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Welcome to the Austin Peay State University Voice Area page! This page will feature all kinds of information regarding our program, faculty, and students.

09/17/2026

🎶 VOICE AT APSU! 🎶

Are you passionate about singing and looking for a place to grow as a musician, performer, educator, or conductor?

The Austin Peay State University Department of Music Voice Area has opportunities for you! ❤️🎶

Our voice program offers a supportive and vibrant environment where students can develop their artistry, musicianship, and confidence while working with dedicated faculty and performing in a variety of ensembles and productions.

Whether your goal is to perform on stage, teach the next generation, conduct choirs, or pursue graduate study, your voice has a place at APSU!

🎓 MUSIC STUDENT FOR A DAY
📅 October 14, 2026 | 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

Curious about what it’s really like to be a music student at APSU? Join us for Music Student For A Day and experience college music life firsthand!
High school students will have the opportunity to:
🎵 Explore our music degrees
🎵 Sit in on classes and ensemble rehearsals
🎵 Have a one-on-one lesson with one of our professors
🎵 Ask questions during a faculty Q&A
🎵 Learn about auditions, scholarships, and the music major experience

Whether you’re already planning to major or minor in music—or you’re simply curious about what life as a college music student is like—this is a great opportunity to experience APSU Music! ❤️

Come visit us, meet our faculty, experience our music community, and discover where your voice can take you! 🎶

08/27/2026

🎶 Music Student for a Day is back!

High school students, come experience what it’s like to be an APSU music student!

- Sit in on classes and rehearsals
- Have a private lesson
- Meet our faculty and current students
- Explore our programs and scholarship opportunities

Get a taste of life in the APSU Department of Music!

Whether you’re interested in Music Education, Performance, Composition, Music Therapy, or another area of music, this is a great opportunity to see yourself at Austin Peay! 🎵💛❤️

📅 Music Student for a Day
📍 Austin Peay State University
🔗 Registration and more details at apsu.edu/music/visit

08/21/2026

This Sunday at 2pm at First Presbyterian Church of Clarksville!

Three of our wonderful voice alums and current MM in collaborative piano student!

Don’t miss it!

APSU Voice Area
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University
Patrons of APSU Music
APSU Opera
Katelyn Gabler
Larry Cotton Jr

03/16/2026

We are so excited to host Dr. Kari Ragan this week at Department of Music, Austin Peay State University thanks in large part to funding from Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU! See her list of activities - many exciting lectures and two vocal masterclasses, one for us with our graduate voice students and one for Mid-South NATS!

Learn more about her here: https://kariragan.com/

10/29/2024

Please join us for this fabulous FREE concert of gorgeous French vocal music by Gabriel Fauré! This concert is 100 years to the day of celebrated French composer’s death and Dr. Min Sang Kim, Dr. Jeffrey Williams, their private voice students, and our gifted collaborative pianists, will be performing nineteen of his just over 100 song output in one evening! At the start of the recital, Dr. Williams will give some context discussing the development of French mélodie, French sensibilité, and Fauré’s style. Our students have worked hard and sound outstanding! AND we’ll have a reception after the performance of delicious French treats! Join us and enjoy!

Monday, November 4th
5:30pm
Mabry Concert Hall
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University

Patrons of APSU Music
Katelyn Gabler
Min Sang Kim
Jan Corrothers
Jeffrey Williams
Larry Cotton Jr
Ninfa Garcia Yanez
Bailey Ables
College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University

09/17/2024

APSU Opera Theatre, directed by Dr. Penelope Shumate, is pleased to host a Masterclass with Bass-Baritone Richard Ollarsaba featuring APSU Opera Theatre student performers this Thursday, September 19, 2024, (3:45-5:30pm) in Heydel Hall in the Art and Design Building at Austin Peay State University. Special Thanks to the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU (CECA) for providing a grant to make this possible. This event is free and open to the Public. Mr. Ollarsaba is pictured below in Carmen with the Glimmerglass Festival. Photo below by Karli Cadel.

College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University
APSU Opera

Mexican-American bass-baritone, Richard Ollarsaba, praised by The Washington Post for his “meltingly smooth bass-baritone” and for “evoking a young Ruggero Raimondi in looks and manner”, represented the USA in the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, was a member of the prestigious Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago for three seasons, and a grand finalist in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He has performed roles with Pensacola Opera, Opera Columbus, Portland Opera, Piedmont Opera, Arizona Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Chicago Opera Theater, Knoxville Opera, Opera Hong Kong, Opera Grand Rapids, Opera Carolina, Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Kentucky Opera, North Carolina Opera, Tulsa Opera, Annapolis Opera, Barhabor Music Festival, Jacksonville Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wolf Trap Opera, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, Opera Omaha, and Opera Cleveland. As a concert soloist, he has performed with the Mainly Mozart Festival, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Madison Bach Musicians, the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, the Ravinia Festival, the Macon Symphony Orchestra, the Master Chorale of South Florida, the Salisbury Symphony, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. www.richardollarsaba.com

05/19/2024

Thank you to Fort Campbell High School Choir for hosting APSU Opera Theatre to perform excerpts from their spring 2024 production of The Magic Flute, directed by Dr. Penelope Shumate.

College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University
APSU Opera
Austin Peay State University

05/18/2024

Thank you to Rossview High School Choir for hosting APSU Opera to perform excerpts from their spring 2024 production of The Magic Flute, directed by Dr. Penelope Shumate.

APSU Opera
College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University

05/17/2024

Thank you to Kirkwood High School for hosting APSU Opera Theatre to perform excerpts from their spring 2024 production of The Magic Flute, directed by Dr. Penelope Shumate.

APSU Opera
College of Arts & Letters at Austin Peay State University
Department of Music, Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University
Kirkwood High School

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798 Marion Street
Clarksville, TN
37040

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http://www.apsu.edu/music

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