UNC Voice

UNC Voice student, Yuliana Rust, wrote a musical! Congrats on your opening weekend!

Student-written musical 'Post Grad' will explore life after graduation A UNC student is turning her writing dreams into a reality with the production of her very own musical.

Please join us for the many wonderful concerts happening as part of this weekend's Festival on the Hill!

We had a wonderful Tenor/Baritone/Bass Master Class with Andrew Garland from University of Colorado Boulder!

Please join us for UNC Opera's performances this weekend!

Congratulations to the UNC Voice students who placed and/or qualified for Nationals at the NATS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference earlier this Spring!

Musical Theater 7A, Third-Year Treble
Gabriela Hinckle, Second Place, Nationals

Musical Theater 7A-1, Third-Year Treble
Ashley Beaman, First Place

Classical 6A, First-Year Tenor/Baritone/Bass
Jake Cheng, Third Place, Nationals

Thanks to UNC Voice alum and acclaimed opera singer, Taylor Raven, for a wonderful master class yesterday!

Congrats to the UNC Voice students and faculty who participated in NC NATS in Greensboro over the weekend. A special congrats to the following students who placed and/or qualified for Regionals!

Category 5A-1, First-Year Treble
Zephyr Yurkutat, Regionals

Category 6A, First-Year Tenor/Baritone/Bass (TBB)
Jake Cheng, First Place, Regionals

Category 5B-1, Second-Year Treble
Anushri Ghoshal, Regionals
Olivia Sewell, Regionals
Aarthi Srinivasan, Regionals

Category 5B-2, Second-Year Treble
Diya Kayaleh, First Place, Regionals
Gracyn Strickland, Regionals
Georgia Ross, Regionals

Category 7A-1, Third-Year Treble
Madeline Meyer, Regionals

Category 7A-2, Third-Year Treble
Amani Clark, Regionals

Category 8A, Third-Year TBB
JohnPaul Savino, Second Place, Regionals

Category 7B, Fourth/Fifth-Year Treble
Victoria Song, Third Place, Regionals
Lindsey Vaughan, Regionals

Congrats to UNC Voice alum, Isabelle Kosempa!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition, held January 10th at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, MA.

David Kahng, Yonghyun Kim, Laura Corina Sanders, Stella FitzGerald, Isabelle Rose Kosempa, Claire Burreson, and Edward Ferran.

Visit noa.org/vocal for vocal competition info.
Visit https://bit.ly/4aIO8vM for news on winners of all the competitions held at the National Opera Association's 2026 national conference.

We're so grateful for a wonderful two days working with Dr. Nino Sanikidze, Artist Teacher of Opera Studies at Rice University. Thanks to the Kenan Music Scholarship program for making this inspiring residency possible!

Congratulations to UNC Voice alum, Julia Holoman, who is the Utah District winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition!