OPUS Tradition Continues to Celebrate Student Scholarship
It may have been snowing outside last Tuesday, but the tradition of OPUS continued! While some aspects looked a little different, due to maintaining safety protocols, the day was a celebration of scholarship, music, art, and more. This year also marked the 1st Annual聽 GRUMPUS–a fantastic extension of OPUS that includes graduate research projects hosted through a partnership with the OPUS committee and Graduate Faculty.
Winners of this year’s OPUS competitions include:
OPUS 2021 Music Competition
Vocal solo
1st Place
Olivia De Jong: 鈥淣ow Robed in Cool Refreshing Green,鈥� from The Creation, by F. J. Haydn
2nd Place (tie)
Javonta Howard: 鈥淪ummertime,鈥� from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin
Ryan Van Gilst: 鈥淲ith You,鈥� from Pippin, by Stephen Schwartz
Instrumental solo
1st Place
Ranita Luhur, piano: Winter Rhapsody, by Dennis Alexander
2nd Place
Nathan Hiltner, trumpet: An Autumn Day, by Herbert L. Clarke
3rd Place
Jack Waanders, piano: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397, by W. A. Mozart
Original composition
1st Place
Nathan Hiltner: Onwards, for concert band
2nd Place
Angie Castro: 鈥淭o Pray,鈥� for soprano and piano
3rd Place
Madison Mills: Spring 2021, for viola, cello, and piano
OPUS 2021 Art Show
Best in Show
Gabrielle Lenting: Decomposing City
Drawing, Painting, and Mixed Media
1st Place
Maggie Pate: Floral Portrait
2nd Place
Melanie Van Til: Saysha
3rd Place
Anne James: Self-Critical
Graphic Design & Digital Design
1st Place
Ryan Van Gilst: Rural Flight
2nd Place
Reanne Fopma: Family Through Fonts
3rd Place
Reanne Fopma: New Lens
Printmaking & Photography
1st Place
Yuri Coleman: Before and After Virus
2nd Place
Gabrielle Lenting: Cyanotype
3rd Place
Julia Belcher: Untitled 3 (Native Frogsake!?)
Sculpture and 3D
1st Place
Anne James: Songbird Syndrome
2nd Place
Anne James: What Defines Woman
3rd Place
Anne James: Within Without
2021 Presentation Competition Winners
1st Place
Rachel Babiak. 鈥淎rchival Study of Psalms, Hymns, & Other Theological Texts Attached to Dutch Bibles in the 18th & 19th Centuries.鈥�
2nd Place
Alexis Langellier. 鈥淧oetry & Mathematics.鈥�
3rd Place (tie)
Melanie VanTil. 鈥淐reating Graphic Novels: Script-writing & Illustration.鈥�
Karen Jegadish, Alexis Langellier, and Aidan Monner. 鈥淪peedy Series for Lethargic Logarithms.鈥�
