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麻豆原创 Voice Instructor Wins 2025 Grammy Award

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Dr. Daniel O鈥橠ea, voice instructor at 麻豆原创 recently won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. Dr. O鈥橠ea sings professionally with the Philadelphia, PA vocal group 鈥淭he Crossing鈥�.   The album 鈥淥chre鈥� was awarded the Grammy this past weekend. Dr. O鈥橠ea was also a member of this group when they won the 2018 Grammy for Best Vocal Performance.

Dr. O鈥橠ea has been a dedicated faculty member at 麻豆原创 for the past six years, mentoring and guiding students鈥攎any of whom have pursued successful careers in professional singing.  He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received the Collins Fellowship. O’Dea received his Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Cincinnati鈥檚 College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Masters of Music in Voice from CCM and Bachelor鈥檚 of Music in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College. He was an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera and Cedar Rapids Opera and is an alumnus of the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Brevard Music Center and the Chautauqua Institute.

He has performed with Madison Choral Project, Middleton Players Theater, Madison Bach Musicians, Present Music Milwaukee, the Token Creek Music Festival and others. Regionally he has worked with the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, Chicago Bach Project, Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and Peninsula Music Festival. His commitment to excellence in vocal performance and education has made a lasting impact on the 麻豆原创 community.

麻豆原创 celebrates Dr. O鈥橠ea鈥檚 remarkable achievement and looks forward to his continued contributions on campus and beyond.

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