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President’s Scholar
2012-2013

Paul Jerome Kroeger

Paul is a senior from Flower Mound, Texas, majoring in music with a concentration in voice performance. He recently made his debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Fidelio. Also participated in the Chautauqua Institute, an internationally renowned summer music program in New York. After graduation Paul plans to pursue graduate school in voice. He will eventually work for opera companies around the world and perform concerts.

 HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
  • Texas All-State Mixed Choir, tenor
  • Concert Master, principal violin
  • All-Region Orchestra
  • National Honor Society
  • All-District Orchestra, violin
  • Orchestra Department Award
  • Choir Departmental Award
  • Outstanding Soloist, violin
  • All-State Choir
  • All-Region Orchestra
  • Social Studies Departmental Award

SMU ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

  • Soloist in Fidelio with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloist for the Chickasaw Music Festival in Oklahoma
  • Chautauqua Summer Opera Program
  • Leading roles in Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach and The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart with SMU Meadows Opera
  • Violinist in SMU Mustang Strings
  • University Honors Program
  • Meadows Scholars Advisory Board Member
  • Opinion Editor, The Daily Campus
  • National Association of Teachers of Singing, First Place, Tenor

Contact: pkroeger@smu.edu