DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE

Petrie School voice students receive comprehensive training at all stages of development. In addition to individual training with professional faculty members, students are encouraged to participate in the school’s three choral ensembles: the Converse Chorale, the Chamber Singers, and the Spartanburg Festival Chorus. Voice students also participate in the Converse Opera Theatre.

Recent masterclasses have been taught by Marilyn Horne and John Wustman. Graduates of the voice program have gone on to complete successful graduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Converse College, the Longy School of Music in Boston, the New England Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music, and other major institutions.

FACULTY Beverly Reed Hay Daniel Professor of Voice DM, Indiana University BA, MM, University of South Carolina Keith Jones Associate Professor of Voice and Choirs BM, Furman University MCM, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary DM, Indiana University Susan Lyle Associate Professor of Voice; Director of Choral Activities DMA, University of Oregon MM, Peabody Conservatory of Music BA, Kalamazoo College Valerie MacPhail Lecturer in Voice DMA, University of South Carolina MM, The Florida State University BA, The College of William and Mary Ms. Rebecca Turner Associate Professor of Voice Director of Converse Opera Theatre MM, University of North Texas BM, Shorter College

580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
phone: 800-766-1125  email: music@converse.edu

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