SINGER SELECTION
Meet the ensemble selected for the World Youth Choir Alumni Session 2023
The selection of singers was made amongst the 92 singers who expressed interest and availability in joining the American Choral Directors Association National Conference 2021 in Dallas, Texas (USA) (cancelled due to COVID) following a call sent to all singers who participated in a session between 2016 and 2019. The final selection features 43 singers coming from 32 countries who will represent the World Youth Choir in an international tour in Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary.
The process was conducted based on each singer's audition material submitted for previous sessions, performance during the session they participated in (based on observations from the WYC manager, section leaders and conductor) and overall ability to be a representative of the programme. Furthermore, the jury also took into consideration the complementarity of the voices of the singers selected in order to create a cohesive group in each section and for the whole choir and, whenever possible, to amplify the diversity of countries represented in the World Youth Choir.
The selection was made by the session manager, board members and the artistic advisors of the World Youth Choir Foundation.
The choice was often hard for the selection committee and the singers selected have now a heavy responsibility in representing the World Youth Choir. Many others could be also part of the choir and not being selected does not diminish their skills. We deeply thank the continuous interest and involvement of all our former singers and invite those still eligible to apply for future projects.
SELECTED SINGERS
Soprano section
Agnieszka Długołęcka, Poland
Angéla Mészáros, Hungary
Carly Wingfield, USA
Gabrielle Camacho, Brazil
Giulia Faria, Brazil
Jovana Filipović, Serbia
María Fernanda Gonzalez, Peru
Mayuko Tsushida, Japan
Mechthild Rommelspacher, Germany
Miggi Angangco, Philippines
Nadezhda McCune, Bulgaria
Alto section
Aniangi Vieira, Venezuela
Chloey Kiely, Ireland
Elyse Delaney, Canada
Greta Andersberg, Sweden
Kai Detering, Germany
Pınar Çanakçı, Turkey
Shannon Romba, USA
Siri Marklund, Sweden
Victoria Belova, Russia
Zala Strmole, Slovenia
Tenor section
Alberto Araújo, Portugal
Aljaž Bastič, Slovenia
Arga Rakasiwi, Indonesia
Ciarán Fennelly, Ireland
Felipe da Paz Soares, Brazil
Kevin Hernández Toledo, Mexico
Pathorn Swasdisuk, Thailand
Raimer Gil, Venezuela
Robert Pirk, Estonia
Shih-Hao Lai, Taiwan
Bass section
Alberto Palacín, Spain
Ardak Bukharbekov, Kazakhstan
Yi-Hsiu Chung, Taiwan
Elias Aaron Johansson, Sweden
Eslon Hindundu, Namibia
Frederic Tamarit, Spain
Graeme Climie, Canada
Guilherme Roberto, Brazil
Nathan Tax, the Netherlands
Seth Makafui Passah, Ghana
Timothy Ferguson, United Kingdom
Yonathan Villarreal, Venezuela
Note: Due to some last-minute cancellations, we had to contact new singers to join the session. This is the most updated list of singers.