COVER STORY
A s he prepares to
enter an elite opera program in the fall, Luke Norvell says TMU provided him with the vocal and spiritual training he needed
Luke Norvell loves opera. That’s about as understated as saying the recent graduate of The Master’s University has just an OK singing voice. Norvell, who will soon attend the Academy of Vocal Arts, one of the world’s premier institutions for training opera soloists, wears his devotion to opera on his sleeve. “Opera is an art form that encompasses all art forms,” says Norvell, who also earned acceptance to The Juilliard School. “There's music. There’s dance. There's visual arts. There's singing. There’s instruments. It has everything you need.” As it turned out, Norvell’s passion for opera led him to briefly consider transferring after his freshman year to a larger music program near his home in Washington state. But that never happened.
