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10/21/2004
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
15 SRU VOCAL MUSIC
STUDENTS TO VIE FOR CHAD WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Students studying voice
atSlippery Rock University will vie for top honors in
the
12th Annual Chad Williamson Memorial Scholarship
Competition at 2 p.m. Oct. 31 in Swope Music Hall in a continuing
competition honoring the late Slippery Rock High School student who
planned to attend SRU.
The
competition will be judged by Daphne Alderson, a member of the
Seton-Hill University music faculty and well-known performer in New
York City and Pittsburgh. Her 2003-04 season included debut of a
show celebrating Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein as part of
her international cabaret program. She has performed the role of
the sorceress in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneus,” and
she released “Songs from the Heart,” a project
conceived and recorded live at Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh.
She has also performed with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, the
Westmoreland Symphony, Chatham Baroque as well as performances with
Central City, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera North, Berks Grand Opera and
the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh.
The
scholarship competition, one of the most popular in the music
department, provides SRU music majors the opportunity to
demonstrate their vocal talent and allows the local community to
both see and hear the performing arts talent of university voice
students. The scholarship was created by Mr. Williamson’s
family, including his mother Mrs. Karen Hickok, as a means of
helping SRU’s music department attract talented vocal
performers.
The
competition/concert will include performances by previous
scholarship winners and Beth Brady of Vanderbuilt and
AmberNesbitt of West Mifflin. Their
performances will not be judged.
Competing
students are:
Name
Hometown
Darcie
Bell
East Brady
Jessica
Brown
Ridgway
Candice
Skingley
Hamburg, N.Y.
Michael
Sypien
Pittsburgh
Lisa
Cifrulak
Pittsburgh
Sylvia
Catello
Pittsburgh
Stephen
Ball
Slippery Rock
Amanda
Minor
Johnstown
Michael
Zeiler
Natrona Heights
Ashleigh
Weimer
Connellsville
Christiana
Howell
Erie
Ashley
Richards
Harmony
Michael
Desnoyers
Allegany, N.Y.
Nick
Kochanov
North Huntingdon
Mark
Erickson
New Wilmington
PG, PgN, WPN, PR, S
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