Episodios

  • True Magic from Classroom to Stage with the Santa Fe Opera Young Voices and University of New Mexico Students

    True Magic from Classroom to Stage with the Santa Fe Opera Young Voices and University of New Mexico Students
    May 21 2025
    Fire up the Key Change time machine! We’re charting our course for the collaborative partnership between Santa Fe Opera and the University of New Mexico (UNM). Never experienced time-machine travel before? No problem! Key Change co-hosts Olga Perez Flora and Anna Garcia are experienced pilots. They introduce us to students participating in the Young Voices residency and steer our audience through an exciting day of master classes and workshops on the UNM campus. And don’t worry if you’re new to this bold, creative initiative. Olga and Anna provide episode recommendations to help you navigate the journey. “It’s such a wonderful opportunity,” says Jamie Flora, esteemed tenor and professor at UNM, of the university’s collaboration with Santa Fe Opera. The dynamic program includes master classes on technique, audition logistics, performance critique, and resumé building, all designed to bridge the academic and professional opera worlds. “We’re planting seeds in their minds that this is possible!” explains Kristin Ditlow, Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching at UNM and Music Director of its Opera Theater. “We have pathways and relationships that get you from school to being a working singer.” Quiara Cortez followed one of those pathways to UNM, where she is now studying. She credits the collaboration with Santa Fe Opera for nurturing her artistic development. “Being able to talk with the best of the best and seeing what our next steps as people who are already in college might be. And having something big and professional to look forward to is wonderful.” KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST Where Talent Meets Opportunity: Career Trajectories in Opera with Kristin Ditlow & Jamie Flora What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? Young Voices, “The New Crop” Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers Rise to the Occasion of Your Opera Career with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers Safe Space for Creative Risks with Community Engagement and Education Hometown to the World: Discovering "Postville" with Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed Making Learning Sticky: Creative Compassion for Kids & Educators Through Opera with Charles Gamble Harmony in Process: The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera with Amy "Process" Owens An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!) FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Kristin Ditlow - Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching, University of New Mexico; Music Director, University of New Mexico Opera Theater James Flora - Lecturer II in Voice and Opera, University of New Mexico Opera Theater Michael Hix - Chair, Department of Music University of New Mexico; Professor of Voice, University of New Mexico Andrea Klunder - Producer, Key Change Podcast Amy Owens - Director of the Young Voices of Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera Young Voices participants – Rylee Baca, Elsa Dhonau-Egan, Landen Kessler, Eleanor Lucas, Ava Mitchie, Alexander Nicholas Neas University Of New Mexico participants - Maria Bollinger, Quiara Cortez, Alexandra King, Ryan Lopez, Taylor Stanley MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE La Traviata | Santa Fe Opera Hometown to the World | Santa Fe Opera Eugene Onegin | Santa Fe Opera University Of New Mexico - Department Of Music Apprentice Program for Singers | Santa Fe Opera Opera Storytellers Summer Camp | Santa Fe Opera Opera Makes Sense | Santa Fe Opera The Philadelphia Orchestra The Inner Voice: The Making Of A Singer Classical Singer Music Awards Paula Corbin Swallin *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera. To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange
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  • Where Talent Meets Opportunity: Career Trajectories in Opera with Kristin Ditlow & Jamie Flora

