The Vocal Arts Area features courses in Applied Voice, Diction, Music Theater, Opera, Choral Conducting, and Choral Ensembles.
Faculty
Joseph Baunoch , Professor
Craig Denison , Associate Professor
Mary Logan Hastings , Professor
Oliver Lo , Associate Professor
Raquel Winnica Young, Adjunct Professor
Ensembles
Vocal Repertoire
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Recent Accomplishments
- Chorale selected to perform for the 2019 Eastern NAfME Conference.
- MA candidate in Choral Conducting Maggie Sisson andCanon McMilan High School selected to perform for the 2019 Eastern NAfME Conference.
- MA candidate in Choral Conducting Kelly Rocchi and Nazareth High School selected to perform for the 2019 Eastern NAfME Conference.
- Chorale selected to perform for the 2018 Eastern ACDA Convention.
- Chorale selected to perform for the 2018 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Annual Conference.
- 2018 Chamber Singers premieres Dame Ethel Smyth's "The Prison" with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra.
- Chorale selected to perform for 2017 National Association for Music Education Eastern Divisional In-Service Conference.
- Jonathan Walker-Vankuren (BFA '15) joined the Fort Worth Opera Lesley Artist Program for the 2018-19 season. He has also apprenticed with Opera Santa Barbara, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, and the Sherril Milnes Studio Artist at the Savannah Voice Festival.
- Benjamin Strong (BFA '20 expected graduation) won second place at the National Association of Teachers of Singing National Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, after finishing first at both the Tri-state District and Eastern Regional NATS competitions.
- Jessica Zelenack (MA '16), appointed to Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Children's Chorus.
- Samuel Weiser (BSED '14) joined Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist. Program for the 2018-19 season. He was an apprentice artist at Central City Opera in the summer of 2018; was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theater of St. Louis in 2016-17, winning the Richard Gaddes Career Grant; and is a winner in the St. Louis District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
- Anna Berry (BFA '13) was invited to join the Wichita Grand Opera Apprentice Program in 2015.
- Samantha Wood (BFA '12) was granted a teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas, where she is pursuing a doctoral degree of Musical Arts in Voice.
- Multiple internships with the prestigious Blue Lake Music Camp.
- Tate Dewalt, second place 2013 ACDA-PA undergraduate choral conducting competition.
- Chorale performs at the 2013 ACDA-PA Fall Conference.
- Multiple student selections to National ACDA Conducting Honor Choir.
Alumni Attend Graduate School in Performance, Conducting, Music Theater, and Music Education
Boston University
California State University-Northridge
Chicago College of Performing Arts
Drexel University
Florida State University
Kansas State University
Michigan State University
Rowan University
Temple University
Texas Christian University
University of Central Florida
University of Kansas
University of North Texas
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Washington
Summer Programs
American Institute of Music, Graz, Austria
Central City Opera, Central City, Colorado
Lyric Opera Studio of Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Opera Theater of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Opera Festival di Roma, Rome and Orvieto, Italy
Savannah Voice Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, Logan, Utah
Professional Placements
Carnival Cruise Lines
Chicago Opera Theater
Fort Worth Opera
Legoland Orlando
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Mississippi Opera
Music Education Across the Nation and Abroad
Opera Santa Barbara
Opera Theater of St. Louis
Sea World-Orlando
Universal Studios Orlando
Washington National Opera
Wichita Grand Opera