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VOICExperience Foundation Announces Annual OPERA IDOL Competition Four of the following aspiring classical singers will compete in front of an online audience for one full scholarship to attend the Milnes VOICE Studio.by BWW News Desk For the 15th consecutive year, VOICExperience Foundation (VE) founded by acclaimed operatic baritone Sherrill Milnes and soprano Maria Zouves, will offer their annual Opera Idol master class competition. Traditionally taking place in the Chicago area, this annual...

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the original production of Amarillo Opera’s “Remove Shoes Before Entering” had to be postponed back in November, with the group not knowing at the time when members of the community would be able to see it performed.  However, the opera is making it a priority for this story to be told and for this music to be heard by the Texas Panhandle community, helping opera be reached by members of the community it may not always be accessible to.  The opera will ...

Checking in with our first class of composer mentees posted on 12:03 PM, February 16, 2021 In fall of 2020, NATS selected 10 Black composers to participate in its new Mentoring Program for composers In October of 2020, the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) announced and began its inaugural season of the NATS Mentoring Program for Composers. The new program was designed to encourage the creation and performance of new works by pairing a celebrated art song composer with an emerg...

"Youth Triumphant" sculpture in Barre Two words that got used a lot in 2020 are "resilience" and "pivot." The former is always a good thing; the latter wed be happy to dump in the vocabulary dustbin. Pivoting was what everyone on the planet was forced to do this year when the coronavirus arrived — most definitely including the creative sector. The cancellations of performances and exhibitions, the closure of venues, and the loss of income for many ar...