Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has just launched its new Baroque Mentors training program for emerging artists. The program is a season-long series of masterclasses in Toronto and residencies in universities across Canada, and allows emerging artists to learn directly from Tafelmusik musicians and such distinguished international artists as soprano Johannette Zomer (Holland), soprano Dorothee Mields (Germany), tenor Charles Daniels (England), baritone Peter Harvey (England), fortepianist Richard Egarr (England) and violinist Stefano Montanari (Italy).

Participating universities include the University of Toronto, University of Windsor, University of Western Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University, and University of Victoria.

Many of the students reached through Baroque Mentors are being introduced to period performance for the first time, while experienced period players or singers are able to access training at the highest level by the leading teachers in the field.

For more information about Tafelmusik and its Artist Training and Education programmes, visit tafelmusik.org.