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MARLON BURNLEY, BFA ’15 Theatre (performance), won the NAPAT Irene Ryan Classical Actors Award. Burnley performed a monologue from Othello. He was also featured in an article by the South Bend Tribune for his acting in Heartland: The Civil War, a local production written for the SB150 celebration. TAMRA GARRETT, music (voice), and JULIUS C. MILLER III, music (voice), both won first place in the regional National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition and received scholarships to attend the Opera Maya Young Artist Program in Mexico in summer 2015. TAMRA GARRETT, music (voice), participated in the Druid City Opera Workshop at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The workshop is an intensive artist program that specializes in opera training for singers, pianists, and directors. Every year there are more than 100 applicants, and only 20 young artists are selected. NATHAN HENRY, fine arts (printmaking), was commissioned to fabricate a large piece of paper for the South Bend Museum of Art’s Window on the West. On the paper, a map of the United States was drawn for children to mark how far west they had been. ASHLEY LAVON HOCHSTETLER, fine arts (sculpture), won the Young Talent Award at the Michiana Annual Art Competition. She also participated in a two-week ceramic sculpture workshop through the
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Oxbow Art Residency Program in Saugatuck, Mich. NEIL KING, BA ’15 Mass Communications (journalism), started his South Bend Tribune internship with the sports section’s lead story on September 4, 2014, covering the Marian Knights’ soccer win over the Penn Kingsmen. He completed the internship successfully. King was hired as a writer for the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts post graduation. LAWRENCE MITCHELL-MATTHEWS, music (voice), participated in a program at the Up North Vocal Institute in Charlevoix, Mich. He was one of 20 selected to participate in this intensive program. The program promotes health and fitness in regard to performance art. Mitchell-Matthews also won a full scholarship for summer study at the Chautauqua Institute Summer Opera Program in 2014. KENDRICK ALLENSON MORRIS, BM ’13 Cello Performance, is currently pursuing a performance diploma. Morris won the 2014 Concerto Competition and was featured with the IUSB Philharmonic playing movements from Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D on April 28, 2015. He also participated in the 2014 Rocky Ridge Music Festival in Colorado, where he served as a counselor for younger students and then participated in the Young Artists Seminar where he taught, took private lessons, and performed in an orchestra.
PATARUT PANOSOT, music (violin), participated in the 2014 Rocky Ridge Music Festival in Colorado. He received intensive training in chamber music, orchestra, recitals, and studio and performance classes, as well as private lessons with highly qualified faculty. BRAD PONTIUS, theatre (performance), was accepted by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts to study in Los Angeles for their 2014 Summer Theatre Intensive program. The summer program focuses on honing theatrical, cinematic, and television acting, and teaches several techniques to further actors’ comprehension of the dramatic arts both on-stage and off. GINGER “SKY” SANTIAGO, integrated new media studies (video/motion media), accepted a one-month art residency at Sachaqa Centro de Arte/Eco Arts Center in the Peruvian Amazon in 2014. Sachaqa Centro de Arte is the first artist residence in the Peruvian jungle San Martin. It is a center for the preservation of indigenous arts and the development of modern art forms, as well as an institution that promotes environmental awareness. CESAR DE SANTOS SILVA, music (viola), was runner-up at the 2014 Concerto Competition. SHAYNA SHELTON, integrated new media studies (graphic design), participated in the Council on International Educational Exchange Summer Korean Studies Program. She took courses in