Student Achievements
College and Careers
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Students from this studio have gone on to major in music at the following universities:
University of Alabama (music ed)
NYU Tisch (music theater)
University of Texas (music education and Longhorn Singers show choir)
Berklee
Middle Tennessee State University
Molloy/CAP21 (music theater)
University of Oklahoma
Belmont University (commercial music and songwriting)
West Texas A&M (music theater)
Texas Christian University (music theater, vocal performance, and composition)
Ball State University (music theater)
Chicago Conservatory of Performing Art (vocal performance and music theater)
Brigham Young University (vocal performance and music education)
University of Missouri (music theater)
Baylor University (vocal performance)
University of Central Oklahoma (music theater)
Ouachita Baptist (music education)
Pace (music theater)
SMU (vocal performance)
College Conservatory of Music-University of Cincinnati (music theater)
UTA (music business)
University of Arkansas
Oklahoma City University (music theater)
UNT (music education and electronic music)
2023-24
Congratulations to Clare Kernan for making the All-State Mixed Choir!!!! This is her third year in the All-State Choir!
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Congratulations to all these students who advanced through the All-State Choir process!
Pre-Area:Violet Barrientos and Hari Vasudevan
Region Mixed Choir: Arden Berry & Abby Foster
Region Treble Choir: Riya Dutta, Ishani Gandi, Penny Gerrick, Caroline Massey, Aditi Srikanth, Katie Scruggs, Bria White
9/10 District Honor Choir: Leo Wanjura
Middle School All-Region: Jevan Casten
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Exciting news for a graduate! Emma Cave is finishing her senior year at TCU, and she has been accepted to Kingston University in London to work on her Masters of Music!
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MCMTA Fall Festival was a great experience! Matthew Williams, Brooklyn Williams, Kaitlyn Haithcock, and Eunice Tjio all received Superior ratings on their piano solos! Anishka Chokshi, Violet Barrientos, Brooklyn, and Maddie Pratt all received Superior + ratings on their vocal solos! We enjoyed Violet and Anishka singing in the Honors Recital.
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Violet Barrientos, Vitali Rogel, Aditi Srikanth, Tianah Mathew, Maddie Pratt, and Liana Su went to Tarleton to compete at DFW NATS, and all of them for the first time. Aditi and Tianah missed semi-finals by only one point! Liana made semi-finals. And Maddie, our 7th grader, made finals and won 4th place in music theater! Then we also received the news from Texoma region NATS that Anishka got 1st place in music theater, and Clare got 5th place, so both will be moving on to National preliminaries! Congrats to all these students for their incredibly hard work!
2022-23
Congratulations to past student, Sophia Formella, who will be a Teaching Artist at Houston Grand Opera, and will also be a Teaching Artist at the Metropolitan Opera!
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Congratulations to our FIVE National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists: Rylee Hunt, Nora Sammons, Malini Sampath, Malia Hall, and Abhi Maddukuri!
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Congratulations to all the students who advanced through the first round of All-State Choir auditions! Ishani Gandi (3rd), Caroline Massey, Nora Sammons (2nd) Anna Claire Scherler (3rd), Alex Lentz, Abby Foster (3rd), Clare Kernan (2nd), Malini Sampath (8th), Malia Hall (3rd), Sophia Deng (7th), Rylee Hunt (2nd), Violet Barrientos, Grace Kidd, Hari Vasudevan, Carl Jenkins, Adam Szkudlarek, and Luka Vidacak
2021-22
Congratulations to Clare Kernan, who made 3rd chair in the All-State Mixed Choir this year as a freshman! We also had a lot of students who advanced in the TMEA choir auditions! Rylee Hunt, Adam Szkudlarek, Jetta Thompson, Sophia Deng, Erin Pitcher, and Jack Lambeth all made the All-Region Mixed Choir. Katie Chon, Lindsey Hough, and Anna Claire Scherler made the All-Region Treble Choir. Arden Berry, Ishani Gandi, Caroline Massey, Abby Foster, and Cale Meacham all made the 9/10 Honor Choir.
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We also had several students who made the SWACDA Honor Choir that performed in Arkansas: Cale Meacham, Adam Szkudlarek, and Abby Foster.
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MCMTA Fall Festival at TCC…all superior ratings! Wow! In the piano division, Eunice, Jackson, Matthew, Andrew and Kaitlyn. In the voice division, Maddie, Anishka, Gavin, and Aditi. Anishka, Aditi, and Maddie were chosen to sing in the honor recital.
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Matthew W. earned a superior plus rating at MCMTA Sonatina Festival!
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We had 2 semi-finalists at DFW NATS auditions: Nora S. (Upper HS Music Theater Treble) and Arden B. (Lower HS Music Theater Treble).
We had 3 finalists/winners at DFW NATS auditions: Clare K. 2nd place (lower HS Classical Treble)
Anishka C. 3rd place (lower HS Music Theater Treble)
Aditi S. 2nd place (7th grade Classical)
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2020-21
Congratulations to the following students who advanced in the All-State Choir process this year through virtual auditions! Jetta Thompson, Nora Sammons, Hayley Epps, Sophia Deng, Tessa Anderson, Ashlyn Bowman, Adam Szkudlarek, Jack Lambeth, Sean Kelson, and Desmond Reusch
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We had 12 entries into the MCMTA Fall Festival, and we had 12 Superior or Superior Plus ratings! Congratulations to Jackson and Andrew, who did both voice and piano categories! Congratulations to Matthew, Kaitlyn, and Lizzy for their piano performances, and to Ramitha, Hadley, Clare, Audrey, and Aditi for their vocal solos.
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Trekorda hosted two virtual festivals, and Andrew Thomas received a Superior rating on his piano solo in their Solo and Ensemble Contest. Clare Kernan received a Superior rating and Outstanding Performer for TheatreFest.
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We had 5 winners this year at the DFW NATS auditions! Aditi Srikanth placed 3rd in the 6th grade classical youth division; Clare Kernan placed 1st in the 8th grade classical treble division; Jackson Williams placed 1st in the 8th grade classical TTB division; Sophia Deng placed 5th in 9th/10th grade music theater; and Deborah Tjio placed 4th in 11th/12th classical treble.
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Kaitlyn, Jackson, Andrew, Aditi, and Hadley all received superior ratings on their sonatas for MCMTA Sonata Festival this spring, and Matthew also received an excellent rating.