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Welcome to juliangavin.com |
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 Hi! Welcome to the latest update of my website. I hope that you find it convenient and easy to find the information that you are after. Please check back from time to time as I will update this information as and when it changes. Also feel free to drop me a line. Check the contact page for detail of how you can do this. I would welcome any comments and feedback about the site or indeed, anything else connected with singing. Although I cannot promise to deal with each and every query, I will do my level best!
Latest News
I am very happy to be able to have the opportunity to sing one of my favourite roles again in Vienna next month. Hoffmann is always a challenge but is also a hugely rewarding role. For those of you in Melbourne, there is a recital planned for April 29th at the wonderful new concert hall at Scotch College. My sister and I will perform the same programme together in Orange a month earlier on Sunday March 30th in a charity concert. May and I will also record a later song cycle of Mum's for the ABC during my time in Melbourne. This will be broadcast later on ABC Classic FM and I will give advance notice here on this site. Radio France are recording several performances of the Ballo for later broadcast.
Teaching Opportunities
Although I have an extremely busy schedule I do try to make some time for teaching and coaching and the main thrust of my work is with young singers on the threshold of their careers and established professionals. I don't normally take begineers because with my schedule it is difficult to provide an adequate level of supervision and nurture. If you are interested please contact me through the e-mail address on the contact page.
Further developments to the site
Look out for my blog which should be up and running in the not too distant future. I hope it will of interest to some of you visiting the site and could provide some points of discussion.
For the moment however, the main thrust of the site is to provide quick and easy access to information.
New repertoire
One of the great adventures of a singing career is that there is a process of constant evolution and as some repertoire disappears off the screen new and exciting possibilities come into view. I have recently added the role of Edgardo and have enjoyed immensely the opportunity to prepare this under the watchful eye of Maestro Bonynge. I am looking forward to reprising Ricardo/Gustavo for Opera Australia in Ballo. One learns so much from each subsequent time that you perform a role. Recently, I sang in my 10th different production of Carmen and I still found every night a fresh and exciting experience, where I discovered anew the power of this magnificent work. I also can't wait to discover what it is like to sing Nessun Dorma in it's proper context and to launch myself into the German repertoire with my first Florestan. I am keeping my fingers crossed that a Lohengrin and a Walter will eventually come my way! Singing continues to be a wonderful voyage of discovery!
Audio Excerpts
I just thought I would add a word or two about some of the audio material. I have included two songs from my mother's setting of some of Houseman's Shropshire Lad poems. There are 14 songs in all and it is a truly remarkable cycle. It is a cherished dream of mine to perform these songs often and help to make more widely known. There are a number of other important works including a fully complete opera. I will provide more information about this in the future
I also included a setting of Bless this House which is there more for its sentimental value as my whole family is performing together, my mother and sister who performed regularly as duo pianists, my father who was my first teacher and my brother with whom I had the honour of first singing the Pearlfishers duet. All are private recordings of live performances, warts and all! I hope some of you enjoy them.
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