{"id":22587,"date":"2020-08-19T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=22587"},"modified":"2020-08-19T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:26:10","slug":"baylor-choir-extends-school-of-musics-run-of-dominance-at-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2020\/08\/baylor-choir-extends-school-of-musics-run-of-dominance-at-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor choir extends School of Music&#8217;s run of dominance at national competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22588\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/choir-aug20.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor A Cappella Choir performing on campus\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/choir-aug20.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/choir-aug20-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/choir-aug20-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/choir-aug20-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the fifth time in six years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/music\/\">Baylor School of Music<\/a> students have won a national title at The American Prize &#8212; the nation&#8217;s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical arts.<\/p>\n<p>The Baylor Symphony Orchestra won first place at the prestigious competition <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2018\/08\/baylor-orchestra-wins-national-competition-for-4th-straight-year\/\">four years in a row<\/a>, from 2015-18. Now this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/music\/index.php?id=952122\">Baylor A Cappella Choir<\/a> has picked up the baton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=219678\">placing first in the collegiate choral division for 2020<\/a> to bring yet another honor back to the School of Music. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4mAriHk0ELY\">Listen to the Baylor A Cappella Choir in action below<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unclouded Day (arr. Shawn Kirchner) - Baylor University A Cappella Choir\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4mAriHk0ELY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Dr. Brian Schmidt, Baylor&#8217;s A Cappella Choir is the university&#8217;s flagship choral ensemble, featuring both music majors and non-music majors selected by competitive audition.\u00a0The A Cappella Choir performs a wide variety of musical styles, with solo performances and collaborative projects with other areas of the School of Music.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor music students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the fifth time in six years, Baylor School of Music students have won a national title at The American Prize &#8212; the nation&#8217;s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical arts. The Baylor Symphony Orchestra won first place at the prestigious competition four years in a row, from 2015-18. Now this year, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-student-life","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}