Voice professor to compete in international Bach Festival

Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will compete in the 20th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, which will take place in Leipzig, Germany, July 4-16. This competition is held in the categories of voice, organ and cello/Baroque cello and consists of four competitive rounds in each category. Participants were chosen in a juried pre-selection process this spring.

Presented every two years by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition is regarded as one of the major international contests for young artists ages 16 to 33. It is directed by Robert Levin, a prominent American musicologist and pianist/keyboardist.

DuPont, a bass-baritone, completed a doctorate from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and has performed as a soloist with the Rochester Oratorio Society, Southwest Florida Symphony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.