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Unable to attend this year's conference in Tempe, AZ? Did you miss a session? Do you need a recording of a performance? Do you want to hear the Keynote Address again?
View the September 14, 2023, webinar hosted by NOA and OPERA America.
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The newsletter features articles on Stephan Paulus' The Three Hermits and the Holocaust Opera Eva and the Angel of Death.
The NOA membership voted on our slate of officers and board members at the annual business meeting, held Friday, Jan 7, 2022, in St. Augustine.
As the time for our national conference draws closer, NOA leadership has been diligently monitoring the Covid-19 pandemic, including local, state, and national guidelines, travel advisories, and health protocols. As a result of these considerations and careful negotiations with our contracted hotel in Florida, we have decided to postpone our in-person St. Augustine conference until 2022, and instead hold our 2021 national conference virtually.
Archived recording available to watch! Recorded August 17, 2020, as the start of Fall semester was only days away.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition in Cleveland, held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Conductor and pianist Howard Watkins was this year's recipient of the "Lift Every Voice" Legacy Award, recognized at the Gala Banquet at this year's conference in Cleveland.
Cleveland Conference 2020 Plenary Session: We are very excited to announce that renowned America composer Libby Larsen will join us as a headliner. Ms. Larsen will present a plenary session entitled "Libby Larsen and the Dominick Argento Connection" which will include a discussion, video recordings, and live performances of scenes and arias from Argento and Larsen works.
NOA is pleased to announce two recipients of this year's fellowship: Audrey Chait and Kaley Karis Smith.
Read about them and their work which these fellowships will help support!
Soprano Harolyn Blackwell was this year's recipient of the "Lift Every Voice" Legacy Award, recognized at the Gala Banquet at this year's conference in Salt Lake City.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition in Salt Lake City! The competition finals were held January 5, 2019.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition in New Orleans! The competition finals were held January 6, 2018.
Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century, was awarded a "Lift Every Voice" Legacy Award from NOA at its New Orleans convention. It was the first such award to be given posthumously by the organization, in honor of Ms. Anderson's distinguished career and role as a groundbreaking icon for generations of singers.
A wonderful keynote address by bass-baritone, Greer Grimsley, at the opening luncheon of the New Orleans convention!
After Life, by Tom Cipullo and David Mason, winner of the 2016-18 Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition, performed January 5th, 2018 7:30PM by the Loyola Opera Theater at Roussell Hall
Our next convention will be January 3-7, 2018 in the heart of the Big Easy, at the Loews New Orleans Hotel. The convention will be themed:
Opera's Tradition and Rebirth: New Orleans 1796-2018
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
The NOA Southeastern Region will be hosting a conference, open to all NOA members, on Sep 16, 2017 at Clayton State University (Morrow, GA). Check out the conference schedule here and register now!
Laverne Monette, a leading soprano in the 60s and 70s and a native of New Orleans, was awarded the NOA "Lift Every Voice" Legacy Award at the 2017 banquet in Santa Barbara.
Dr. Robert Larsen, Founder and Artistic Director of Des Moines Metro Opera for 37, and Professor Emeritus at Simpson College, was awarded the NOA Lifetime Achievement Award. in absentia, for his significant and enduring legacy of his contribution to the world of opera.
Accepting the award on his behalf was Dr. Virginia Saya (pictured above, far right).
Henry Price, noted leading tenor and Professor of Music at Pepperdine University, was awarded the NOA Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2017 for his lifelong contributions to opera and singer training.
Dr. Price was introduced by a tribute by his Pepperdine colleague, Louis Lofquist.
Legendary soprano Ester Hinds was honored at the Indianapolis convention's Gala Awards Banquet as the NOA's 2016 "Life Every Voice" Legacy Award winner.