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My interview with the incredible and persistent Executive Director of the National Opera House in Pittsburgh, Jonnet Solomon. Instagram: @nationaloperahousepgh Website where you can donate to the NOH: www.nationaloperahouse.org/donate Short documentary from WQED on the NOH made in 2009: https://youtu.be/q3TxB-S9VtQ (https://youtu.be/q3TxB-S9VtQ) Upcoming events at the NOH: If you happen to be in Pittsburgh, the NOH will be participating in a Women Owned Market on Saturday July 9, and a beer festival called Barrel and Flow on August 18, 2022.

My interview with the incredible Minka Wiltz - actor, singer, voice-over artist, podcaster, and playwright. Follow on Minka on Instagram: @minkawiltz777 See Heal, Hope, Love on her website, http://www.minkawiltz.com/ (www.minkawiltz.com) or on https://youtu.be/STCC9UMFc7E (YouTube): Find the Cultural Workers podcast: https://anchor.fm/minka-wiltz (https://anchor.fm/minka-wiltz) Keep up with the pod on Instagram @makinitinopera Support the Pod: http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com) Clip from the beginning of the podcast is "Hope" by Jason Robert Brown, recording from Heal, Hope, Love

Follow Dana’s Work: The Empowered Musician http://www.theempoweredmusician.com/ (www.theempoweredmusician.com) Mass Opera http://www.massopera.org/ (www.massopera.org) Dana Lynne Varga’s Artist Page http://www.danavarga.com/ (www.danavarga.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredmusician/ (https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredmusician/) Articles: Excluded, Penalized, Indebted, Harassed: Systemic discrimination against women in opera https://theempoweredmusician.com/systemic-discrimination-in-opera/ (https://theempoweredmusician.com/systemic-discrimination-in-opera/) DMA’s and the elusive, coveted, full-time faculty position: https://theempoweredmusician.com/dmas-and-the-elusive-coveted-full-time-faculty-position/ (https://theempoweredmusician.com/dmas-and-the-elusive-coveted-full-time-faculty-position/) An Impossible Choice: Music majors, COVID-19 and an uncertain future https://theempoweredmusician.com/an-impossible-choice-music-majors-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future/ (https://theempoweredmusician.com/an-impossible-choice-music-majors-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future/) Keep up with the pod on Instagram @makinitinopera Support the Pod: http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com)

My interview with Jillian Paige, singer, actress, producer, and creator of Meisner in Music, where we talk about how we can turn singing back into an expression of our feelings, rather than a facilitation of feelings we want other people to have. Jillian Paige @jillianpaige on Instagram, www.jillianpaige.com Meisner in Music @meisnerinmusic on Instagram, http://www.meisnerinmusic.com/ (www.meisnerinmusic.com) Read https://www.meisnerinmusic.com/about (Jillian’s story )of how she came to Meisner https://meisner-in-music.mykajabi.com/offers/zv4q4rJo/checkout (Trauma Informed Healing Intensive with Meisner in Music) (till May 4th early bird $100 off with code SONGBIRD) https://meisner-in-music.mykajabi.com/offers/4wLuzMr4/checkout (Info about their Equity and Inclusion Scholarship) Keep up with the pod on Instagram @makinitinopera and support us by telling your friends, rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, and pitch in some money by donating on ko-fi - you can find the link when you go to http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com).

This is Part II of my conversation with the incredible Jayme Alilaw, where we dive deep into her journey as an entrepreneurial artist and the intricacies of the work the Black Opera Alliance is doing to move opera forward. Jayme Alilaw is a soprano, activist, empowerment coach, and anti-racism facilitator. She's a specialist in African American Spirituals and Art Song Repertoire, she's part of the four-member Leadership Council of the Black Opera Alliance, and she's the CEO of From the Core Coaching, where she coaches and leads seminars centered on setting free the voices of the oppressed. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram, @sangmsjayme, website is www.jayme-alilaw.com You can follow her coaching for individuals and organisations @fromthecorecoaching Website is www.fromthecorecoaching.com Donate to The Black Opera Alliance and sign their pledge at www.blackoperaalliance.org Keep up with the pod Instagram @makinitinopera Support us by telling your friends and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts. You can pitch in to keep us going by donating on ko-fi - find the link when you go to http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com).

