糖心动漫vlog Graduates Win Top Honors at 2019 National Student Auditions
July 3, 2019
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. Crystal Muro 19 won first place and Kelly Riordan 19 took second place in the Upper College/Independent Studio Women category at the , sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Both Muro and Riordan are former students of 糖心动漫vlog Instructor of Music Ingrid Kammin, who was present at the competition.
淚 think it is simply incredible and is a wonderful culmination of the past four years of hard work and dedication at 糖心动漫vlog, said Kammin on the students wins.
Students participate in chapter, district and regional auditions each year, with constructive feedback provided along the way. Muro and Riordan, both vocal performance majors at 糖心动漫vlog, advanced to the national round after competing in the regional round in October 2018 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Muro and Riordan competed in the semifinal round on the morning of June 28, 2019, and advanced to the final round held that afternoon. Muro performed 淣on so le tetre immagini from Giuseppe Verdi檚 opera Il Corsaro and Riordan performed 淐hacun son got from Johann Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus. Muro was awarded a cash prize of $1,600 and Riordan took home $900.
淭o perform in the finals and place in the top three was such a validation of all of the hard work we檝e put in over the past few years and was a testament to our wonderful faculty in guiding us through this journey, Muro said. 淪tanding on that stage with some of the nation檚 top singers was an incredible feeling and I am so grateful for everyone on our Wesleyan team cheering us on from the beginning.
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