The Paul and Linda Kahn Foundation History, Education, the Arts & Religion
The Paul and Linda Kahn Foundation History, Education, the Arts & Religion
2017 Winner Michaela Wright
Michaela Wright is the winner for 2017. She is a senior at Jacksonville University where she studies privately with Dr. Jay Ivey for the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance. She is pursuing an education minor and currently serves as president of the Student National Association of Teaching of Singing(SNATS) at Jacksonville University. This year she took first place in the National Association of Teaching of Singing North Florida Chapter audition, in the category for fourth and fifth year college/independent classical female singers. She is an executive member of the Alpha Psi Omega Phi Iota Cast and maintains memberships in Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, the NSLS, Phi Kappa Lambda, the Jacksonville University GSA and is on the Dean's Council for the Fine Arts.
Winner recital audio recording, March 5, 2017
Riverside Park United Methodist Church
Jacksonville, Florida
- Zigeunermelodien: 1. Mein lied etront..... Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
- Zigeunermelodien: 2. Ei Wie mein triangel
- Zigeunermelodien: 3. Rings ist der Wald
- Zigeunermelodien: 4. Als die alte mutter
- Monk and His Cat.....Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- Bessie Bobtail.....Samuel Barber
- My Lizard.....Samuel Barber
- Must the Winter Come So Soon (Vanessa).....Samuel Barber
- Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Werther).....Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
- Paysage.....Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
- Fetes Galantes.....Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
- Cruda Sorte(L'italiana in Algeri).....Gioachinno Rossini (1792-1868)
- Sposa son disprezzata(Bajazet).....Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Unusual Way(Nine).....Maury Yeston (b. 1945)
- I'm Not Alone (Carrie the Musical).....Michael Gore (b. 1951)