Giselle Sleeper, Brooks Martin, Brianna Ross, and Abby Smith tried out for The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Sunday, January 9, 2020.

The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute is a two week school that provides professional training to Oklahoma High School Students. All accepted students automatically get a full scholarship to the program. They have nature hikes, karaoke night, a talent show, and a dance that they can choose to participate in if they would like to.

“I tried out because I wanted to have more experience and get over my fear of an audition. I knew it would be scary, but doing it really makes me feel a lot better. It was a great experience,” Brianna Ross, junior, said. 

Sleeper, Martin, Ross, and Smith tried out for The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Chorus. It is a group of 60 high school students from Oklahoma. Dr. Julie Yu is the director of the chorus and she is the Music and Co-Director of Choral Studies at Kansas State University. Her chorus has performed in Carnegie Hall, Hawaii, Washington DC, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, and Italy.