Helensburgh Oratorio Choir Helensburgh Oratorio Choir Winter Warmer Programme 2021 For our fifth offering in the series of 6 ‘Winter Warmers’ on Tuesday 16th March, we welcomed our own Musical Director, Susannah Wapshott and her professional Baritone husband, David Stout, to our screens. The title for the evening was ‘The history of the Baritone’. Both musicians have made their mark on the world stage. We were delighted to discover last year that Susie had been successful in her application to the famous Hart Institute at the Dallas Opera! The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute, launched in 2015, is the only program of its kind in the world and seeks to address the extreme gender imbalance of leadership on the podium in opera companies. Now in its sixth year, more than 500 women conductors from 40 nations have applied to be trained, advised, and supported by this extraordinary initiative. Last year, a total of 72 applicants from seventeen countries applied by the May 1st 2020 deadli