{"id":3379,"date":"2019-11-13T18:51:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2019-11-13T18:51:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T23:51:51","slug":"mansfield-university-voice-students-compete-and-win-at-state-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3379","title":{"rendered":"Mansfield University voice students compete and win at state competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STATE COLLEGE, Pa. &#8211; A group of Mansfield University voice students competed and took home several awards at the Allegheny Mountain Chapter of the National Association of Teaching of Singing (NATS) student auditions November 2 at Penn State University. A total of approximately 150 students from around Pennsylvania competed in categories ranging from high school to graduate school. Nineteen students from Mansfield competed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"660\" data-attachment-id=\"3381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=3381\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?fit=1590%2C1012&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1590,1012\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"music-voice1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?fit=475%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?fit=1024%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?resize=1037%2C660\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?w=1590&amp;ssl=1 1590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?resize=475%2C302&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?resize=1024%2C652&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><figcaption>Mansfield University voice students competed\u00a0Allegheny Mountain Chapter of the National Association of Teaching of Singing (NATS) student auditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of the students studies voice with Dr. Todd Ranney, Mr. Jordan Schreiner, or Dr. Alissa Rose. The top three winners in each category were featured in a final concert at the end of the auditions.\u00a0All students received comment sheets from the judges, who are voice teachers and NATS members. These auditions are a great opportunity for the students to get feedback about their singing, hear other students from around the area, and be exposed to a wide variety of repertoire.\u00a0NATS is the largest association of teachers of singing in the world, with members in more than twenty-five countries, and the student auditions are one of the major activities of each NATS chapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alexandra Fisher (First Year College Women)<\/li><li>Zachary Floray (First Year College Men)<\/li><li>Skylar Marcen\u00a0(Second Year College Women<\/li><li>Matthew Merolla (Second Year College Men)<\/li><li>Seth Shields\u00a0(Second Year College Men)<\/li><li>Lilia Lopez (Third Year College Women)<\/li><li>Rosemary Wargo (Fourth\/Fifth Year College Women)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Semi-Finalist:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"mce_1_start\" style=\"overflow:hidden;line-height:0px\"><\/span>Molly Cerep\u00a0(Fourth\/Fifth\u00a0Year College Women)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATE COLLEGE, Pa. &#8211; A group of Mansfield University voice students competed and took home several awards at the Allegheny &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3379\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mansfield University voice students compete and win at state competition<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/music-voice1.jpg?fit=1590%2C1012&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-Sv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2364,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2364","url_meta":{"origin":3379,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield Voice Students Excel at Regional Competition","author":"Terry Day","date":"November 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Four Mansfield University voice students came away winners in their respective categories at the Allegheny Mountain Chapter of the National Association of Teaching of Singing (NATS) Fall Student Auditions held November 11 at Gettysburg College. 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