By Sydney Hawkins
When Nkeki Obi-Melekwe (MT ’18) was a young girl growing up in the Bronx, she remembers many of Tina Turner’s songs playing in the background of her Saturday and Sunday mornings.
By the time Obi-Melekwe heard those hits coming from her father’s stereo, some of them would be more than 40 years old—which is why many found it hard to believe she could step into the title role for “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” last spring at just 22 years young.
Professor Emeritus H. Robert Reynolds recently authored a new book, In Pursuit of Great Conducting, in collaboration with music education PhD student Doris Doyon. Reynolds served as the director of bands and chair of the conducting department from 1975–2001. Also an...
On September 28 and 29, SMTD’s annual Friends of Opera Competition was held in the Britton Recital Hall. Made possible by the Friends of Opera, a group that supports the Department of Voice & Opera through annual giving, the competition awards prizes to vocal...
