Operatic soprano/voice teacher/therapist Patricia Martinez, who's based in the Kansas City area and performs with the musical collective Sacred & Secular, discusses how her interest in music began, what led her into teaching music and her spiritual journey.  She also sings an aria from "Adriana Lecouvreur," an early 20th-century opera (music by Francesco Cilea, libretto Arturo Clautti), performed at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and later mixed by Nick Sanabria. 

Notes:

• Patricia Martinez has two websites where she can be reached. The one mentioned during the episode is https://www.artistcounseling.com/. Her other website, which includes her career bio and wasn't mentioned, is www.patriciamartinezsoprano.com. 
• For additional samples of Nick Sanabria's work, visit http://www.nicksanabria.com/.
• For more information about composer Francesco Cilea, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cilea. 
• For more information about librettist Arturo Colautti, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Colautti.
• Original music featured in this episode: "Midnight Moonlight Meditations" and "St. Adele's Waltz" (For Piano), composed by Shawn Roney, performed by Sacred & Secular. 
• "Midnight Moonlight Meditations" is available for streaming in its entirety on multiple platforms, including Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/track/3GYwlyzQ052uoRhSZU2Kgp.
• "St. Adele's Waltz" is featured on "In Solitude," Sacred & Secular's debut album,  available on multiple streaming platforms, including YouTube Music. To listen to the song in its entirety, visit https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=3y6GK0Edn-Q&feature=share. 
• To stream "In Solitude" in its entirety on YouTube Music, visit https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_78QgdhLloJ4Fof5j2lXEqC1bnfyCaCU.  

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