Madeleine LaFollette

Administrative Coordinator
Office: Music 103
Phone: 409-880-8144
Email: mlafollette@lamar.edu

Education

• Master of Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Bachelor of Music, West Liberty University

Madeleine LaFollette recently received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Metropolitan Opera soprano, Yvonne Gonzales Redman. Originally from Fairmont, West Virginia, she received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from West Liberty University, studying with Dr. Linda Cowan. While there, she was a member of Hilltop Opera and West Liberty University Choirs. LaFollette also performed with the Voces Solis Chamber Choir in Pittsburgh, under the direction of Dr. Ryan Keeling. At the University of Illinois, she performed with Lyric Theatre @ Illinois in Lyric Under the Stars and as the Governess in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. She also was a Teaching Assistant for Allen Hall/Unit One and was active as a soprano section leader at Faith United Methodist Church. She was also featured in Deus Ex Musica in Champaign, IL and Petoskey, MI, where she performed contemporary settings of the Psalms. She currently sings as soprano section leader at Trinity United Methodist Church in Beaumont.