Leanne Siwicki ’15, Leah Stefanelli ’15, Sarah Stewart ’15, Allie Condon ’16, Chelsea Hubert ’17, and Troy Dinga ’17 recently participated in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association’s intercollegiate choral festival. Students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania prepared repertoire by Benjamin Britten, Gabriel Fauré, Wendell Whalum, and other composers before gathering at East Stroudsburg University
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Heather Grubbs
October 3rd 2014
For generations of Allegheny singers, 2015 means more than the Bicentennial. It’s the 85th anniversary of the choir’s existence. It’s the 50th anniversary of music program/choir director founder Morten “Luvy” Luvaas’ retirement. And it’s a choir reunion year, meaning all past and present members of the Allegheny choirs are invited back for a special celebration
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Heather Grubbs
October 3rd 2014
By Earl Corp/MEADVILLE TRIBUNE When Nathan Lewis came back from Iraq in 2004, he noticed things were different for him. “You go to war, (and) you come back changed,” Lewis said. Lewis didn’t let the change overcome him in a negative way. While he was a student at State University of New York at Potsdam,
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By Konstantine Fekos, The Meadville Tribune Diane Kalinowski’s road to the inaugural Elizabeth Connell Prize, an international singing competition culminating this fall in Sydney, Australia, has been a joyous one despite the considerable effort and near-hectic time management required to advance. The Cochranton native and voice instructor at Allegheny College has not allowed herself to
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Voice instructor Diane Kalinowski was recently awarded one of eight prizes in the Alfredo Silipigni Vocal Competition at the New Jersey State Opera. The preliminary rounds of the competition were held in New York City, Philadelphia and New Jersey, where 125 singers competed for a spot in the semi-finals. Kalinowski was one of 34 semi-finalists
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Adjunct Voice Instructor Diane Kalinowski was recently awarded one of two grand prizes in the LaDue Professional Recital Competition at Rochester Lyric Opera. As part of the grand prize, she will perform a shared recital in Rochester, New York, in April. Established to honor the memory of G. William LaDue, a Rochester native, the competition
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