Student Megan Bennett to attend the University of Miami's Frost School of Music:

The faculty and staff of the Louisiana Academy of Performing Arts wish to congratulate student Megan Bennett for her acceptance into the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.  Ms. Bennett has been a student at the River Ridge School of Music for the past ten years during which time she has studied piano with Russell Tucker and voice (seven years) with Stacy Chamblin, Paulina Kocic, and, most recently, Rebecca Caston.

In addition to her studies at LAAPA, Ms. Bennett has also studied Classical Voice and Musical Theatre at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for the past four years with Phyllis Treigle, Blake Coheley, Ron Bermingham, and Donald Lewis.  A complete list of her theatre performances and vocal repertoire is below.

Megan will be working towards a degree in both Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance at UM.  We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors! 

 

Theatre Experience:

 

3/05     Starmites, Canibelle, NOCCA-Riverfront, Dir.—Blake Coheley

11/04   Running Through Time, Ensemble, NOCCA-Riverfront, Dir.—Blake Coheley

6/04     Meet Me in St. Louis, Rose Smith, Jefferson Players, Dir.—Susan Tolliver

6/03     Annie Get Your Gun, Pawnee Bill, Jefferson Players, Dir.—Susan Tolliver

3/03     Dames at Sea, Harriet Hennessy, McGehee School, Dir.—Emily McClain

6/02     Bye, Bye Birdie, Chorus, Jefferson Players, Dir.—Susan Tolliver

3/02     Tintypes, Chorus, McGehee School, Dir.—Alton Geno

11/00    11/00   You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, McGehee School, Dir.—Margaret Albert

3/00     Anything Goes, Chorus, McGehee School, Dir.—Gary Rucker

7/99     Guys and Dolls, Arvide, Tulane Little Lyric, Dir.—Cassie Worley

6/99     L’il Abner, Scarlett, Jefferson Players, Dir.—Susan Tolliver

Vocal Repertoire:

Barber                                     “The Daises”

Bart                                         “Who Will Buy?”

Bernstein and Sondheim            “I Feel Pretty”

Burton and Lane                       “How Are Things in Glocca Morra”

Caccini                                     “Amarilli”

Carissimi                                  “Vittoria, mio core!”

Dowland                                  “Come Again, Sweet Love”

Durante                                    “Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile”

Giordani                                   “Caro mio ben”

Kander and Ebb                       “Maybe This Time”

Kellam                                     “As Joseph was a-walking”

Kern and Hammerstein             “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”

Lerner and Loewe                    “The Simple Joys of Maidenhood”

Lennon and McCartney            “In My Life”

Menken and Rice                     “Home”

Morley                                     “Now Is the Month of Maying”

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “A Cockeyed Optimist”

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “Honey Bun”

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “If I Loved You

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy”

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “The Sound of Music”

Rodgers and Hammerstein        “You’ll Never Walk Alone”

Rodgers and Hart                     “My Funny Valentine”

Rodgers and Hart                     “To Keep My Love Alive”

Sondheim                                 “On the Steps of the Palace”

Sondheim                                 “Everybody Says Don’t”

Strouse and Adams                  “Applause”

Styne and Sondheim                 “If Momma Was Married”

Webber and Black                   “Tell Me On a Sunday”