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  • Pedro Medeiros
    January 22, 2021 by

    Pedro Medeiros is a Doctor of Arts student in piano. “I started to learn keyboard when I was about 10 years old. At first it was to play during the mass at my local church, and then I started piano lessons when I was 14. I was super young and had no idea where piano […]

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  • Rachel Gripp
    January 22, 2021 by

    Rachel Gripp is a senior music performance major from Fort Wayne. Rachel has been playing the oboe for 11 years. “I started playing the oboe when I was in 6th grade. My dad played bassoon in high school and he inspired me to start the oboe. Even though he played the bassoon, he also loved […]

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  • Katie Buchholz
    January 22, 2021 by

    Katie Buchholz is a senior from Carmel, IN. “I have been playing viola since fifth grade. Originally, I started on piano and violin but never got into them. I think what most inspired me to play in orchestras was being exposed to them at the very young age of two or three. I think I […]

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  • Paige Lundy
    December 7, 2020 by

    Paige Lundy is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Music, and is also working towards earning her teaching license. She is currently student teaching at Mount Comfort Elementary. Her hometown is Greenwood, IN. “I have been involved in choir since 4th grade, and that’s what really started my music career. I was […]

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  • Aaron Paige
    December 7, 2020 by

    Dr. Aaron Paige is a native of Detroit, MI. From 2012-2016, Dr. Paige was a member of the Singing Sergeants of the United States Air Force Band. He holds a BA in music from Morehouse College, an MM in voice performance from The Ohio State University, and a DMA in voice performance from the University […]

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  • Braden Allison
    December 7, 2020 by

    Braden is a freshman Music and Theatre Creation Major from South Bend, IN. He will be performing the role of Mr. Upfold, the mayor, in Ball State Opera Theater’s upcoming production of Albert Herring. “I have been studying voice seriously for 5 years because I started realizing that music was more than just a small […]

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  • Kieran McNamara
    November 10, 2020 by

    Kieran McNamara is a Trumpet Performance major with a second major in music media production, from Bloomington, Indiana. “I’ve been playing trumpet for about 14 years now, I started around 4th or 5th grade. It’s kind of funny now, but I remember I started playing because of cartoons of all things. I’d get up early […]

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  • Michael Pounds
    November 2, 2020 by

    Dr. Michael Pounds is the professor of music theory and composition, and a co-director of the Music Media Production program, from Maple Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. “I am finishing up my 20th year at Ball State. This is really my first job teaching music, so I have been teaching for 20 years. What I […]

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  • Noah Smith
    November 2, 2020 by

    Noah Smith is a Junior music education major, from Evansville, IN. “I began playing music at a young age, experimenting with the harmonica, piano, recorder, and a small drum pad. I was originally inspired to do music through listening to it all the time because of my father. He would be listening to something all […]

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  • Madison Relue
    November 2, 2020 by

    Madison Relue is from Fishers, Indiana. She is in her senior year as a Choral and General Music Education Major. “Voice is my primary instrument. I’ve been singing for as long as I can remember. I was involved in choir and theatre from a very young age. “I’ve made so many memories in my short […]

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