Opera: FY 2016 Grants Panelists

Veronica Arzate de Reyes (Layperson)
Outreach Coordinator
New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange
Albuquerque, NM

Michael Forest
Associate Professor of Voice
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

Evans Mirageas
Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director
Cincinnati Opera
Cincinnati, OH

Huang Ruo
Composer
Professor of Composition, Mannes College of Music
The New School
New York, NY

Peter Russell
General Director
Vocal Arts DC
Washington, DC

Keith Cerny
General Director & CEO
The Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX

Gordon Hawkins
Baritone
Scottsdale, AZ

Linda Jackson
Managing Director
Glimmerglass Festival
Cooperstown, NY

Cerise Jacobs (Layperson)
Retired Attorney, Arts Patron
Brookline, MA

Kathryn Smith
General Director
Madison Opera
Madison, WI

Torrie J. Allen
Independent Opera Producer, Chief Officer of Development and Marketing
Alaska Public Media
Anchorage, AK

Alan J. Held
Opera Singer, Concert Artist
Associate Professor of Voice
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Janice L. Mayer
Executive Director
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Santa Fe, NM

Daniel K. Meyer (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Bethel, PA

Nicolas (Nic) M. Reveles
Composer, Pianist, Arts Educator
Director of Education and Community Engagement
San Diego Opera
Bonita, CA

Kim P. Witman
Pianist
Senior Director, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA

Martina Arroyo
Opera Singer, Teacher
President & Artistic Director,
Martina Arroyo Foundation
New York, NY

James Michael Ching
Composer, Librettist, Conductor
Ames, IA

Barbara W. Glauber (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Brookline, MA

Timothy F. O’Leary
General Director
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO

Raymond Tymas-Jones
Associate Vice President for the Arts, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
The University of Utah
Murray, UT

Diane M. Zola
Director of Artistic Administration
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, TX