Welcome to the Notes From Her Podcast; the podcast that encourages women and others to embrace their inner multicultural melody hosted by Xochitl Hernandez! This first season of Notes From Her features interviews from women MOC's (musicians of color). Episode 1 of season 1's first female MOC is opera conductor/director, professor, and pianist Mercedes Juan Musotto. Tune in to hear Mercedes talk about her life in Argentina and move to the United States, her journey as a musician, and her career as opera director at California State University Northridge, Santa Monica College, and Center Stage Opera. Listen to also hear Mercedes give great advice and career tips for women in music, conductors, Latinas, how to combat machismo and so much more!Features music clips from Mercedes conducting the opera Serse by George F. Handel and "The Can-Can" from the opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Jaques Offenbach.Follow @notesfromher_ on Instagram and Twitter and like Notes From Her on Facebook. Mercedes will be conducting:Suor Angelica by Puccini and Don Giovanni o sia Il Convitato di Pietra by Giuseppe Gazzaniga at California State University Northridge on March 26-29https://www.facebook.com/CSUN-Opera-982258528633306/Faust by Charles Gounod January 25-26 at the Madrid Theatre in Sherman Oaks,https://losangeles.eventful.com/events/gounods-faust-/E0-001-133055643-5https://www.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=1152485The Tales of Hoffman by Jaques Offenbach May 8-9 at Santa Monica College.http://www.smc.edu/ACG/Marketing/Events/Pages/Tickets.aspx