LECOM’S GOT
Talent
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) enjoys a profound and enduring connection to the Erie community – a place from which its genesis illuminates the medical and educational futures of generations to come. Likewise, the LECOM Stage at the Erie Playhouse produces art that serves as a glimmering star in a shared humanity, providing illumination for the community. It is the forum in which those gathered explore that which it means to be alive in all of its depths of emotion.
On November 22, 2019, the LECOM Stage at the Erie Playhouse hosted LECOM’s Got Talent II, the second exhibition of a philanthropic entertainment event first conceived by LECOM Vice President of Academic Affairs and School of Pharmacy Dean, Hershey Bell, MD.
A showcase of 15 musical offerings featured LECOM students, faculty, and staff in an evening production that benefited LECOM healthcare leaders of the future while
simultaneously delivering several hours of entertainment to a rapt audience. Dr. Bell opened the show with his original guitar-andvocal composition, Dream Two. Members of the Northcoast Brass Company, including LECOM Biochemistry and Neuroscience Professor, Tom Corso, PhD, performed the Depression-era tune, Happy Days are Here Again, and the rock classic, Carry On. Instrumental talents abounded with Hudson Jazz, featuring LECOM Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Alice Hudder, PhD, on the saxophone. The group entertained the audience with two selections. Second-year pharmacy student, Emily Oravitz, sang a captivating rendition of the 1975 Fleetwood Mac hit, Landslide. Oravitz returned to the stage later in the program with a musical-theatre selection, her moving interpretation of On My Own from Les Misérables. In separate appearances, secondyear pharmacy student and accomplished saxophonist, Joseph Dedionisio, performed All of Me and Take Five. LECOM at Seton Hill first-year medical scholar, Anthony Richardsen, adroitly demonstrated his skills on the jazz guitar.
Ensemble performing Play On
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Anuja Deore offered an unusual talent to the engaged gathering. The second-year student charmed the attendees with her selection performed on the penny whistle.
