{"id":64972,"date":"2019-11-20T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=64972"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:11:04","slug":"the-scoop-ontario-composer-lands-2019-debbie-fleming-prize-for-choral-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/11\/20\/the-scoop-ontario-composer-lands-2019-debbie-fleming-prize-for-choral-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP |  Ontario Composer Lands 2019 Debbie Fleming Prize For Choral Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_64973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64973\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-64973 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Zachary-Windus-Toronto-Mendelssohn-Choir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Zachary-Windus-Toronto-Mendelssohn-Choir.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Zachary-Windus-Toronto-Mendelssohn-Choir-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Zachary-Windus-Toronto-Mendelssohn-Choir-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Zachary-Windus-Toronto-Mendelssohn-Choir-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2019 Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition to countertenor, composer and organist Zachary Windus, from Ancaster, Ontario.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) has awarded the 2019 Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition to countertenor, composer and organist Zachary Windus, from Ancaster, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The award comes with a $1,000 cash prize, as well as a performance of the winning work, \u201cIn Bethlehem upon that morn\u201d, by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir in concert on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/toronto-mendelssohn-choir-festival-carols-2\/2019-12-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 3\u20134<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its sixth year, the award is named after TMC alumni Debbie Fleming, who sang in the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for 40 years and who retired in June 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The award is open to emerging composers to submit a sacred or secular a cappella work for the Christmas season.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s winner was selected by a jury, including TMC interim conductor David Fallis, Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra conductor Simon Rivard, and TMC associate conductor Ezra Burke.<\/p>\n<p>Former prize winners include Stuart Beatch (2015), Elizabeth Ekholm (2016), Joannie Ing (2017), Russell Wilkinson (2018).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? 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