Shorter University’s Jasmine Habersham headed to national voice competition

January 31, 2011 - Shorter University senior Jasmine Habersham recently won the Southern Division of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition.

Habersham, a vocal performance major, was the sole winner selected from an eight-state region. She will now go on to compete as one of the seven national finalists in the MTNA National Young Artist Competition in Milwaukee.

A voice student of Shorter’s Dr. Matthew Hoch, Habersham garnered several awards in 2010 including the Georgia District Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) auditions and the Cheryl-Boyd Waddell Award, given by the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

She has spent the past two summers with the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center and hopes to attend graduate school for vocal performance next fall.  

Habersham is a resident of Lizella, Ga.