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Travis Guillory

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General information

Hobbies & Interests

  • Reading
  • French
  • Mathematics

Reading

  • Academic
  • Science Fiction
  • Social Issues
  • Christianity
  • Classics

I read books multiple times a week.

Bio

Hi! I’m Travis Guillory. I am a sophomore at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. I am majoring in Classical Voice Performance and minoring in African American Music.

Education

Oberlin College

Bachelor's degree program

2021 – 2025

Majors:
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Minors:
  • African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Rice University, Yale University, The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Indiana University-Bloomington, Boston University
Medical school interest:
No

Career

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Arts
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Volunteering
  • Philanthropy
  • Entrepreneurship
WCEJ Thornton Foundation Music & Art Scholarship
As a black male in the classical arts, I’ve often felt swamped in a sea of whiteness. Until I got to college, I never met any peer who looked like me singing classical music/opera. Even in college, however, I still feel overwhelmed because of the lack of a POC community. With my musical abilities, I hope to create an outreach to POC communities around the globe and get a resurgence of minority classical singers. I hope to be an inspiration to little black boys growing up wanting to sing.
Christian ‘Myles’ Pratt Foundation Fine Arts Scholarship
Hands down, Luther Vandross is my biggest inspiration. His light, lyric tenor voice always rang throughout my household whenever my mom was listening to anything other than Gospel Music. His voice is so unique; the mastery of his passagios is uncontested. No other R&B singer — or singer in general — will ever come close to what he’s able to do. Although I’m studying classical voice, I hope that I, too, can touch someone as Vandross touched me in my youth. I spend countless hours perfecting my craft. I hope I can leave a legacy like he did.
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