{"id":28453,"date":"2019-02-28T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=28453"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:10:38","slug":"lucas-meachem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=28453","title":{"rendered":"Grammy-winning opera singer shares his craft at Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Lucas Meachem is spending a week as an artist-in-residence in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences&#8217; music department, leading master classes for students.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grammy-Winning Opera Singer Shares His Craft at Carolina\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VwFdp1quEs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Long before Lucas Meachem was winning Grammy Awards and performing with opera companies around the world, he was an aspiring artist growing up in rural North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the work he\u2019s doing this week as an artist-in-residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is extra special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how dear to my heart my state, North Carolina, is to me,\u201d said Meachem, who now lives in Minneapolis. \u201cWhat I know I\u2019m going to take away from this experience is the thought that I\u2019m really giving back to my state, to my people, to North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of his artist-in-residency with the College of Arts &amp; Sciences\u2019 music department, Meachem performed a concert at Memorial Hall, worked one-on-one with students in private sessions and taught three master classes.<\/p>\n<p>He helped student artists with all facets of their vocal performance, from breath support to mouth positioning to vowel pronunciations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very grateful to have this opportunity as a student,\u201d said first-year student Paul Miller, who attended a master class. \u201cNot many people can say they\u2019ve had the opportunity to perform for people of this caliber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meachem also talked to the students about succeeding as artists and staying true to their sound, rather than trying to mimic other performers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really hoping the students take from this experience a new thought on the way to perform and a new way to feel on stage,\u201d Meachem said. \u201cTo be confident in themselves, and then take that confidence out into the world and express themselves in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s one of key messages Carolina junior Elizabeth Thompson took away from the master class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to apply this knowledge that I can just rely on myself, I can rely on my foundation,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cNow I have a little bit more confidence that I just need to go and do what I know I need to do and just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Story and video by Rob Holliday,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/grammy-winning-opera-singer-shares-his-craft-at-carolina\/\"> University Communications<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Meachem is spending a week as an artist-in-residence in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences&#8217; music department, leading master classes for 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