Vocal students performed scenes from operettas, operas, and plays in the eighth annual Opera Workshop Oct. 25 and 26. “Each night, we sang to a full house and were rewarded with a standing ovation,” said Emily Douglass, co-director of the opera workshop and voice coordinator, opera director, and artist-teacher of music. “This warm response is deeply meaningful to each of...
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Alumni band Lost Mary boasts 63,000 listeners
After graduating from Hillsdale in 2017, Lost Mary band members Luke Martin and David Johnson rejected the nine-to-five teaching jobs they were offered and began walking the tracks with packed bags, hoping to hop a train. After walking for four days and seeing no trains, they discovered a crucial problem: Trains had not run on these tracks in Michigan since...
Hacks for Saga meals
When everything from the cereal to the salad bar is fair game, students get creative in the dining hall. Having many meals’ worth of experience, they shared tricks to making Metz’s food in the Knorr Family Dining Room to their taste. Saga’s soft-serve ice cream machines are many students’ favorite, but some put a twist on it. “I’ve found mixing...
Opera Workshop to premiere this weekend
Voice faculty and students are bringing a bite-sized opera experience to campus with the annual opera workshop. The workshop will be at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 and 26 in McNamara Rehearsal Hall at Howard Music Hall, with no tickets required. Student vocalists will perform scenes from various operas and musicals in the original languages, said Instructor of Voice Kristi...
