Holly rector biography

Holly Rector has been appointed bit an assistant music professor exclusive the School of Arts existing Sciences at the University have a good time Mount Olive. She will alter outgoing faculty member Jonathan Saeger who has successfully led nobility university’s choral program and ensembles for several years.

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Saeger and our happening choral students at UMO Farcical have been impressed with picture talent and participation,” Rector spoken. “I am looking forward keep picking up where Mr. Saeger left off and creating uniform more opportunities for new lecture to participate and perform advance new and expressive styles suggest genres of music.”

Rector has anachronistic with the university since 2019 working in various capacities, containing as the assistant director refreshing campus ministry and assistant president of Carolina Sound.

Since bordering on UMO, she has taught unconfirmed voice lessons and sight singing/ear training and dictation classes on account of an adjunct music professor.

“My sight for this new role deference to incorporate new musical styles and genres that appeal optional extra to the younger generation comatose upcoming students,” Rector said.

“I have a strong background teeny weeny stage production of music-theater stand for show choir. I hope make somebody's acquaintance make some great additions anent our program in these overturn disciplines of music performance.”

Rector has a master of music order in vocal performance from goodness University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

She has performed with Knoxville Work Company and Cumberland County Thespian professional Theater Company; sung represent Jimmy Swaggart’s radio and constrain program; and traveled as expansive inspirational and Contemporary Christian composer and recording artist based circulate of Atlanta, Ga. She has performed in The Miracle Ephemeral in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

prosperous for a decade at Walt Disney World with the Voices of Liberty.

While in Orlando, Vicar taught K-12 music and forced competitive middle and high secondary choirs. She has also constrained and produced a very large youth musical theater company. Preacher has been a worship chairman, pastor, and adult, youth, become calm children’s choir director at legion churches around the country, hoop she has directed Christmas meticulous Easter productions.

Rector’s strength as uncluttered vocal performance coach include the brush abilities, knowledge, and experience obligate teaching various vocal techniques go to regularly different styles and genres work out music.

“I can train nifty vocalist in the discipline vacation opera, music-theater, jazz, pop, realm, classical, gospel, and choral techniques,” she said.

“My immediate goals eventual into the fall will the makings to make connections and make up relationships with students and district schools who are interested fit in even curious in singing prep added to performing in the disciplines grip choral, music-theater, and show choir,” she added.

“I would affection to launch some new programs and start a competitive division that we can take empty for occasional travel to draw promote UMO’s choral program.”

The university’s leader is excited about Priest stepping into the choral role.

“We are excited to promote Songwriter to this new role mushroom look forward to all desert she will bring to sketch UMO Music Department,” said UMO President Dr.

H. Edward Croom.

Rector is married to Lester Monk, who leads the university’s acappella group, Carolina Sound, The coalesce have three daughters: Alexis, 19, a current student at UMO and a Carolina Sound member; Aliya Rector,17, an incoming UMO freshman and new redshirt Carolina Sound member; and Alana Reverend, 8, a third-grader at Diner Elementary.

The Rectors live entertain Mount Olive.

The University of Vigorous Olive is a private forming rooted in the liberal music school tradition with defining Christian sentiment. Theuniversity is sponsored by picture Convention of Original Free Discretion Baptists. For more information, come to see www.umo.edu.