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North Shore Times (Friday) (Australia)
July 19, 2013 Friday
Nat's back where it all began
SOPRANO TO PERFORM OPERA FOUNDATION
By intern Michael Askey-Doran
RETURNING to the stage she conquered five years ago, Roseville soprano
Natalie Aroyan will perform at the Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship
finals at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Ms Aroyan won the scholarship in 2008, which allowed her to study in
New York before securing a two year placement at Mannes College.
She will perform at the Opera Foundation Australia scholarship finals
before this year's scholarship winner is announced.
``It was one of the stepping stones that made my career development
possible to refine my artistry,'' Ms Aroyan said of the scholarship.
Now six finalists stand where she did, hoping to have their dreams
realised. ``It would mean the world to them, because it is very hard
for singers to make it in this world without the support and financial
generosity of others.'' she said. Ms Aroyan's operatic pursuits have
taken her to Austria, Germany, Italy, Israel and her homeland Armenia.
``I feel at home when I sing, especially so when I perform in my home
country,'' she said.
Part of the Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program since last
November, Ms Aroyan will also perform in La Traviata on July 30. The
scholarship finals will be held on July 28. Details: operafoun
dationaust.org.au
POP DREAMS
* Natalie always wanted to be a pop singer, but her teacher at the
time, who was an opera singer recognised her operatic potential -
saying; ''You are not meant to be a pop singer, you were born to be an
opera singer.''
July 19, 2013 Friday
Nat's back where it all began
SOPRANO TO PERFORM OPERA FOUNDATION
By intern Michael Askey-Doran
RETURNING to the stage she conquered five years ago, Roseville soprano
Natalie Aroyan will perform at the Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship
finals at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Ms Aroyan won the scholarship in 2008, which allowed her to study in
New York before securing a two year placement at Mannes College.
She will perform at the Opera Foundation Australia scholarship finals
before this year's scholarship winner is announced.
``It was one of the stepping stones that made my career development
possible to refine my artistry,'' Ms Aroyan said of the scholarship.
Now six finalists stand where she did, hoping to have their dreams
realised. ``It would mean the world to them, because it is very hard
for singers to make it in this world without the support and financial
generosity of others.'' she said. Ms Aroyan's operatic pursuits have
taken her to Austria, Germany, Italy, Israel and her homeland Armenia.
``I feel at home when I sing, especially so when I perform in my home
country,'' she said.
Part of the Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program since last
November, Ms Aroyan will also perform in La Traviata on July 30. The
scholarship finals will be held on July 28. Details: operafoun
dationaust.org.au
POP DREAMS
* Natalie always wanted to be a pop singer, but her teacher at the
time, who was an opera singer recognised her operatic potential -
saying; ''You are not meant to be a pop singer, you were born to be an
opera singer.''