Jayme Alilaw is a soprano, activist, empowerment coach, and anti-racism facilitator. She's a specialist in African American Spirituals and Art Song Repertoire, she's part of the four-member Leadership Council of the Black Opera Alliance, and she's the CEO of From the Core Coaching, where she coaches and leads seminars centered on setting free the voices of the oppressed. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram, @sangmsjayme, website is www.jayme-alilaw.com You can follow her coaching for individuals and organisations @fromthecorecoaching Website is www.fromthecorecoaching.com Keep up with the pod Instagram @makinitinopera Support us by telling your friends and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts You can pitch in to keep us going by donating on ko-fi - find the link when you go to http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com).

A chat with Andrew Simonet, dancer, choreographer, and creator of Artists U, who believes that building a sustainable life as an artist is a political act. Sign up for his newsletter at www.andrewsimonet.com Check out Artists U and sign up for their newsletter at http://www.artistsu.org/ (www.artistsu.org) Support the pod: https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera (https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera) Resources to help you make it on your own terms and other good stuff: http://www.makinitinopera.com/ (www.makinitinopera.com) IG: @makinit.opera

A riff on what it means for the artists and the industry of opera to heal and recalibrate from decades of keeping up appearances - the themes of this season! Donate to help keep us going: https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera Get resources here: www.makinitinopera.com

Part II of a beautiful conversation with Raehann Bryce-Davis. Black Women in Opera Fest (11/20/21 panel discussions on Opera): https://fb.watch/9ppJkSG2pw/ (https://fb.watch/9ppJkSG2pw/) Shade: A Conversation about Race, Culture, and Identity in Opera (11/17/21): https://youtu.be/Oj-1IBltG6Q (https://youtu.be/Oj-1IBltG6Q) Visit Raehann’s website: http://www.raehann.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raehannbrycedavis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/raehannbd Video of To The Afflicted: https://youtu.be/QAPtCED5nlw Video of Brown Sounds: https://youtu.be/22OR3ygygqg Learn more about the Black Opera Alliance: https://www.blackoperaalliance.org Donate to Support the Black Opera Alliance: https://blackoperaalliance.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/blackoperaalliance/donation.jsp At http://makinitinopera.com/ (makinitinopera.com), you can Get access to a spreadsheet of resources and inspiration from folks who are changing the conversation about how we tell stories and how we train artists Subscribe to the Audition Pep Talk Series newsletter Donate and support the podcast

Raehann Bryce-Davis has been hailed by the New York Times as a "striking mezzo soprano" and by the San Francisco Chronicle for her "electrifying sense of fearlessness." 2021/22 includes performances of Der Komponist in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Preziosilla in Verdi's La Forza del Destino at Théâtre du Capitole, Azucena in three productions of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at The Glimmerglass Festival, LA Opera, and Staatstheater Nürnberg, Gods and Mortals, at The Glimmerglass Festival, singing selections of Wagner’s Lohengrin as Ortrud and Die Walküre as Fricka, as well as her company debuts at La Monnaie de Munt as La Zia Principessa in Puccini's Suor Angelica, Konzert und Theater St Gallen as Joan of Arc in Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans, and her company debut at Teatro alla Scala as Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera. Last season featured highlights like her role debut as Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlos at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, her LA Opera debut in the World Premiere of Aucoin and Ruhl’s Eurydice, a coproduction with The Metropolitan Opera, and her role debut as Sara in Roberto Devereux opposite Angela Meade and Ramon Vargas. As a producer/performer Bryce-Davis has released "To the Afflicted," her first music video, which received much critical acclaim and was chosen as an official video for World Opera Day. Her second digital short, “Brown Sounds,” was co-produced with LA Opera and Aural Compass Projects, and won Best Music Video at film festivals around the globe including the New York International Film Awards, New York Cinematography Awards, Hollywood Boulevard Film Awards, the Anatolian Short Film Festival, and the Silk Road Film Awards - Cannes. Bryce-Davis is a 2018 recipient of the prestigious George London Award at the George London Competition, the 2017 1st Place and Audience Prize-winner of the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino competition; chaired by Dominique Meyer, Winner of the 2016 Richard F. Gold Career Grant at the Merola Opera Program, Winner of the 2015 Hilde Zadek Competition at the Musikverein in Vienna, and the 2015 Sedat Gürel - Güzin Gürel International Voice Competition in Istanbul. She holds a Master of Music and Professional Studies certificate from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas at Arlington. Raehann Bryce-Davis is a co-founder of the Black Opera Alliance and is an advocate for social justice in opera. Visit her website: http://www.raehann.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raehannbrycedavis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/raehannbd Video of To The Afflicted: https://youtu.be/QAPtCED5nlw Video of Brown Sounds: https://youtu.be/22OR3ygygqg Learn more about the Black Opera Alliance: https://www.blackoperaalliance.org Donate to Support the Black Opera Alliance: https://blackoperaalliance.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/blackoperaalliance/donation.jsp At http://makinitinopera.com/ (makinitinopera.com), you can Get access to a spreadsheet of resources and inspiration from folks who are changing the conversation about how we tell stories and how we train artists Subscribe to the Audition Pep Talk Series newsletter Donate and support the podcast If you’d like to share your point of view of what it means to “make it”, send me a voice recording to [email protected] and I may feature you in a future episode. Music credit: Our Block Party by Reaktor Productions This show was a production of Sounds Like Cool Studios, LLC.

