Student Spotlights ✨ 🎶Shannon Braun was selected to join the Minnesota Chorale for the 2025–2026 season. 🎶Cerisa Bray was selected for the All-State Choir this year. 🎶Laila Elazab was named First Place Winner in the Opera Aria Category (Ages 15–17) of the American Protégé International Vocal Competition 2025. She has been invited to perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. MacPhail voice and piano teacher, Mikyoung Park, is proud to share and celebrate these accomplishments of her students! Find your sound and sign up for voice lessons at https://bit.ly/4enwWxj (fb)

MacPhail Center for Music is proud to announce the four recipients of the 2025 McKnight Fellowship for Musicians: Zach Baltich, Mark Billy, Rachael Kilgour, and Nakara Forjé. Nine finalists were named by a four-member panel of experienced music professionals, and four were subsequently chosen to receive the $25,000 McKnight Fellowship for Musicians. More information about each of the 2025 McKnight Musician Fellows can be found on our website: https://www.macphail.org/mcknight-fellowships/ McKnight Foundation Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 15 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently, the foundation contributes approximately $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships. https://www.mcknight.org/programs/arts-culture/mcknight-artist-culture-bearer-fellowships/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--SCn49ObQ6SubhMPCkYuNrCL41kEgdzMj4R2pwa4c9rTSP-m_1Mllf2bKkJpQpv-CLaU0bBfCXeQyr6KJu-hU22gKYwg&_hsmi=368558546&utm_content=368558546&utm_source=hs_email (fb)