Temple College students and alumni attended the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) South Texas Chapter voice competition in Corpus Christi, and several took home top performance honors.
All of the students who participated are under the guidance of Teri Johnson, professor of voice.
“All these students have grown so much as musicians over this year and did some of their best singing at the competition. I’m very proud of them,” Johnson said.
Student awards include:
- Ethan Matous – 1st place, Freshmen Men, Classical Category and winner of the Herald Stark Encouragement Award
- Kaiya Fowler – 1st place, (Temple College graduate and current Texas A&M University-Central Texas music major), Upper Division Musical Theatre Category
- Hope Ash – 1st place, (Temple College graduate and current Texas A&M University-Central Texas music major), Junior Women, Classical Category
- Jouper Muring – 2nd place, Freshmen Men, Classical Category
- Lily Johnson – 2nd place, Lower Division Musical Theatre Category
- Hayley Cavazos – 3rd place, Freshmen Women, Classical Category
- Elizabeth Kropp – Semi-finalist, Sophomore Women, Classical Category
In addition, David Perez-Guerra, Temple College graduate and current Texas A&M University-Central Texas music major received the Student Accompanist Award for his work. Perez-Guerra serves as staff accompanist at Temple College.