Charlotte Jackson and Perri di Christi are hosts of their own podcast, Thrilled To Announce, and in our conversation today we’ll riff on how their show came about, what their opera careers and journeys were like, and what it’s like to tackle some tough topics on their podcast as they relate to opera. We had a great talk and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Instagram: @thrilledtoannounceee Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thrilledtoannounce/posts ( https://www.patreon.com/thrilledtoannounce/posts) Merch:https://thrilled-to-announce-pod.myshopify.com/collections/merch ( https://thrilled-to-announce-pod.myshopify.com/collections/merch) Decolonizing Broken Voices Episode:https://anchor.fm/thrilledtoannounce/episodes/Decolonizing-Broken-Voices-e138len ( https://anchor.fm/thrilledtoannounce/episodes/Decolonizing-Broken-Voices-e138len) The YAP Episode:https://anchor.fm/thrilledtoannounce/episodes/The-YAP-Episode-Pt--1-Feat--Blake-Jennings-enko2c ( https://anchor.fm/thrilledtoannounce/episodes/The-YAP-Episode-Pt--1-Feat--Blake-Jennings-enko2c) At http://makinitinopera.com/ (makinitinopera.com), you can Get access to a spreadsheet of resources and inspiration from folks who are changing the conversation about how we tell stories and how we train artists Subscribe to the Audition Pep Talk Series newsletter Donate and support the podcast If you’d like to share your point of view of what it means to “make it”, send me a voice recording to [email protected] and I may feature you in a future episode. Music credit: Our Block Party by Reaktor Productions A https://www.angiemjordan.com/ (Podcast Launch Bestie) production

Portland, Oregon composer and mezzo-soprano Lisa Neher (b. 1985) writes theatrical, story-driven music for instruments and voices. Trained as a stage actress, her compositions are shaped by her keen sense of dramatic timing and feature aching, lyrical phrases, energetic rhythmic motives, and intense harmonies. She often draws inspiration for her works from the natural world, suggesting the joyous bubbling of streams, the delicacy of sprouting plants, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life with evocative timbres and vivid motives. Lisa’s commissions include works for Third Angle New Music, Durward Ensemble, the Glass City Singers, Coe College Orchestra, Kirkwood Community College Chamber Singers, pianist Michael Kirkendoll, and flutist Rose Bishop. Her marimba duo Thaw was premiered by Mayumi Hama and Chris Froh at the Sacramento State Festival of New American Music. She is a fellow of the Cortona Sessions for New Music and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. Lisa is in high demand as a performer of contemporary and standard repertoire and is the creator of the One Voice Project, a performance of new unaccompanied songs and poetry. She spends her free time distance running and baking delicious treats involving copious amounts of chocolate. For more information, visit her website, www.lisanehermusic.com. ​Lisa uses she/her pronouns and her last name is pronounced "NEER." ​​https://www.lisanehermusic.com/ (www.lisanehermusic.com) Instagram: @lisanehermezzo Facebook: @lisanehermusic Twitter: @lisaneher One Voice Project Micro Opera Festival and the Think Small conversation series are on her Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LisaNeher/playlists ( https://www.youtube.com/c/LisaNeher/playlists) At http://makinitinopera.com/ (makinitinopera.com), you can Get access to a spreadsheet of resources and inspiration from folks who are changing the conversation about how we tell stories and how we train artists Subscribe to the Audition Pep Talk Series newsletter Donate and support the podcast If you’d like to share your point of view of what it means to “make it”, send me a voice recording to [email protected] and I may feature you in a future episode. Music credit: Our Block Party by Reaktor Productions A https://www.angiemjordan.com/ (Podcast Launch Bestie) production