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Heres whats on tap this week, as well as events to make note of for your summer plans.

Carolyn Watson has a PhD in music and years of practical experience in conducting orchestras, from high schools to Europes leading concert halls.

Enjoy a fools tale on April Fools Day with the semi-staged, more western bar themed concert at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

Is the AI very confused and wrong, or am I, about the Opera in Amarillo.

Is the AI very confused and wrong, or am I, about the Opera in Amarillo.

Books to Broadway is back: Friends of the APL celebrate their 10th year of the free concert event this week.

This Saturday night, don't miss Amarillo Opera's one-night-only performance of one of the most beloved, recognizable operas out there: Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Thanks to Creative/Artistic Director Mary Jane Johnson for stopping by HPPR to discuss the event, and she even brought the conductor, Michael Ching, along with her!

Amarillo Opera begins its 2022-2023 season with the well-known comedy classic on Oct. 8 in the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

OPERA America has selected three accomplished BIPOC professionals in opera as mentees in the 2022‒2023 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color. The Mentorship Program, now in its second year, advances racial equity in the field by pairing BIPOC administrators with established leaders in the field who can support them in achieving their career goals.

Thanks to Jessica Mallard, WTAMU's Dean of the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts, for stopping by High Plains Public Radio this week! We talked about the cram-packed arts calendar that just dropped, encouraging arts lovers of the Texas Panhandle to mark THEIR calendars!