Key Change

What does it take to build a rewarding and sustainable career in opera?
What happens when you realize you don’t really have the drive to BE an opera singer?
How do you find the courage to take more creative risks in your own work and life?

The answers to these questions and more on Key Change Season 6 from the Santa Fe Opera Department of Community Engagement and Education, with the returning co-host you know and love, Anna Garcia, and the new co-host you’re going to love, Olga Perez Flora!

If you're new here, catch up on seasons 1-5 with this recommended playlist:

Season 1

Episode 1: Setting the Stage (June 29, 2018)

Episode 5: Other Duties as Assigned (July 25, 2018)

Season 2

Episode 2: A Seat at the Table (April 17, 2019)

Episode 8: Gender is Not Genre (May 29, 2019)

Season 3

Episode 6: Building a Better Society with Florida International University Music Students (August 25, 2021)

Season 4

Episode 2: Influence and Inclusion (June 22, 2022)

Episode 4: Story With Purpose: The Origin of the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council (July 13, 2022)

Season 5
The whole season! But if we have to choose…

Episode 2: Making Learning Sticky (April 17, 2024)

Episode 7: What’s Opera to a Bunch of High School Students? (November 13, 2024)

Episode 8: An Opportunity to Encounter Excellence (December 4, 2024)

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Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education.

Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios

Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora

Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe

Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz

Production Support from Alex Riegler

Show Notes by Lisa Widder

Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello

Cover art by Dylan Crouch

This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera.

To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org/KeyChange.