Category: McCleave Project
Friday, August 2, 2019
PHOTO BY: Ziggy Mack
Opera Memphis Announces Second McCleave Fellowship Recipient
Opera Memphis is proud to announce the second participant in The McCleave Fellowships - Bethania Baray . A first-of-its-kind program launched in 2018, The McCleave Fellowships are designed to identify and nurture emerging artists, directors, and conductors of color in opera and are the second phase of The McCleave Project established by Opera Memphis in 2017.
Bethania Baray, the...
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Friday, August 2, 2019
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Opera Memphis to Receive $25,000 Grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts
Memphis, TN— National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $25,000 to Opera Memphis for their 30 Days of Opera program and The McCleave Project , a multi-pronged effort to...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Opera Memphis' Shirley Hill named "Women to Watch"
Shirley Hill, Community Relations Associate for Opera Memphis, featured in Memphis Magazine 's "Women to Watch" spread in their October 2018 issue.
From the article:
"Shirley Hill first joined Opera Memphis in 2009 as a chorus member. This year she will be the Project Manager for the McCleave Project. The McCleave Project seeks to deepen Opera Memphis' engagement with issues of equity...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018