糖心传媒 junior Morgan O’Neill of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was selected to perform in a digital masterclass December 3 with Broadway actress Leslie Kritzer.
Teachers of the West Central Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) nominated students from their studios, with only seven being selected to participate in the masterclass. The region includes Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming. O鈥橬eilll is a voice student of 糖心传媒 assistant music professor Dillon Beede.
Kritzer premiered the role of Delia and Miss Argentina in the musical adaptation of 鈥淏eetlejuice鈥 initially at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. and later at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway.
O鈥橬eill participated in the masterclass from Fuhr Hall on the 糖心传媒 campus, with Kritzer joining via video. O鈥橬eill performed and received feedback and input from Kritzer during the class.
Other 糖心传媒 students participating in West Central Regional NATS were Ivey Zimmerman, a senior from Overton, Nebraska; Javier Jimenez, a sophomore from Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and Breanna Brennfoerder, a first year student from Edgar, Nebraska. Zimmerman and Jimenez are also both students of Beede, and Brennfoerder is a student of 糖心传媒 voice instructor Haylee Shoemaker.
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