4 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - APRIL 25. 2001
Alan Malpass rehearses with his trumpet in one of the Practice
Rooms near the Music Room. PHOTO: VOICE STAFF
Student fills in at last
minute for Master Class
By JOY cox
Alan Malpass, WCC
College transfer student and
music major, learned on
Sunday, March 18, 2001,
from William Stone,
renowned opera singer, that
singing is a hands-on
experience.
Stone was conducting a
Master Class, an opportunity
for singers to perform and
participate as Stone critiqued
their performance. About 100 ;
persons attended the event.
At 5 minutes before the
program began, Malpass was
asked to replace Walter
Hardy, sophomore music
major at Mount Olive
College.
Malpass is studying to
receive his associate degree in
fme arts in music at WCC
where he works as a practice
room monitor for the Music
Department.
Malpass started taking piano
lessons at 7 years of age. He
played in the band at North
Duplin in the sixth grade.
He plays the trumpet,
percussion, piano, and
recorder, being currently in
WCC’s recorder ensemble.
His voice teacher is
Kathleen Warren.
Stone told Malpass and
other participants in the
Master Class that singing
involves the mouth, tongue,
throat, vocal chords, the
diaphragm—in fact, the whole
body. '
“You must feel as if you
are a column of air. Singers
are a wind, stringed
instrument.”
After Malpass had sung
“Old Man River,” Stone
pointed out correct breathing
by having Malpass place his
hands on Stone’s diaphragnu
Stone told all the singers to
sing down into the body and
push the air through, using the
support that the diaphragm
offers.
Stone advised the singers
that they must “sing into t*he
mask” to achieve resonance.,
“The gathering of sound'
. happens in this resonance
box.”
He said that if singers open
their throats, all the vowels
are in place. “Hook into your
body,” “Don’t stop the sound,
“Use the tongue for correct
diction,” and “Drink the
sound back in” were phrases
he iterated.
Local singers who after
auditions were accepted for
the Master Class included
Rebecca Fordham, former
WCC and Mount Olive
College student now a music
teacher at Wayne Country
Day School; Jamie Britt, a
sophomore music major at
Mount Olive College; Patrick
Finan, a junior at Wayne
Country Day School and
member of StageStruck
Theater.
Also, Sarah Edwards, junior
at Eastern Wayne High
School and member of
StageStruck Theater; Nikki
McLawhom, a junior music
major at Mount Olive
College; and Sharon Zirkle,
senior music major. Mount
Olive College.
Accompanists for the
performers were Dianne
Finan, Tom Casey, Alan
Armstrong, and Nancy
Whalan.
Five members from the
National Opera Company
participated in the Master
Class scheduled to run from 1
to 4 p.m. but actually not
ending until after 5.
Stone thanked the singers
and expressed appreciation
for the opportunity to hear
fine musicians.
For Malpass, the full day of
song and commentary had
ended with everyone more
conscious of the training
necessary to produce a
resonant, articulate voice.
Student heads business
to help women gain
workplace confidence
By TORKESHIA BELLE
Dress for Success of North
Carolina, (DFS, NC) a
nonprofit 501C-3 tax
deductive organization, was
the vision of WCC student
Carolyn Glenn, CEO and
Director.
Glenn founded DFS, NC in
1999 to provide women with
the necessary tools for the
workforce, to increase self
esteem and to help them
become self-sufficient.
DFS, NC assists low-
income women who are
looking for employment.
Glenn said^ “Entering the job
market can be intimidating for
low-income women who do
not have the proper attire or
skills.”.
DFS, NC offers several
services to women only, such
as classes and workshops that
cover an array of interviewing
and job retention skills.
Professional advisers help
clients in handling various
issues related to finances,
family relations, and physical
and emotional balance.
Job referrals are given by
social services, churches^ and
other organizations to help
women find suitable
employment.
Each client is given one set
of professional attire to wear
to an interview. Another set
of clothing is given if the
client receives the job.
In 2000, 89 women gained
employment and received
clothing courtesy of DFS, NC.
DFS, NC, located at 515
East Ash Street, Goldsboro,
NC, is open Monday-Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. The e-mail
address is
www.2.esn.net/dress.
Donations of appropriate
clothing for job interviews are
welcomed. Clothing can
dropped off or picked up.
All donations are used on
the local level to help women
of the community and all
monetary donations are tax
deductible. '
Glenn said she owes much
of her success to the WCC
Small Business Center, where
she gained information on
how to start her own business
from Lalie Cobb, Associate
Director of Marketing.
f
The Voice Box
Editor
Drake Frasure
Adviser
Liz Meador
Reporters and Photographers
Rhonda Aldridge
Torkeshia Belle
^ Pffilfniftdir
Vernon Capps
ilOBjiinifi ©BBw® IPir®ss
Kwai Chun Chan
Kristin A. Cottle
Joy Cox
Tony Denham
Kyra Dorman
This newspaper Is the
product of students taking
JOU 110 and 111
i
Larry Porter
Crystal Strickland
Michael Walters
1