Students in NDSU’s Division of Performing Arts have collected a number of honors and recognitions during the final months of the fall semester.
Challey Doctoral Fellow Isaac Lovdahl will premiere a newly commissioned piece with the Young New Yorkers' Chorus Treble Ensemble next May as one of only three finalists from across the world to submit new choral music in the Young New Yorkers' Chorus Emerging Composer Competition.
Challey Doctoral Fellow Zhouya Yang was the North Dakota winner in the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Performance Competition and will submit a performance piece for the MTNA's divisional competition for a chance to perform in the finals at the MTNA National Convention in March 2023 in Reno, Nevada.
In the vocal area, 11 of the 19 NDSU students who competed in the Minnesota National Association of Teachers of Singing competition in Minneapolis were selected as finalists or semifinalists. In the Musical Theatre category, Natalie Harrison won the Upper Division of the competition, while Camden Pruitt collected top honors in the Graduate Treble division.
• 2022 Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Emerging Composer Competition - finalist
Isaac Lovdahl, graduate student in choral conducting from Bismarck, North Dakota
• Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Performance Competition - North Dakota winner
Zhouya Yang, graduate student in piano performance from Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• Minnesota National Association of Teachers of Singing
Classical Finalists
First Year Treble:
3rd - Olivia Desing, freshman in music education from Hawley, Minnesota
First Year Tenor/Baritone/Bass:
3rd - Ben Cleary, freshman in music education from Bismarck, North Dakota
Fourth/Fifth Year Treble:
2nd - Jessica Livdahl, senior in vocal performance from West Fargo, North Dakota
Graduate Treble:
1st - Camden Pruitt, graduate student in vocal performance from Woodstock, Georgia
2nd - Lauren Sandison, graduate student in vocal performance from Spirit Lake, Iowa
3rd - Ziyan Hu, graduate student in vocal performance from Guangdong, China
Musical Theatre Finalists
Upper Division
1st - Natalie Harrison, senior in vocal performance and French from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Semifinalists
Seth Brandl, senior vocal education major from Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ashley Johnson, senior in music education from Dodge Center, Minnesota
Julie Ly, senior in vocal music from West Fargo, North Dakota
Hannah Ray, sophomore vocal music major from Faribault, Minnesota
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