Mc’Loud’ and proud
Female tenor fills unconventional role at ‘Broadway Comes to Bulverde’
October 28, 2016
For senior Morgan McLeod, singing all the low notes is her specialty.
McLeod took to the stage with men’s choir group, at the Bulverde United Methodist Church event, “Broadway Comes to Bulverde.” She sang as the sole female in “Canaan Days” and in other group performances.
“I’m the only female tenor,” McLeod said. “All the girls are either alto or soprano so I stand in the back with the guys.”
She said she has a very low voice for a girl but that doesn’t stop her from singing.
“Every single Wednesday, we practiced for two hours with one song, it was a guy song but I wanted to sing it!” McLeod said
“The director comes up and says ‘You want to sing this with this person,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah let’s do this!’”
“Canaan Days,” was the song McLeod was determined to perform along with “Holding out for a Hero.”
“I’m standing in the back with the guys. They are goof balls,” she said. “It was funny because I was the only girl up there in a dress and heels.”
McLeod also is a part of art and the theater production class. She can be found spray painting outside during art or fitting actors into their costumes during theater.
“I love performing, anything with singing and theater is my forte,” McLeod said.“I want to be a fabrication artist.”
She enjoyed hanging out with her fellow tenors and basses in the performance.
During the course of their rehearsals, they developed a strong relationship with each other.
“I was a girl who was dressed up as a guy, so they would call me by my guy character name, which is Ed,” she said. “They are like my friends and bodyguards at the same time. When my boyfriend comes, they’re like, ‘Hey, who’s this guy, huh?’”
She also said this performance changed her, showing her it’s OK to not be the stereotype singer, like a soprano, but to work on being a tenor.
“I’ve always been an outgoing and loud person,” she said. “With stereotypes, people are always like, ‘Girls are always sopranos, are frilly, and wear dresses.’
“I’m a tenor. I sing with guys.”