Good morning, Hilltoppers! Please read on for information on WKU University Singer's KMEA performance, as well as a HERALD 100 profile piece and two WKU Basketball pieces as the Lady Toppers look to defeat the Owls. Happy Thursday, and as always, GO TOPS!
Lauren Whitham, associate director conducts during Western Kentucky University’s spring choir concert on Friday, March 8, 2024. Photo by Eli Randolph.
Kaylee Hawkins | News Reporter
The WKU University Singers will attend the Kentucky Music Education Association (KMEA) conference on Friday, Feb. 7.
The University Singers is a mixed ensemble including soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts It is open to all students, regardless of major, through an audition process, according to its website
Sara-Kate Wiseman, senior public relations and music major who has been with the WKU choir program since her freshman year, emphasized the achievement performing at KMEA means for the program.
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Before skyrocketing herself into a position as the Director of Government Relations for Mosaic, Alyse Preston began her career at WKU in 1993 concluding her bachelor’s degree in photojournalism and anthropology in 1998 Preston began her time at the College Heights Herald as a staff photographer, eventually becoming a photo editor while learning to deal with stressful situations inside the newsroom “I was basically a top social worker for the last 20 years, and my working at the Herald and my photojournalism degree set me up so well,” Preston said.
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