Huntington University Senior Contralto Kaitlin Tippin to Present Voice Recital

HUNTINGTON, IN (02/15/2011)(readMedia)-- Huntington University's senior contralto Kaitlin Tippin will present a vocal recital at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Longaker Recital Hall in the lower level of the Merillat Centre for the Arts.

Kaitlin Tippin, from Bryan, Ohio, is a senior music business major. She has been involved in the women's chorale and concert choir at Huntington University. While spending Fall Semester of 2010 in Cheltenham, England, Tippin was a member of the choir at the University of Gloucestershire University. She was also in women's chorus, A Cappella choir, and show choir throughout high school. She has studied voice for eight years: four years with Melissa Baughman of Montpelier, Ohio, and four years with Joni Killian at Huntington University. While in high school Tippin was involved in seven musicals including "Fiddler on the Roof ," "Anything Goes," "Children of Eden," "Oklahoma," "Into the Woods," "Les Miserables" and "Beauty and the Beast."

The event is free and open to the public.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America's Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its "Best in the Midwest" list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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