A podcast about what it really takes to find your voice and make the life and the art that you love. Interviews with artists who have branched out in or broken out of the opera industry and are changing it for the better ..read more

A deep conversation on what it really means to be an artist and find your path with creative coach, prolific artist, and my dear friend, Monika Beal. Check out Monika’s coaching and her writing at www.monikabeal.com Essay: An Artist by Monika Beal: https://monikabeal.com/musingsmischief/2021/6/17/essay-an-artist IG: @makinit.opera Find resources and support us at www.makinitinopera.com ..read more

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 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 & Flow on August 18, 2022 ..read more

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, www.minkawiltz.com or on YouTube: Find the Cultural Workers podcast: https://anchor.fm/minka-wiltz Keep up with the pod on Instagram @makinitinopera Support the Pod: www.makinitinopera.com Clip from the beginning of the podcast is "Hope" by Jason Robert Brown, recording from Heal, Hope, Love ..read more

Follow Dana’s Work: The Empowered Musician www.theempoweredmusician.com Mass Opera www.massopera.org Dana Lynne Varga’s Artist Page www.danavarga.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredmusician/ Articles: Excluded, Penalized, Indebted, Harassed: Systemic discrimination against women 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/ An Impossible Choice: Music majors, COVID-19 and an uncertain future https ..read more

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 ..read more

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 w ..read more

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 www.artistsu.org Support the pod: https://ko-fi.com/makinitinopera Resources to help you make it on your own terms and other good stuff: www.makinitinopera.com IG: @makinit.opera ..read more

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 ..read more

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/ Shade: A Conversation about Race, Culture, and Identity in Opera (11/17/21): 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 ..read more