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date = "2015-07-17T14:44:00-06:00"
discipline = "Tenor"
lastmod = "2015-07-17T14:44:00-06:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1437165650071/FordWeb_1Square.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2015-07-17T14:44:00-06:00"
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slug = "william-ford"
title = "William Ford"
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William Ford, tenor, is a recent graduate of the Technical Diploma in Operatic Performance program at the University of Toronto, studying with soprano Wendy Nielsen and tenor Patrick Raftery. William also holds a Masters of Music from Western University where he studied with tenor Torin Chiles, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Windsor where he studied with mezzo-soprano Elsie Inselman.

Operatic performance highlights include Basilio/Don Curzio in *Le nozze di Figaro* (UWO Opera, COSI), Alfred in *Die Fledermaus* (UWO Opera), Ferrando in *Cosi fan tutte* (UWO Opera), Spalanzani in *Les contes d’Hoffmann* (HSOF), Mayor in *Albert Herring* (UofTOpera), Goro in *Madama Butterfly* (SOLT), Monostatos in *The Magic Flute* (SOLT), Ralph Rackstraw in *H.M.S. Pinafore* (UofTOpera), and Mr. Owen in *Postcard from Morocco* (UofTOpera).

William has also appeared as a soloist in performances of Handel’s *Messiah* (Amaryllis Choir), Schubert’s *Stabat Mater* (London Fanshawe Chorus), Mozart’s *Requiem* (London Fanshawe Chorus), Saint-Saens' *Christmas Oratorio* (Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church), Hayden’s *Missa Sancti Nicolai* (Windsor Community Church), and Charpentier’s *Messe di minuit* (Our Lady of Assumption Church).

Upcoming performances include Basilio/Don Curzio with the prestigious Highlands Opera Studio in beautiful Haliburton, Ontario. William is also looking forward to joining the Orpheus Choir in Toronto as a Sedgwick Scholar in 2015, the Opera in Concert Chorus, directed by Robert Cooper in 2015, and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus directed by Sandra Horst in 2016. 
