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Seven PCC Music Students Selected For  National Two Year College Honor Choir

12/14/2006: Seven Polk Community College music majors were recently selected to perform in the National Two Year College Honor Choir in March at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach. Their selection was based on nationwide auditions. PCC had the most students selected out of all the community colleges in Florida. This is the first time that singers from PCC have received national recognition.

Sponsor of the event is the American Choral Director's Association, which is America's most scholarly organization of choral musicians.

The students are: Andrew Canlon, Melinda Day of Lakeland, Gayle Gelman of Lakeland, Monica Molina of Lakeland, Brandy Schwarting of Lakeland and Chelsea Wright of Lakeland.

Nicholas Folkes of Lakeland was selected as a member of the National Multi-Cultural Honor Choir made up of singers from high school through professional singers. Nicholas attended PCC during the fall and has been accepted by Florida State University School of Music and will begin there in January.

“We are so fortunate to have so many of our students selected for this honor,” said John Anderson, PCC’s Music Department Coordinator. “These students are working very hard to become outstanding professional musicians. I am proud to have them represent PCC music at the national level.”