Naomi and Lucy at Laurier’s Ken Murray Competition, January 25, 2025

Barber Studio student Naomi Schlegel (class of 2025) was the first prize winner of Laurier’s Ken Murray Concerto Competition for 2025, giving an outstanding performance of the Doll Song from Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann. Other finalists included another Barber Studio member, Lucy Gill (class of 2024), who wowed the crowd with her rendition of Gounod’s Je veux vivre from Roméo et Juliette. Congratulations to both singers who clocked personal bests in the competition. Lucy is seen here comforting Naomi, who is overcome with emotion at her win! (Apologies for the terrible photo; my hand was shaking!)