PRESENTED BY ACADEMY 2015 Songbook All-Stars SONGBOOK SERIES SPONSOR SHOW & IMAGE DAY SPONSORS PROGRAM SPONSOR PROGRAM SPONSORS: BETTY & IRWIN HELFORD BRITT & JEFF MCDERMOTT Caitlin Aloia, 17 Doylestown, Pennsylvania Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Future Plans: Pursue a career in opera. Kristin Barnes, 17 Carmel, Indiana Carmel High School Future Plans: Become fluent in Spanish and pursue a path in the arts. Tracey Bereford, 17 Dubuque, Iowa Hempstead High School Future Plans: Become a composer and recording artist. Lucas DeBard, 18 Lebanon, Indiana Lebanon High School Future Plans: An ideal career would be a mix of music education and music performance.
Elizabeth DeVoto, 16 St. Louis, Missouri Nerinx Hall High School Future Plans: Aspires to make a living writing and performing original music. Avery Eliason, 18 Lawrenceburg, Indiana Lawrenceburg High School Future Plans: To Create a music-centered community organization. Ethan Farr, 17 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Mustang High School Future Plans: Travel around the world and find a rewarding career. Erika Gill, 18 Darien, Connecticut Darien High School Future Plans: Travel the world and offer help where needed as part of a non-profit or even the United Nations. Trenton Gunsolley, 18 Colorado Springs, Colorado The Classical Academy Future Plans: Perform throughout the world to help communities and cultures. Cate Hayman, 16 Mill Valley, California Tamalpais High School Future Plans: Aspires to perform on Broadway.
Matt Hoffman, 16 Stony Brook, New York Ward Melville High School Future Plans: Aspires to share stories through musicals on Broadway. Kendra Housel, 17 Winona Lake, Indiana Warsaw Community High School Future Plans: Become a college professor in the study of Musical Theater. Leah Huber, 16 Haughton, Lousiana Airline High School Future Plans: Hopes to sing and perform full-time. Olivia Hytha, 18 Berkeley, California Berkeley High School Future Plans: Tell stories everyday as a Broadway performer. DeMar Jackson, 17 Decatur, Illinois Eisenhower High School Future Plans: Wants people to feel his music, know his music, and love his music. Katriona Kennedy, 18 Crestline, California Stathmore Academy Future Plans: Wants to be the next female crooner.
Adam Kruschwitz, 18 Rochester, New York Brighton High School Future Plans: To be a sound recording engineer. Drew Mabusth, 18 Dubuque, Iowa Hempstead High School Future Plans: Be a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist for the rest of her life. Sophia Manternach, 18 Dubuque, Iowa Hempstead High School Future Plans: Be a nurse who heals her patients through music. Rebecca Martin, 16 Syracuse, New York Marcellus High School Future Plans: Be successful in the music industry. Michaela Marymor, 17 Novato, California Novato High School Future Plans: To study theatre and become a performer on Broadway. Jonathan Mitzenmacher, 16 Miami, Florida Coral Reef Senior High School Future Plans: Find something he loves and work hard at it.
Taylor Moran, 17 Aurora, Illinois Metea Valley High School Future Plans: Hopes to become a Broadway/opera crossover performer. Grace Muawad, 18 Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Grosse Pointe South High School Future Plans: Perform on Broadway and inspire others through music. Kathleen Muloma, 17 Carmel, Indiana Carmel High School Future Plans: Become a neurosurgeon and be an inspiration to others. Deirdre Pederson, 16 Westborough, Massachusetts Westborough High School Future Plans: Be a successful jazz singer and songwriter. Logan Rains, 17 San Ramon, California California High School Future Plans: Attend law school and pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Joshua Reinier, 17 San Francisco, California The Nueva Upper School Future Plans: To write and perform songs that further the tradition of jazz as an art form.
Elizabeth Ross, 17 Shreveport, Lousiana Caddo Parish Magnet High School Future Plans: To sing and act professionally for the rest of her life. Geon Ruffin, 17 Lisle, Illinois Homeschooled Future Plans: Pursue musical theater and to one day perform on Broadway. Sharada Shashidhar, 16 Painted Post, New York Corning Painted Post High School Future Plans: Pursue music and become a performing musician. Gwendolyn Sierra, 15 Long Beach, California Millikan High School Future Plans: Become a professional singer and perform on Broadway. Sydney Sorrell, 18 Carmel, Indiana Carmel High School Future Plans: Spread happiness and promote acceptance for all. Madelyn Steuer, 17 Jeffersonville, Indiana Assumption High School Future Plans: Study biology and musical theater. Wants to study the effects of music on the brain.
Matthew Straw, 18 Columbia. Missouri Hickman High School Future Plans: Become a professional operatic tenor and chorus master in an opera house. Katie Swaney, 17 Greenwood, Indiana Center Grove High School Future Plans: Perform on Broadway and be known for helping and encouraging others. April Varner, 18 Toledo, Ohio Notre Dame Academy Future Plans: Study music at IU and win a Tony Award and Grammy Award in jazz and opera. Noah Virgile, 18 Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington High School Future Plans: Perform on Broadway and never stop developing and learning. Hannah Vogelsang, 17 Haslett, Michigan Haslett High School Future Plans: To sing at Lincoln Center in New York City. Cole Winston, 16 Hartland, Wisconsin Arrowhead High School Future Plans: To continue performing in any capacity.
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