{"id":2892,"date":"2010-05-17T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2010-10-26T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T18:31:19","slug":"student-wins-1st-place-at-the-national-association-for-teachers-of-singing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2010\/05\/student-wins-1st-place-at-the-national-association-for-teachers-of-singing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student wins 1st Place at the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<a title=\"Student wins 1st Place at the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition by UTChattanooga, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/utchattanooga\/4616814114\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3304\/4616814114_e7de2a67e5.jpg\" alt=\"Student wins 1st Place at the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>\n<p>Sonia Rippe placed first in the Upperclassmen Division of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Musical Theater category in the mid-south regional competition.\u00a0 \u00a0Rippe, a native of Memphis, Tennessee who studies voice with Dr. Rebecca St. Goar, performed four songs from musicals.<\/p>\n<p>Rippe performed four songs from musicals meeting different time period qualifications. Her selections included: &#8220;See, I&#8217;m Smiling,&#8221; from <em>The Last Five Years<\/em>; \u201cBewitched,&#8221; from <em>Pal Joey<\/em>; &#8220;I Speak Six Languages,&#8221; from <em>The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/em>; and &#8220;A Change in Me,&#8221; from <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rippe has been a member of the Chamber Singers for three and a half years, and she has toured Austria, recorded Roland Carter&#8217;s CD &#8220;In Bright Mansions,&#8221; and performed with the CSO Chorus. She also participates in other music-related activities, such as productions with the Chattanooga Theater Center and performances in the Phi Mu Alpha Symphonia fraternity &#8220;All Sing&#8221; competition with her sorority, Chi Omega.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonia Rippe placed first in the Upperclassmen Division of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Musical Theater category in the mid-south regional competition.\u00a0 \u00a0Rippe, a native of Memphis, Tennessee who studies voice with Dr. Rebecca St. Goar, performed four songs from musicals. 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