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Alex Threlkeld ’24 bound for Germany with a Fulbright teaching grant
At Furman, German studies and politics and international affairs are just part of what defines Threlkeld, a veritable Renaissance man.
Since the age of 4, the Atlanta native has played the cello and was a member of the Furman Symphony Orchestra through his junior year under the tutelage of Christopher Hutton, professor of music. He also sings in the schola of Furman’s Catholic Campus Ministry and has arranged and transposed choral pieces. At age 5, he began playing piano.
Threlkeld hopes to find an outlet for his musical sensibilities while overseas. And once he returns from Germany, he has big plans.
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Rebecca Wirth, a sophomore music student, recently attended the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) as a mentee in the Committee on Gender Equity’s Mentoring Program. Mentees in attendance participated in a panel, during which they shared the community projects they are working on throughout the year as a part of the program. Rebecca is working with her mentor, Alexia McLean, to develop a resource that guides musicians through the process of navigating disability.
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Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre gets promo in local news
Furman University’s Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre staged Jacques Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld” on Saturday, April 13 and again Sunday, April 14, 2024 in McAlister Auditorium. Paul Hyde of Greenville Journal spoke to Grant Knox, associate professor of voice and director of the Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre. He described the operetta as a “zany and wacky party on stage.”
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