Two Xavier music students,
junior Taylor Brown and senior
Katie Giuliano won Cincinnati’s
Got Talent, a talent competition
hosted by the Cincinnati Reds on
Dec. 3, 2011.
Performing an arrangement
done by senior Tim Graulty of
Adele’s’ “Someone Like You,”
Brown sang vocals while Giuliano
played the harp accompaniment.
Brown and Giuliano made it
through two prior rounds of cuts
and were chosen out of more
than 70 acts that auditioned at the
start of the competition. “I had
an awesome time and I’m thrilled
Taylor and I won,” Katie said.
The pair received the grand
prize of $1000 as well as the opportunity
to perform live at an
upcoming 2012 Reds home game.
The date for this performance has
not yet been determined.
Also winning first place was
singer Claire Northcut, a third
grader at Western Row Elementary
school and private student of
Xavier Music adjunct professor
Maria Ventura.