    Where Talent Meets Opportunity: Career Trajectories in Opera with Kristin Ditlow & Jamie Flora
    May 7 2025
    We often say that the road to a successful opera career can be a winding one—and we’ve got the receipts to prove it! Join Key Change co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora as they discuss career trajectories, academic journeys, and artistic life with two legendary performers and educators: Kristin Ditlow, Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching and Opera Conductor at the University Of New Mexico, and James Flora*, acclaimed American tenor and Lecturer in Voice and Opera, also at UNM. Our conversation sets the stage for an exciting collaboration between Santa Fe Opera and UNM. “The position that I have (at UNM) has evolved with me,” says Kristin, who has worked around the world as a conductor and a pianist. “That’s a testament to a healthy place that’s willing to grow along with its faculty and allow them to grow in a position.” It’s also a verdant artistic environment where raw talent is refined, and practice leads to proficiency. Jamie hopes that the next generation of opera professionals will bring the art form’s epic storytelling and staging to a broader audience. “I’d love for opera to step away a little bit from exclusivity,” he says, reflecting on how the perceived cliquishness couldn’t be farther from the true experience of a live opera. “A lot of people who grew up in small towns like I did didn't understand the opera was for them,” he says, adding, “Opera's for everyone!” *That surname is no coincidence. Jamie also holds the title of spouse to our very own Olga. KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLISTS Catch up on the full story of Hometown To The World: Season 1, Ep 6: Hometown to the World: Discovering Postville Season 2, Ep 9: America Is Impossible Without Us Season 3, Ep 3: Responding to the World Season 3, Ep 8: Bridging Communities with Carmen Flórez-Mansi Season 4, Ep 1: This Doesn’t Happen Without Audience; The Hometown to the World Premiere Season 4, Ep 2: Influence and Inclusion: The Impact of Hometown to the World with Youth Chorus Season 4, Ep 8: Hometown to the World Debuts on Broadway Hear the evolution of This Little Light of Mine: Season 2, Ep 7: Mother of a Movement: This Little Light of Mine BONUS: Is This America? Season 3, Ep 4: Singing A Call to Action: Is This America? Season 3, Ep 5: Making a Choice With Conviction: A conversation with Jeri Lynne Johnson Season 3, Ep 6: Building a Better Society with Florida International University Music Students Season 3, Ep 7: Lighting a Fire: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer Season 4, Ep 6: A Day in the Life Before a World Premiere Season 4, Ep 7: Telling Hard Truths FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Kristin Ditlow James Flora MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library for scores in public domain Apprentice Program for Singers | Santa Fe Opera Cold Mountain | Santa Fe Opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs | Santa Fe Opera Hometown to the World | Santa Fe Opera This Little Light Of Mine | Santa Fe Opera Der Rosenkavalier | Santa Fe Opera The Turn Of The Screw | Santa Fe Opera Die Walküre | Santa Fe Opera La bohème | Santa Fe Opera Rigoletto | Santa Fe Opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Santa Fe Opera Little Women | UNM Opera Oberlin Conservatory of Music Westminster Choir College Boston Symphony Opera BSO | Tanglewood San Francisco Opera | Merola Opera Program Arizona Opera The Glimmerglass Festival Pittsburgh Opera Central City Opera Kentucky Opera Metropolitan Opera This is Spinal Tap New Jersey Opera Theater Opera Steamboat The Three Feathers Benjamin Britten Star Wars Psycho Opera Company of Middlebury *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera. To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • Rise to the Occasion of Your Opera Career with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers

    Rise to the Occasion of Your Opera Career with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers
    Apr 23 2025
    We love an encore! And this one's got it all: audition trends, futurecasting, and pragmatic advice for young opera talent. Key Change co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora also serve up plenty of musical memories, behind-the-scenes intel, and a little love for the Santa Fe Opera as a venue as they continue their visit with Chandler Johnson. When we last met Chandler, he had introduced us to career paths less traveled. "There's more to this business than just singing,” he continues. Chandler knows this truth better than most. After discovering opera in his early teens, he pivoted from singing to arts administration. Chandler credits his years spent auditioning and performing for exposing him to career opportunities beyond the stage. “Singing was my path to get to this place,” he confides, before launching into an impressive list of creative, collaborative opportunities within the opera ecosystem. "You can go into development, marketing and PR, media and AV. You can go into costuming and set design," he says, adding, "Having the experience of being a singer informs where you pivot in your life and in this art form." As for the art form in question, Chandler is not one to tinker with what works. "I wouldn't change anything about opera. I truly love the glitz, the glamor, the opulence, the stories, the chaos. I love it all!" he muses before offering one final piece of advice. "We just have to keep doing good art––keep doing good opera!––and the people will come." KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? Young Voices, “The New Crop” Harmony in Process: The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera with Amy "Process" Owens FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Chandler Johnson, Director, Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera Preview Dinners | Santa Fe Opera University Of New Mexico Opera Theatre | UNM Music Department Cincinnati Opera The Maryland State Boychoir Atlanta Public Schools Choir The Baltimore County Honor Choir Leontyne Price Messa di requiem | Giuseppe Verdi The Defiant Requiem Foundation Fach System Rigoletto Lohengrin Verdi’s Macbeth Berlin State Opera Bavarian State Opera *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera. To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers

    Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers
    Apr 16 2025

    Pop quiz: Name an opera training initiative that creates space for self-discovery, serious fun, and a bit of Broadway adoration. Spoiler alert: there’s only one answer.

    On this episode of Key Change, co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora get to know Chandler Johnson, Director of Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers, and uncover what early-career singers selected for this internationally acclaimed program can expect from their 13 weeks in the desert.

    “It’s a pressure cooker!” exclaims Chandler of the four-month-long apprenticeship, initially developed by John Crosby, founder of the Santa Fe Opera. How prestigious is the program, you might ask? We did the math. Out of a thousand applicants, less than 5% have a chance of making it in. That’s 36-46 participants annually. And once those folks are accepted? They’re met with a 360º view of the industry including an intense rehearsal regime, mainstage experience, individual scene recitals, donor events, and off-campus performances.

    Chandler’s circuitous route to Apprentice Program director includes five different administrative titles at Santa Fe Opera alone, proving that the stage isn’t the only avenue to an illustrious career (although he’s got some amazing performance credits to his name). “I still sing for fun,” he says. “My roots were church music, musical theater, R & B, that kind of stuff. And, I'm always singing along to my favorite pop girlies.”

    Now, he’s happy to guide the next generation of talent, offering honest assessment and encouragement in equal measure. “I've had some singers come back and be, like, that one thing you said to me, that really changed the trajectory.”

    KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST

    Season 2, Episode 8: Gender is Not Genre: Women in Opera - featuring Susanne Sheston, Santa Fe Opera Chorus Master

    FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE

    Chandler Johnson, Director, Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera

    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

    Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera

    Apprentice Program For Technicians | Santa Fe Opera

    Young Artists Program | Chautauqua Opera

    The Glimmerglass Festival

    Opera Santa Barbara

    Jessica Vosk

    Kathryn Henry

    Lina González-Granados | LA Opera

    Duke Kim

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    Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education.

    Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org

    Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios

    Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora

    Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe

    Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz

    Production Support from Alex Riegler

    Show Notes by Lisa Widder

    Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello

    Cover art by Dylan Crouch

    This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera.

    To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • Safe Space for Creative Risks with Community Engagement and Education

