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Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Trinity Life

Media Credit: Meredith Haskins FROM THE VOICE OF AN "ANGEL": Sophomore Nicole Roth, winner of the fifth annual Trinity Idol, hosted by the music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon, practices her winning cover of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel."

Under the spotlight, between aisles of gold and silver balloons, stood eight Trinity students battling it out for the supreme title of Trinity's idol last Thursday, Oct. 25. Though the crowd was not as large as it has been in the past, a wide range of music connoisseurs from first years to seniors came out to support their fellow students.
Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity hosted the fifth annual Trinity Idol contest to a crowd of around 300 students. Though the event has been held in Mabee Dining Hall the years before, last year marked its movement to Laurie Auditorium, where more students could enjoy this spectacle.
Contestants included Soph-omore Joshua Adams, who kicked off the show with his own song, titled "A Long Kept Secret." He began by stating that this was a "song about feelings." He crooned poignant lyrics such as, "as I sing by candlelight / forgive my shortcomings," while playing along on the piano. Following Adams, Sophomore Colin Frazier sang the crowd favorite, "I'll Be;" Senior Jordan Matthews covered Michael Buble's "Everything" with Sophomore Yvonne Freckmann on piano; Sophomore Megan Rouch sang "Swing Lo;'' Sophomore Nicole Roth sang Sarah McLachlan's "Angel;" and Sophomore David Short performed an accoustic cover of Rihanna's "Umbrella."
Part-time vocal professor Robert H. Giles, one of three judges who presided over the first eight acts, said, "There are so very many talented students at Trinity in the performing arts, and Trinity Idol gives them one more outlet to showcase their talent. It is great fun to judge this kind of event. Through the years, I have had the privilege of judging many contests, both in a classical setting and in lighter kind of presentation."
Giles discussed how hard it was to pick a winner in the midst of so many great acts.
"When I judge one of these events, I never know exactly how things are going to turn out, Giles said. "This particular event was hard to judge because the contestants were all very close to possessing the same level of ability. This always presents a problem. In this event, I can say that most of what I thought of the various performances did not come to be honored. But that often is the way things turn out," Giles said.

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