Opera: FY 2024 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 13, 2023

Barbara Lynne Jamison
General Director and CEO
Kentucky Opera Association, Inc.
Louisville, KY

Mark Kalow (Layperson)
Managing Director
Soquel Group
Santa Cruz, CA

Elizabeth G. Long
Executive Director
Finger Lakes Opera, Inc.
Rochester, NY

Kevin Maynor
Executive Director and Artistic Director
Trilogy An Opera Company
Newark, NJ

Karen Slack
Opera Singer
Artistic Advisor
Portland Opera Association, Inc.
Drexel Hill, PA

Deborah Vandergrift
Director of Production
Chicago Opera Theater
Northfield, IL

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 13, 2023

Steven Aguilo-Arbues
Artistic Director
Opera Fort Collins
Westminster, CO

Aliana M. de la Guardia
Artistic Director
Guerilla Opera
Haverhill, MA

Ben Makino
Conductor/Pianist
Assistant Professor at Porterville College
Kern Community College District
Porterville, CA

David Mead (Layperson)
Attorney (Retired)
Washington, DC

Casey Robards
Chair
Sacred in Opera Initiative
National Opera Association, Inc.
Champaign, IL

Danielle Ward-Griffin
Assistant Professor of Musicology
Shepherd School of Music
Rice University
Houston, TX