{"id":2518032,"date":"2026-07-26T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2518032"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:21:16","slug":"new-face-joining-kwu-music-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-face-joining-kwu-music-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"New Face Joining KWU Music Dept"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Katie Comley is familiar with the Kansas Wesleyan Music Department. She spent four years with the Philharmonic Choir and the Wesleyan Chorale, often as a soloist.<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019ll be the one holding the baton starting in August as the assistant professor of vocal music for this year.<\/p>\n

Comley earned her Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from Wichita State University this spring, where she also served as a graduate teaching assistant.<\/p>\n

She recently sang the lead role of Laurie in WSU Opera\u2019s production of \u201cThe Tender Land\u201d and sang the part of Sophy in Kansas Opera\u2019s version of \u201cPatience.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has earned regional awards for her solo work.\n<\/p>\n

At Kansas Wesleyan, where she earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Music Education, with a double emphasis in Voice and Piano, Comley received the Dora B. Newbanks Award for Distinction in Music and the Teacher of Promise award in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cKWU and Salina were so influential and formative for me as a student,\u201d Comley said. \u201cI am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to come back to the Coyote community and be a part of investing in the next generation of teachers and music-makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Scott City schools, where she was 7-12 choir director from 2022-24, Comley led three large choirs and two small ensembles, was music director for fall musicals, and prepared large groups, small ensembles and soloists for competitions and KMEA\u00a0auditions<\/span>.<\/p>\n

KWU\u2019s annual Christmas by Candlelight concert was one of Comley\u2019s favorites as a student.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristmas by Candlelight highlights not only different groups from high schools in the community, but it\u2019s all the ensembles,\u201d she said in 2021 as a college senior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy Katie decided to come back,\u201d said Michelle Dolan, executive director of Music. \u201cThis is going to be a good year for singing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ksal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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