The Future Opera Representatives Taking Initiative Side by Side Improving Musical Opportunities (FORTISSIMO) held a Skype session with the opera singer Joyce DiDonato for vocal music majors. The event was held in the Pottle Music Building Annex on Monday, Sept. 19.
A newly founded organization, FORTISSIMO, held the event to give the vocal music majors the opportunity to get advice from a professional in their field of study. Officers of FORTISSIMO along with their faculty advisor, Philip Schuessler, instructor of theory and composition, organized this event.
“We organized this event in hopes of jump starting a new student organization that is for vocal music majors,” said Kayla Louis, a senior vocal performance major and founding member of FORTISSIMO. “Our mission is to bring in professional artists, such as Joyce DiDonato, to perform master classes with the vocal