Melisa Rivera Earned Placement in Competitive Choral Festival

2014 Nov 13

Melisa Rivera of Reading, Pa., was one of six Alvernia students to earn placement and participate in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Chorus Association Festival, held Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at East Stroudsburg University.

A Nursing major at Alvernia, Rivera had to pass a challenging live audition in order to participate, and then rehearsed for about 17 hours over the next two and a half days under the direction of Dr. Peter Bagley, professor emeritus, University of Connecticut.

The festival culminated in a concert on Saturday, November 1.

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