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Music Alumna to Work for Florentine Opera Studio

April 23, 2013 by | CoPA News

Music alumna Erin Gonzalez (’08) has been chosen for a mezzo studio artist position in the Florentine Opera Studio in Milwaukee for the 2013 – 2014 season.  She will also be an Advanced Artist in the OperaWorks training program in Los Angeles this summer.

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Music Professor Featured in Chapman Magazine

April 22, 2013 by | CoPA News

Jeff Cogan, director of guitar studies in the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, was featured in the new issue of  Chapman Magazine for his work with the conservatory guitar students.  There is also video featuring Professor Cogan and adjunct professor Daniel De Arakal!

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Theatre Majors Selected for USITT Training Program

April 17, 2013 by | CoPA News

Theatre majors Michael Lee (’13) and Steven Bravek (’13) have been selected to participate in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Elite training program in Las Vegas, NV for the second year in a row! Through an intense application process, students are selected and assigned to one of the following areas of study:

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Milena Kitic Signs LA Opera Contract

April 16, 2013 by | CoPA News

The Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music Artist-In-Residence, mezzo-soprano Milena Kitic, has signed a contract with LA Opera for the 2013-2014 season.  She will perform the title role in Carmen on Sept 28, and will also appear in the run of  Thais with Plácido Domingo as Athanael.

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Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music Students Win at NATS Collegiate Auditions

April 15, 2013 by | Music

Congratulations to our winners in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Collegiate Auditions held at Biola University on March 23.  There were 110 students who participated from ten different universities, from UC Santa Barbara to Riverside City College.  Vocal performance majors Andrew Schmidt (’16) took second place in the Freshman Men category, Duke Kim (’15) won first place in

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Theatre Alumnus Performing in Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical

March 13, 2013 by | CoPA News

Lance Frantzich (’12) is currently appearing in Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA.  In this revival, 18 actors play 65 characters, sing an array of original and traditional Jewish songs, and tell dozens of jokes.  Revolving around a fictitious Jewish comedian, Hugo Schwartz, audiences travel through five decades, beginning

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Spring Dance Concert Coming in May

March 13, 2013 by | CoPA News

The annual Spring Dance Concert, directed by instructor of dance Jennifer Backhaus, will be held in the Waltmar Theatre May 8-11.  This fully-produced concert will feature choreography by dance majors Ellen Akashi, David Bagley, Sami Dedolph, Emily Duncan, Natalie Iscovich, Shelby LaRosa, Molly Myers, Derek Nemechek and Alexi Theodore.  For more information and tickets, visit

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Music Professor Gives Master Class at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

March 8, 2013 by | CoPA News

William Fitzpatrick, adjunct professor of music, gave a master class in violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on February 23. The class featured performances of pieces by Bach, Barber and Tchaikovsky.  Professor Fitzpatrick also enjoyed visiting with former students from MusiShare and Chapman that are currently attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

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Stage Door Integrates Production and Student Research

March 8, 2013 by | CoPA News

Chapman University’s Department of Theatre is producing the 1936 classic comedy, Stage Door, directed by professor Dr. Nina LeNoir, with thirty-two student actors, four student stage managers, a creative and design team of seven students, staff and faculty, six additional support staff members, and a student production crew of thirty-three. That’s eighty-two students, faculty

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