So I knew that I could perform I knew I loved to perform. I had done high school Gilbert and Sullivan performances. So, I was in the chorus and I would go out in the wig and the makeup: that was exciting. I was in choruses really more in high school, which was then in Great Bend, Kansas, but the music education was just top notch. I played violin in the orchestra and (sang in) choruses, of course. My father was a barber shop quartet singer and director in our small town of El Dorado, (13,000), and it had an orchestra and a band. Scorca: Had you sung before in high school choir, in high school shows? Did you know you had a singing voice?
I can do that." So I tried out, got in the chorus, and that was it.
So I went to school there and they were doing an opera and I thought, "Oh, that'll be fun." I'd never heard one, but I thought, "That's music. I was from Kansas anyway, born in Wichita, Kansas. My very first opera that I ever heard, I was in the chorus of Madam Butterfly, at the university that I had just matriculated into, University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and they had a fabulous music department and orchestra, which was made possible by the summers of band camps and music and art camps that they had, which I had attended.
Scorca: Thank you so much Patricia Wise for being with us. The Santa Fe Opera is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Marc A. If the new member is unable to pay the initiation fee on time, he/she must contact AGMA’s Membership Department by the end of the first week of rehearsals to arrange a payment plan. In addition, Working Dues calculated at 2% of the total compensation will be withheld and remitted to AGMA on each member’s behalf. Have NOT been engaged more than once by The Santa Fe Opera before under Apprentice Artist status by AGMA contract (AGMA limits apprenticeships to two engagements.)ĪLL SINGERS ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED TO JOIN AGMA IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS.Īll new members must submit an application for membership and must pay the first of two $39 basic dues payments within one week of their first rehearsal in Santa Fe. The initiation fee (currently $500) is due to AGMA by the first contracted performance.Have NOT, prior to apprenticeship with The Santa Fe Opera, performed total of six (6) different roles with another professional opera company under regular AGMA Artist’s Contract.This agreement limits the eligibility of candidates to those persons who: The Apprentice Singer Program of The Santa Fe Opera is operated in agreement with The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA).
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