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Wacoans of note in opera and letters
By Carl Hoover
| Friday, May 2, 2008, 02:51 PM
I’m a little late sharing these items, but they’re still noteworthy.
Soprano Amber Wellborn, a former Waco resident and Midway High School grad, recently won the top $8,000 prize at the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition April 19 in Dallas. Wellborn, a voice student at the University of North Texas, sang “Vilja’s Lied” from Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” and “Come scoglio” from Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” in the final round to take top honors.
Some may remember Amber when she sang on the national youth classical music radio program “From the Top” when it taped a broadcast from Baylor University’s Jones Concert Hall in 2002.
On the literary front, William V. Davis, Baylor writer-in-residence and English professor, is the new president of the Texas Institute of Letters. The 72-year-old organization rewards good writing and encourages Texas literature.
The institute’s annual meeting was held in Dallas and Davis tells me that next year’s meeting will take place in Waco.
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