathus-Cook - Faculty (Copy)

Frances Armstrong - Faculty (Copy)

Frances Armstrong - Faculty (Copy)

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