Key Change
How can present and future leaders in the opera industry strengthen their understanding of voice, story and community? What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in the arts? Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora offer a rare look into the challenges and opportunities for artists in opera. A must-listen for young artists, families, music educators, teaching artists, and opera fans and supporters! www.santafeopera.org/keychange
Episodes
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 excit...
What have our favorite high school aged singers been up to?
Hear from the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera themselves on the next episode of Key Change... coming soon!
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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 An...
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*, acc...
Coming up on the next episode of Key Change... the trajectory of an opera career from academia to the main stage with musicians & opera educators Jamie Flora and Kirstin Ditlow.
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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
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 path...
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 accl...
Audition trends, career pivots, and pragmatic advice for young opera talent...
It's all coming up in our 2-part series of Key Change with Chandler Johnson, Director of the world renknowned Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers.
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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 ...
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, Commun...
What is the minimum age you have to be to start training at the Santa Fe Opera?
What are 3 ways you can volunteer at the Santa Fe Opera?
What secret do we reveal on Season 6, Episode 2 about our new Director of Community Engagement, Charles Gamble?
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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 Crea...
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 lightn...
Coming up on Season 6, Episode 1 of Key Change...
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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 ...
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 k...
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 k...
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 d...
One of the greatest gifts you can offer a teen is confidence. The other? A process for refining that raw self-assurance into an impressive talent and invaluable life skill. But where to start? At the beginning, of course!
Join Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia as they happily infiltrate Orientation Day for the Young Voices program, one of several prestigious youth-focused initia...
To workshop a new opera in front of an audience is a little like agreeing to a trust fall: at some point, you’ve just got to surrender to the unknown and… trust.
Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia return to the orchestral workshop for The Pigeon Keeper, a collaboration between Santa Fe Opera’s Opera For All Voices (OFAV) initiative and the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)...
It takes a village - and multiple revisions! - to mount a modern, original opera. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia journey to an orchestral workshop for The Pigeon Keeper, a first for Opera For All Voices (OFAV)!
Imagine a stage filled with an eight-member student orchestra, four principal singers, and a women's chorus. Drop in the composer, librettist, and members of the OFAV t...
Cue the lights! It’s time to illuminate a vital yet often invisible component of life at Santa Fe Opera: volunteerism. Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia chatted with Marissa Aurora, Santa Fe Opera’s volunteer liaison, on Marissa's first anniversary in the role. And what a year it’s been!
Marissa, a multi-discipline artist and radio DJ, has worked hard to revitalize relationships ...
What does an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist, dynamic educator, and former Sweet Potato do for an encore? She brings that boundless energy and collaborative spirit to her new Santa Fe Opera role, fueled by a deep passion for opera and music education.
Co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia roll out a virtual red carpet welcome for Amy Owens, Director of the Young Voices of the Santa Fe...
We're taking an Opera For All Voices-adjacent excursion to the realm of wiggly kiddos, innovative teachers, and fresh vocabulary words, highlighting the power of playful arts integration.
Join Key Change co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia with special guest Charles Gamble, Santa Fe Opera's Director Of School Programs, as they introduce two of Santa Fe Opera's most dynamic community engagemen...
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