Purchase Opera Wins Two American Prizes

Jul 12, 2017 0 comments

(SUNY Purchase) The Purchase Opera Department was awarded two American Prizes for their 2016 production of The Crucible. Hugh Murphy and the Purchase Symphony Orchestra were awarded 2nd Place in The American Prize’s Ernst Bacon Memorial Award’s College/University Division for their recording of The Crucible. This award recognizes and rewards the best performances of American music by orchestras and choruses worldwide. Read more here. http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2017/01/winners-ernst-bacon-memorial-award.html Jacque Trussel was selected as winner of the American Prize in Directing for The Crucible.