The Mt. Crested Butte Performing Arts Center
The Mt. Crested Butte Performing Arts Center will be a vital cultural landmark, economic force and a lasting legacy for one of Colorado's premiere vacation and recreation destinations, the Gunnison Valley.
The Opera Children's Chorus
The Opera Children's Chorus grew by leaps and bounds in 2011. Twenty children from across the country, including nine from the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus and several from Crested Butte, spent a full three and a half weeks in Crested Butte rehearsing for and performing in the mainstage festival opera, Carmen, as well as a fully staged children's opera, Peter Maxwell Davies' Cinderella.
Keith Miller Appointed Treasurer of AGMA
Keith Miller was appointed Treasurer of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) in June 2011. Previously, he served on AGMA's Board of Governors for two years as well as its board of treasurers. The prestigious appointment entails Miller overseeing all checks, deposits, monies.
This marks Miller's eighth season with the Crested Butte Music Festival and his third year as the Festival's Director of Opera and the Opera Young Artist Program. Miller, in collaboration with others, started the Opera Children's Chorus, a vocal training program for children between the ages of 7 and 12 and is initiating a teen program for the summer of 2011.
The business of classical singing has changed. A singer is no longer judged solely on the basis of his or her voice. In our high-definition entertainment culture, audiences expect opera singers to look and act like Hollywood, TV, and Broadway stars, and many opera companies are endeavoring to create productions that will meet these expectations on both the stage and screen. The days of fat ladies and "park and bark" have given way to the days when opera singers are supposed to sound amazing and look fabulous while acting expertly, often in complicated fight or dance scenes.
Upcoming Performance Schedule for 2011
