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Clarke Sings Her Way Through Year Abroad
Catharine Clarke '03 found herself in good company, and in good voice, during her studies at St. Andrew's University in Scotland this past academic year.
Studying abroad as the recipient of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia Scholarship, she auditioned for and won the Agnes B. McLean Scholarship to study voice at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. She was selected to sing in the St. Andrew's Madrigal Singers, and she was in three stage productions during the year: The Mikado (Yum-Yum), Bugsy Malone (Tallulah) and Caberet (Fräulein Kost).
The Mikado was presented by the University of St. Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society in March. In the title role was Ian Bradley, a professor of music at St. Andrews University and a leading authority on Gilbert & Sullivan. He is the author of The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan, published by Oxford University Press.
Before starting classes, Clarke spent time in Düsseldorf, where she stayed with Foster Deibert '80 and his wife Cristina. She also saw Peter '72 and Gail Boggs '73 in London on several occasions, and had several opportunities to visit relatives and friends in Oxfordshire, Spain, Dublin, Galway and Paris.
At the conclusion of her year-long studies, Clarke went on tour with the St. Andrew's Madrigal Group, before heading to Venice to visit relatives. She then made her way to Florence, where she went to see first-hand the places she studied during a course called "British Visitors to Italy." After a stop in England to visit a friend in Glyndebourne, Clarke will return home in early July.
Clarke is the daughter of Washington College music professor Garry Clarke and Melissa Naul Clarke '75.
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