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Dana School of Music students and faculty traditionally do 120 concerts each school year. Some of those shows still happened in 2020-21, but the students mostly played in empty performance spaces and the listeners enjoyed them through a computer screen or a cellphone. But students will get a few opportunities to play for people, and the community will get a chance to enjoy some free live music as Youngstown State University’s music school plans three outdoor concerts on Saturday, Sunday and M...

jtwhitehouse@tribtoday.com Submitted photo Opera Western Reserve Board member and Dana School of Music student Sierra McCorvey, a Howland High School graduate, performs in “Suor (Sister) Angelica.” A little encouragement was all it took to set Howland High School graduate Sierra McCorvey on her journey of a lifetime. From a high school band member, she rose to become a top local opera talent. McCorvey graduated from Howland in 2009. She recalls her high school music teachers who helped her ...

Dec 11, 2020 Three Dana School of Music graduate students won awards at the fall National Association of Teachers of Singing Ohio Chapter Virtual Audition. Sierra McCorvey of Warren, a second-year graduate student who is pursuing a master’s degree in vocal performance, placed first in the Adult Singer category. Chase Upchurch of Titusville, Pa., a first-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in choral conducting, tied for second place in the Upper Musical Theater TBB (tenor, barit...