Sylvia McNair to work for Indiana University

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Grammy-winning opera singer Sylvia McNair has been appointed to a newly created post as executive adviser for outreach with the Indiana University School of Music. McNair, 45, received a master's degree in music from Indiana in 1983. Her three-year appointment is to begin on July 1 and is not expected to interfere with her singing career, which has brought her worldwide acclaim. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, McNair worked briefly as a classical radio announcer as a graduate student at Indiana. She received an honorary doctorate from Indiana three years ago and has sung with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra many times.