UOTTAWA AT THE NAC - Joyce Wong, flute & Ashley Carpenter, soprano

Collaboration:

PROGRAM

George Frideric Handel: Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 367b

Peter Benoit: Poème symphonique pour flûte et orchestre, op. 43a

Mathieu-André Reichert: Fantaisie Melancolique

JOYCE WONG, flûte

Frédéric Lacroix, piano

– Intermission –

Georges Hüe: Soir païen from Chansons lointaines

Maurice Ravel: La Flûte enchantée from Shéhérazade

W. A. Mozart: “Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen” from Zaide, K. 344

Vincenzo Bellini: “Eccomi in lieta vesta ... Oh! quante volte ti chiedo” from I Capuletti ed i Montecchi

Jules Massenet: “Je marche sur tous les chemins … Obéissons quand leur voix appelle” from Manon

Richard Strauss : Ophelia Lieder, Op. 67

Kurt Weill: "What Good Would the Moon Be?" from Street Scene

ASHLEY CARPENTER, soprano

Maxime Dubé-Malenfant, piano

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Joyce Wong, flute

Joyce’s musical journey began with piano lessons at the age of six, and flute at the age of ten. Since immigrating to Vancouver, Canada at the age of 14, she has won top prices at local competitions, such as the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival and the Richmond Music Festival. She continues studying piano up to this day, after having completed level 10 during her first year of university with First Class Honors. As an enthusiastic orchestral and chamber musician, Joyce has played principle flute with the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra in 2015, the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra, as well as the symphony orchestras of the University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa. She also participated in uOttawa’s 2023 Chamber Finals Competition, and as a result performed at National Arts Center’s Fourth Stage as part of the Chamber Music Ensemble Showcase in March 2024. Her summers were not spent idle. She has participated in festivals such as the Vancouver’s Blueridge Chamber Festival, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute, Orford Musique, and Domaine Forget, the latter two which she was fortunate to perform in masterclasses for such artists as Paul Edmund Davies, Sooyun Kim, Ramson Wilson, and Emmanuel Pahud. Currently studying with Carolyn Christie at uOttawa, she is expected to earn her Masters of Music degree in flute performance after having completed her Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma degrees at UBC, where she studied with Christie Reside.

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Ashley Carpenter, soprano

Ashley Carpenter is a Canadian soprano who is “delightful in voice and shows considerable comedic talent” (Daphna Levit, Opera Canada, August 2023). Ashley has had the privilege of performing in South Korea, the Bahamas, France, the United States, and across Canada. Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, she is pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Voice Performance at the University of Ottawa under the tutelage of Christiane Riel. Ashley is a recent graduate from the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University with a Master of Music in Voice Performance. She also obtained her Bachelor of Music with Honours in Voice Performance from Western University, under the tutelage of Jackalyn Short. Ashley most recently travelled to Toronto, Ontario, where she performed the role of Musetta in Summer Opera Lyric Theatre’s production of La Bohème. A few weeks prior, she was in New Brunswick where she took part in the COSA Canada Summer Vocal Intensive as an emerging professional artist. Additionally, she travelled to Halifax where she sang the lead role, Rose Michon, in the Canadian premiere of La Jolie Parfumeuse at the Halifax Summer Opera Festival. Ashley sang with UWOpera for many years and a highlight includes playing the title role, Gretel, in Hansel and Gretel. As well, Ashley was selected to participate in an intensive opera program in Edmonton, Alberta, performing the role of Anna Gomez in The Consul with Opera NUOVA. Ashley is currently preparing to sing the role of Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with the University of Ottawa Opera and is getting ready to compete in the The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition as a qualified singer in the Buffalo-Toronto district. She hopes to continue to inspire audiences by using performing as a way to heal others and bring communities together.

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