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Hitting a High Note
Date: 10/29/2012 By Kathryn Hopper, TCU Magazine
The first time Darren Woods heard her voice, he was at church.
Woods, general director for the Fort Worth Opera, had been coaxed into the choir at First Presbyterian Church and was awestruck by the soprano soloist.
“After the service I went up to her and said, ‘Who are you, why don’t I know you and why aren’t you singing opera?’ ”
Her name was Ava Pine, and at the time she was an undergraduate music major at TCU who had grown up on a ranch outside Fredericksburg singing country music with her singer-songwriter dad. On campus, Pine developed a passion for theater, but arias weren’t part of her plans.
“The opera bug hadn’t bitten me yet,” Pine says over iced java at a Fort Worth coffee house.
It took a few years, but Pine eventually found her way to the opera stage, drawing raves from critics who have dubbed her a “vocal queen” who sings and performs with “heartbreaking, honeyed sweetness.”
To read the full TCU Magazine article, click here.
Date: 10/29/2012 By Kathryn Hopper, TCU Magazine
The first time Darren Woods heard her voice, he was at church.
Woods, general director for the Fort Worth Opera, had been coaxed into the choir at First Presbyterian Church and was awestruck by the soprano soloist.
“After the service I went up to her and said, ‘Who are you, why don’t I know you and why aren’t you singing opera?’ ”
Her name was Ava Pine, and at the time she was an undergraduate music major at TCU who had grown up on a ranch outside Fredericksburg singing country music with her singer-songwriter dad. On campus, Pine developed a passion for theater, but arias weren’t part of her plans.
“The opera bug hadn’t bitten me yet,” Pine says over iced java at a Fort Worth coffee house.
It took a few years, but Pine eventually found her way to the opera stage, drawing raves from critics who have dubbed her a “vocal queen” who sings and performs with “heartbreaking, honeyed sweetness.”
To read the full TCU Magazine article, click here.