    Safe Space for Creative Risks with Community Engagement and Education
    Mar 26 2025
    Bet you didn’t know that nurturing the next generation of opera performers, technicians, and enthusiasts begins in classrooms. Join Key Change co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement and Education, featuring guest appearances by Season 5 favorites Charles Gamble, Director of Community Engagement, and Marissa Aurora, Community Engagement Liaison, plus new friend Olivia Dorrell, Administrative Coordinator. “We’re all moved by the extraordinary pageantry, music, and movement of opera,” says Charles. “I’ll be honest with you, though; the thing that most excites me is the process of being able to engage in that process with young humans and watching them do the heavy lifting of being artists.” Santa Fe Opera’s myriad school programs and summer camps introduce children as young as three to the collaborative spirit of opera, while professional development workshops help teachers use opera to facilitate learning. Internships provide an essential point of entry for college-aged talent. “It's been really rewarding to see and hear from the students how it's opening their world to a lot of career paths that they didn't think were possible in New Mexico,” says Marissa. Other initiatives like volunteer opportunities, the Pueblo Opera Cultura Council, and the Pueblo Opera Program ensure that Santa Fe continues to be a welcoming environment for all. Oliva agrees. “It’s always lovely to welcome so many patrons to the preview dinners, some seasoned opera-goers and some attending the opera for the first time.” FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Charles Gamble, Director Of Community Engagement Marissa Aurora, Community Engagement Liaison Olivia Dorrell, Administrative Coordinator MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Opera Storytellers Summer Camp | Santa Fe Opera Pueblo Opera Program | Santa Fe Opera Pueblo Opera Cultural Council | Santa Fe Opera ALTO: Arts Integration | Santa Fe Opera Guilds Of Santa Fe Opera, Inc Opera Theatre | University Of New Mexico Albuquerque Academy Northern New Mexico College The Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Lucio Silla 2005 | Santa Fe Opera Der Rosenkavalier | Santa Fe Opera The Turn of the Screw | Santa Fe Opera Die Walküre | Santa Fe Opera La bohème | Santa Fe Opera KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!) Making Learning Sticky: Creative Compassion for Kids & Educators Through Opera with Charles Gamble Harmony in Process: The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera with Amy "Process" Owens What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? Young Voices, “The New Crop” Story With Purpose: The Origin of the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council with Renee Roybal and Claudene A. Martinez Spark of Imagination: Generations of the Pueblo Opera Program with Sonja & Seth Martinez From Gardening to Greeting Guests, Volunteers Run the World! with Marissa Aurora, Artist & Volunteer Liaison *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera. To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • Six Carmens Later & Putting On Productions with Olga Perez Flora and Anna Garcia

    Six Carmens Later & Putting On Productions with Olga Perez Flora and Anna Garcia
    Mar 12 2025

    What do disco naps, pantsuits, and chili preferences have to do with life at the opera? If you’re new to the art form in general and Key Change specifically, welcome! And don’t worry, all will be revealed. To our returning fans, a hearty welcome back! We’re excited to share another season and a fresh focus with you.

    Back to that opening inquiry... “I was thinking it would be really great if we did a lightning round together where we got to know a little bit more about each other and about what's coming up this season,” explains Olga, making her official debut as Key Change co-host, alongside three-season veteran Anna Garcia. Their answers reveal a lesser-known fact about opera: it’s more approachable and playful than newcomers might think.

    This season, we’re pulling back the curtain further on accessibility via Santa Fe Opera’s brand new partnership with the University of New Mexico Department of Music. But we haven’t abandoned new works or the original mission of Opera For All Voices (the initiative that launched this podcast). Instead, Key Change is momentarily adjusting its spotlight to focus on the development and evolution of new voices.

    “I've loved learning about the process of the artists, teams, our community members, our teaching artists, and administrative staff,” says Anna of this season. “Everybody has their origin story, and I think our audience really wants to hear that aspect. It's kind of like the backstage of opera.”

    Change is key, as we like to say. We’re glad you’re along for the ride.

    “CATCHING UP ON KEY CHANGE” RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST

    Season 1

    Episode 1: Setting the Stage: New beginnings, heightened expectations, the heart of opera, and the Santa Fe of it

    Episode 5: Other Duties As Assigned: The role of education & community outreach in opera companies

    Season 4

    Episode 6: A Day in the Life Before a World Premiere

    Episode 7: Telling Hard Truths

    Episode 8: Hometown to the World Debuts on Broadway

    Season 5

    Episode 3: Harmony in Process: The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera with Amy "Process" Owens

    Episode 8: An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!)

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    Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education.

    Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org

    Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios

    Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora

    Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe

    Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz

    Production Support from Alex Riegler

    Show Notes by Lisa Widder

    Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello

    Cover art by Dylan Crouch

    This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera.

    To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • Season 6: Nurturing the Next Generation of Artists

    Season 6: Nurturing the Next Generation of Artists
    Feb 19 2025

    What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in opera?
    What happens when you realize you don’t really have the drive to BE an opera singer?
    How do you find the courage to take more creative risks in your own work and life?

