{"id":54722,"date":"2018-06-25T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=54722"},"modified":"2018-06-25T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:00:52","slug":"the-scoop-elora-festival-singers-appoints-mark-vuorinen-as-artistic-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/06\/25\/the-scoop-elora-festival-singers-appoints-mark-vuorinen-as-artistic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Elora Festival Singers Appoints Mark Vuorinen As Artistic Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54723\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Mark-Vuorinen.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Vuorinen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Mark-Vuorinen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Mark-Vuorinen-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Mark-Vuorinen-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elora Festival Singers opt to extend their commitment to Ontario-based conductor Mark Vuorinen, replacing disgraced former Artistic Director Noel Edison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This weekend, the Elora Festival Singers have confirmed they have elected to extend their commitment to Ontario-based conductor\u00a0Mark Vuorinen as Artistic Director, effective\u00a0immediately.<\/p>\n<p>He replaces disgraced former Artistic Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/04\/20\/the-scoop-elora-singers-fire-noel-edison-over-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Edison<\/a> who was terminated last March following\u00a0an investigation into agitations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Vuorinen was first named as Interim Artistic Director on March 7 after the board was sent scrambling\u00a0to find\u00a0a placement in time for their upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elorafestival.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer programming <\/a>which begins on July 13, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to be working with the renowned Elora Singers, says Vuorinen. The singers are an extremely versatile ensemble, switching between difficult contemporary music to Renaissance polyphony and baroque oratorio with ease. I am honoured and privileged to lead one of this country\u2019s finest choral ensembles and look forward to getting started with them at this summer\u2019s Elora Festival\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn its 39th year, the Elora Festival has a rich tradition of attracting world-class artists and delivering extraordinary musical performances in a beautiful setting,\u201d says Chris Sharpe, General Manager. \u201cWe are excited to welcome Mark to the podium\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Vuorinen also holds appointments\u00a0as Artistic Director of the Grand Philharmonic Choir and Assistant Professor of Music at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, and is President-elect of Choirs Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elora Festival Singers opt to extend their commitment to Ontario-based conductor Mark Vuorinen, replacing disgraced former Artistic Director Noel Edison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":54723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14761,11,39,17333,3693],"tags":[1142,17467,2418],"yst_prominent_words":[11623,21017,21011,20997,20996,21004,21006,21014,21016,21013,21010,17216,10127,21003,21002,21015,21012,21009,21007,21005],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/Mark-Vuorinen.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-eeC","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54726,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54722\/revisions\/54726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54722"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=54722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}