Voice Student Places Third in National Competition

Music major James Matens earned third place in the Lower College / Independent Studio Men category at the final round of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2017 National Student Auditions, held on Friday, July 21, at the University of Colorado-Boulder College of Music. Matens, a bass, is a student of Dr. Brian Arreola. In March he placed second in the First Year College Men Division at the NATS Mid-Atlantic Region Student Auditions, held at UNC Chapel Hill.