Big voice headed to Big Apple: Stittsville tenor off to Juilliard after winning partial scholarship

July 30, 2009 · Filed Under Festivals in the News, News

Steven Mazey, The Ottawa Citizen

You’d think that auditioning to study at one of the world’s best-known music schools would be a little intimidating. Not for Stittsville tenor Nathan Haller.

The 18-year-old doesn’t get nervous about singing, and he says he felt pretty confident when he performed in front of bigwigs at the Juilliard School in New York City last March.

Haller, who has what his teacher Judith Vachon describes as “a kick-ass voice,” with beautiful tone, sang arias by Mozart and Donizetti and the poignant British song Is My Team Ploughing. He says the feedback at Juilliard was encouraging.

Still, he was shocked when an e-mail arrived in April congratulating him on his acceptance.

Read full story on the Ottawa Citizen website: Stittsville tenor off to Juilliard after winning partial scholarship

Note: Nathan Haller performs at Chamberfest on Saturday, 3 p.m., Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave.

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