Emily McCollum Performs Classic Classic Disney Songs in Concert at Hardin-Simmons University

ABILENE, TX (03/03/2011)(readMedia)-- If you remember "I've Got No Strings" from Pinocchio and "The Siamse Cat Song" from Lady and the Tramp, you would have loved Emily McCollum's performance in a classic Disney concert in the Woodward-Dellis Recital Hall on the Hardin-Simmons University campus this week.

Emily, from Hurst, TX, and other voice students of HSU Professor of Voice Dr. Lynnette Chambers found audience members shedding tears with sentimental favorites like "When You Wish Upon A Star" and "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins.

Other Disney hits regaled adults and children alike as voice students took many audience members on a tour of their childhoods, all while introducing some younger audience members to the classic Disney of their parents' and grandparents' generations.

Chambers says when she planned the recital filled with classic Disney songs, she was trying to come up with an idea that even her four-year old daughter would love.

"I have to admit, I was thinking, 'how can I get her to be interested in a concert,'" says Chambers. "But the more I thought about it, it really seemed like something that would transport many of us back to our childhoods."

The free concert was entirely made up of classics from the 1940s to the 1970s hit "Scales and Arpeggios" from The Aristocats.

As the grand finale, McCollum and the rest of the cast performed "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

For the 19th year, HSU guarantees students a tuition rate that does not increase as long as they maintain full-time enrollment in consecutive fall and spring semesters.

HSU provides an academically challenging undergraduate education based on a liberal arts foundation. Combining a commitment to academic excellence with a concern for the development of the total person, Hardin-Simmons provides An Education Enlightened by Faith.

With its 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, students enjoy personal attention as they pursue over 70 fields of undergraduate study, 20 fields of graduate study, and seven pre-professional programs.