Igor Gorin Memorial Award

Igor Gorin Memorial Award

	The Igor Gorin Memorial Award provides financial assistance to young opera singers. The assistance may be used for a variety of purposes including general living expenses and professional development. The award was established 1987 by Mary S. Gorin in memory of her husband, a world-renowned opera singer. Mr. Gorin was a Russian refugee who in the late 1920s escaped to Vienna before immigrating to the United States. Mr. Gorin studied at the Vienna Conservatory and later as a member of the Czechoslovakian Opera Company.
He began his career in this country as a cantor of a synagogue in Providence Rhode Island and went on to perform in radio, television, film and on the stage. His career spanned the 1930s through the 1960s and he gained a worldwide reputation as the “Prince of Baritones.” Along with his wife, the former actress Mary Smith, Mr. Gorin retired to Tucson in 1965. Soon after, then University of Arizona president Richard Harvill invited him to begin a second career teaching opera at the university. Mr. Gorin never forgot his early struggles to launch a career in music and believing that studying music strengthens one’s character and provides young people with a sense of accomplishment and worth, Mrs. Gorin established the Igor Gorin Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The Igor Gorin Memorial Award provides financial assistance to young opera singers. The assistance may be used for a variety of purposes including general living expenses and professional development.

The award was established 1987 by Mary S. Gorin in memory of her husband, a world-renowned opera singer.

Mr. Gorin was a Russian refugee who in the late 1920s escaped to Vienna before immigrating to the United States. Mr. Gorin studied at the Vienna Conservatory and later as a member of the Czechoslovakian Opera Company.

He began his career in this country as a cantor of a synagogue in Providence Rhode Island and went on to perform in radio, television, film and on the stage. His career spanned the 1930s through the 1960s and he gained a worldwide reputation as the “Prince of Baritones.”

Along with his wife, the former actress Mary Smith, Mr. Gorin retired to Tucson in 1965. Soon after, then University of Arizona president Richard Harvill invited him to begin a second career teaching opera at the university.

Mr. Gorin never forgot his early struggles to launch a career in music and believing that studying music strengthens one’s character and provides young people with a sense of accomplishment and worth, Mrs. Gorin established the Igor Gorin Memorial Scholarship Fund.

2012 Call for Applications

The call for applications is by invitation only to Merola alumni or Adler fellows at the San Francisco Opera over the last five years, and winners of the Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco district auditions for the Metropolitan Opera National Council over the last five years. If you have not been emailed an application from the San Francisco Opera or Metropolitan Opera National Council and meet the eligiblity requirements, please email Marthena Maley for an application.

These annual awards are designed for individuals who have completed their training and are beginning to launch their careers. The 2012 award will be $10,000 for first place and $7,000 for second place. Suggested uses of the funds include coaching, travel, clothing, reasonable living costs, and audition expenses

The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, April 2 by 5:00 p.m. The recipients will be announced on April 25, 2012.

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Previous Recipients

2011	Eugene Chan, Tammi Huber, Robyn Rocklein
2010	No awards made
2009	Kaitlin Bertenshaw, Tammi Huber, Seth Kershisnik, Robyn Rocklein, Dennis Tamblyn
2008	No awards made
2007	Kara Harris, Tammi Huber, Priya Palekar
2006	Deana Mireau, Christina Pier, Vanessa Salaz, April Wilde
2004	Michael Cavalieri, Priya Palekar, Chrstina Pier, Vanessa Salaz
2003	Deana Mireau, Vanessa Salaz, Todd Strange
2002	Jesus Aguirre, Jessica Deardorff, Chad Miller, Deana Mireau, Amanda Polychronis, Vanessa Salaz, Todd Strange
2001	Ilse Apestegui, Yoo Ri Clark, Jennifer Anne Cooper, Chad Miller, Vanessa Salaz
2000	Yoo Ri Clark, Deana Mireau, Vanessa Salaz
1999	Tania Beasley, Jennifer Anne Cooper, Emil Dorian Cristescu, Regina Felsing, Bridgett Hooks, Elizabeth Miller Wesley, Ralph Daniel Rawe
1998	Jennifer Anne Cooper, Bridgett Hooks, Herbert Perry, Wendi Washington-Hunt
1997	Julianne Best, Emily Dorian Cristescu, Jennifer Anne Cooper, Wendi Washington-Hunt
1996	Jennifer Anne Cooper, Karol Kazarian, Eugene Perry
1995	Donna Ames, Emily Dorian Cristescu, Korby Myrick
1994	Emily Dorian Cristescu
1993	Donna Ames, Mark Anderson, Bridgett Hooks

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