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The December 10, 2006 broadcast of Music Around Us on Radio Two features Phillip Addis, baritone with Emily Hamper, piano.

The production will be taped live on Thursday December 7.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Dans un bois solitaire, K.308
Das Lied der Trennung, K.519

Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976)
Folksong arrangements:
The Plough Boy
At the mid hour of night
The Minstrel Boy
There's none to soothe

Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Heine songs from Schwanengesang:
Der Atlas
Ihr Bild
Das Fischermädchen
Die Stadt
Am Meer
Der Doppelgänger

Vincenzo Bellini
(1801-1835)
Vanne, o rosa forunata
Almen, se non poss'io
Per pietà, bell' idol mio
Ma rendi pur contento

Born in Port Colborne, Ontario, baritone Phillip Addis received a diploma in operatic performance from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. He was the 2004 First Prize winner in the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Standard Life Competition. In that same competition he was also awarded seven other prizes including the SOCAN scholarship for the best performance of a Canadian work. In March 2006 he received the George London Foundation Encouragement Award for a Canadian singer, and at the 2005 Montreal International Music Competition he was awarded fourth place and the Joseph Rouleau award.

His involvement with the Atelier Lyrique de L'Opéra de Montréal was highlighted by his performance as Taddeo in L'Opéra de Montréal's production of L'Italiana in Algeri, as well as roles in a number of the company's other productions. He also toured eastern Canada with Atelier Lyrique's productions of Carmen and Hansel and Gretel.

First Prize Winner of Orchestre Symphonique de Québec's Canadian Concerto Competition, Phillip returned to Quebec City in 2006 to perform works by Mahler. In the past year he has given several performances of Schubert lieder, including at the 2005 Queensland Music Festival with pianist Emily Hamper. His recent performance as Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia for Pacific Opera Victoria was highly acclaimed, as were other engagements during the 2005-2006 with the Edmonton and New Brunswick symphonies, the Elora Festival Singers, L'Opéra de Montréal and Cincinnati Opera.

Phillip's performance of the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Toronto Summer Music Academy & Festival was the climax of the festival's inaugural season. His upcoming operatic engagements include roles with Edmonton Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria, L'Opéra de Marseille and Vancouver Opera.

Currently based in Toronto, Emily Hamper has led an active international career as a vocal coach and accompanist for over ten years. Noted for her musical sensitivity and attention to detail, she has been engaged by many of Canada's most prominent singers. Her recital appearances include performances for San Francisco Opera, Calgary Opera, and the Orford Festival, and the Queensland Music Festival. Several of these performances were broadcast on CBC Radio and Radio-Canada. Her most recent engagements include assistant conductor and vocal coach for the Opera as Theatre programme at the Banff Centre and a third season as staff pianist with the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute under Joan Dornemann in Montreal.

Emily's first season as Music Director for the opera courses at Wilfred Laurier University in 2005 culminated in two sold-out performances of opera excerpts. She was on the coaching staff at the University of Toronto's Opera Division from 1997 to 2002. She is an alumna of the prestigious Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera, and in 2002 received a Merola Career Grant to study privately in Munich, Germany. In Montreal she has coached and performed with the Atelier Lyrique de L'Opéra de Montréal, L'Opéra de Montréal, L'Université de Montréal, and the I Musici Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Hamper has accompanied masterclasses given by such renowned artists as Martin Isepp, Joan Dornemann, Nancy Argenta, Russell Braun, Gerald Finley, Michael Schade, César Ulloa, and the late Theodore Uppman.