The Georgia NATS competition (National Association of Teachers of Singing) took place November 6-7 at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Here are the CSU students who placed in the 2015 Georgia NATS competition:
- Lar'Kara Betha, 1st Place First Year College Women, Student of Michelle DeBruyn
- Erica Humbert, 2nd Place Fourth/Fifth Year College Women, Student of Earl Coleman
- Brittany Parker, 2nd Place First Year College Women, Student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
- William Rollins, 2nd Place First Year College Men, Student of Earl Coleman
- Nick White, 2nd Place, Lower level Musical Theater College Men, Student of Earl Coleman
- Nick White, 2nd Place Second Year College Men, Student of Earl Coleman
- Chase Worthey, 2nd Place Second Year College Women, Student of Earl Coleman
- Olivia McWaters, 3rd Place First Year College Women, Student of Earl Coleman
- Janice Lynch, 3rd Place Second Year College Women, Student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
- Brielle Sims, 3rd Place Second Year College Women, Student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
- Katherine Holbrook, 3rd Place Second Year College Women, Student of Earl Coleman
- Brianna Wilson, 3rd Place Third Year College Women, Student of Earl Coleman
Dian Lawler-Johnson had three private students also place in the competition this weekend: Lindsay Head, 1st Place Overall Lower High School Women; Sarah Clements, 2nd Place Upper High School Women; and Robin Lindsay, 2nd Place Advance College/Independent Studio Women.
Students were skillfully accompanied all weekend long by Columbus State's Janie Lee Bullock, Aesook Lim, Tatiana Muzanova, Mary Walker, and Shanshan Xie. Credit also is due to those vocal area faculty who were not present at the event: Kimberly Cone, Joseph Golden, Michelle Herring, and Constantina Tsolainou.
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