    The answers to these questions and more on Key Change Season 6 from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement and Education, with the returning co-host you know and love, Anna Garcia, and the new co-host you’re going to love, Olga Perez Flora!

    If you're new here, catch up on seasons 1-5 with this recommended playlist:

    Season 1

    Episode 1: Setting the Stage (June 29, 2018)

    Episode 5: Other Duties as Assigned (July 25, 2018)

    Season 2

    Episode 2: A Seat at the Table (April 17, 2019)

    Episode 8: Gender is Not Genre (May 29, 2019)

    Season 3

    Episode 6: Building a Better Society with Florida International University Music Students (August 25, 2021)

    Season 4

    Episode 2: Influence and Inclusion (June 22, 2022)

    Episode 4: Story With Purpose: The Origin of the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council (July 13, 2022)

    Season 5
    The whole season! But if we have to choose…

    Episode 2: Making Learning Sticky (April 17, 2024)

    Episode 7: What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? (November 13, 2024)

    Episode 8: An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (December 4, 2024)

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    Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education.

    Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios

    Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora

    Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe

    Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz

    Production Support from Alex Riegler

    Show Notes by Lisa Widder

    Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello

    Cover art by Dylan Crouch

    This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera.

    To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.
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  • An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!)

    An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (and Big News!)
    Dec 4 2024
    We’ve arrived at the end, or the beginning, depending on how you mark time. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia close out this podcast season with an epic career coda and an equally impressive introduction. Join us as we say farewell (but not goodbye) to Andrea and welcome Olga Perez Flora, DMA, Associate Professor of Voice, University of New Mexico (UNM), who will assume Key Change co-hosting duties next season. And what would our final episode of the year be without a trip in the trusty Key Change Time Machine? Cue the tears and cheers as we set a course for legacy-defining moments and forward-focused collaborations. “I have big dreams,” says Olga, the visionary educator and performer excited to “pay it forward” with a collaboration between UNM and Santa Fe Opera. This partnership offers students multiple pathways into performance and other careers in opera. “My dream is for us to build on what has already been happening and give students at UNM just a little bit more room to learn what the professional side of opera is like,” Olga explains. “We’re gonna work locally toward global impact,” affirms Andrea, who exits Santa Fe Opera after 33 years of championing broader student access to and community engagement with the art form. She leaves behind an enduring legacy that includes Opera For All Voices and this podcast, but not before previewing her exciting new synergies with Santa Fe Opera. And that’s the curtain call for season five! FEATURING Olga Perez Flora, Mezzo-soprano, Voice Area Head, Associate Professor of Voice, University of New Mexico Charles Gamble, Director Of Community Outreach, Santa Fe Opera Andrea Klunder, producer, Key Change Podcast MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Opera For All Voices Young Voices Program | Santa Fe Opera Opera Storytellers Summer Camp | Santa Fe Opera Shoes For The Santo Niño The University Of New Mexico School Of Music Florida International University School of Music & Performing Arts Ernesto Lecuona Leo Brouwer José María Vitier Nathan Salazar Marcy Rendon Brent Michael Davids Del Sol Quartet University Of Michigan School Of Music, Theatre, & Dance RELATED EPISODES Harmony In Process: The Young Voices Of Santa Fe Opera With Amy “Process” Owens Making Learning Sticky: Creative Compassion For Kids And Educators Through Opera With Charles Gamble Music Born Out of a Modern Experience: The Pigeon Keeper Orchestral Workshop Building a Better Society with Florida International University Music Students The View From 20,000 Feet: An Interview with General Director Charles MacKayConnections Across Time and Space: Opera in the Cosmo Hometown to the World: Discovering "Postville" with Laura Kaminsky and Kimberly Reed *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera in collaboration with Opera for All Voices. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Andrea Fellows Fineberg & Anna Garcia Audio Engineer: Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous funding from the Hankins Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and an Opera America Innovation Grant supported by the Anne & Gordon Getty Foundation. To learn more about Opera For All Voices, visit SantaFeOpera.org. And for more Key Change, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange
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