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| Members of the UTPA Choir brought home several awards after competing in El Paso and San Antonio recently. Pictured left is Esperanza Medina, Celinda Herevia, Julissa Herrera and Rebecca Gutierrez. Not pictured is Lenette Hernandez and Denisse Martinez. | |
Five other UTPA choir members, all sopranos, received honors at the Student Auditions of the South Texas Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing at Trinity University in San Antonio.
Rebecca Gutierrez, a UTPA junior, was named a semi-finalist in the competition. Lenette Hernandez, senior, took first while Celinda Herevia, junior, placed second. Taking third was Denisse Martinez, senior and in fourth was Julissa Herrera, sophomore.
Medina, Herevia and Herrera are under the direction of Ruth Crews – a UTPA assistant professor of music – while Gutierrez, Hernandez and Martinez are under the direction of Dr. Vivian Munn, a UTPA associate professor.
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