MONROE, LA – Ten ULM Voice majors attended and participated in the Louisiana Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference and Student auditions on March 8th-9th at University of Louisiana Lafayette.
They were highly successful in the student competition portion, singing in different styles of music and categorized according to their year of study.
ULM music faculty members Dr. Nancy Carey, Mr. Justin Havard, Dr. Richad Seiler, and Dr. Claire Vangelisti traveled with them and participated in the conference in several capacities.
ULM’s final stats (CM is Commercial Music, MT is Music Theatre, HJ is Hall Johnson Spiritual, CL is Classical):
Lower College CM Treble: Je’Chauna Wilhite, first place (Carey studio) Lower College
CM TBB: Braden Tucker, first place (Vangelisti studio)
Upper College CM TBB: Preston Anderson, first place (Vangelisti studio)
High School MT TBB: Gabe Garcia, first place (Vangelisti private studio)
Lower College MT Treble: Da’Jah Taylor, tied for second place, Je’Chauna Wilhite, third place (Carey studio)
Lower College MT TBB: Braden Tucker, first place (Vangelisti studio)
Upper College MT TBB: James Wright, first place (Vangelisti studio)
Hall Johnson all voices: James Wright, tied for first place (Vangelisti studio)
High School CL TBB: Gabe Garcia, first place (Vangelisti private studio)
Freshmen Treble CL: Ava Roe, first place (Carey studio), Ceci Milam, tied for second place (Vangelisti studio)
Freshmen TBB CL: Braden Tucker, first place (Vangelisti studio)
Senior TBB CL: James Wright, tied for first place, Preston Anderson, tied for second place (Vangelisti studio).