CoryOn Brooks, tenor, is a freshman vocal performance major studying voice under the direction of Dr. Everett McCorvey. CoryOn is the first place “Pearse and Deidre Lyons”  scholarship recipient of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition. He is excited to be in his first ever opera as he starts his operatic journey. He also recently attended a classical voice program this past summer at Yale University School of Music. He wants to thank his family and friends, the creatives/crew, UKOT faculty, as well as Alltech for their tremendous support.