In this episode, I sit down with Caitlyn Primous, a rising senior in the Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre program at Florida State University. Caitlyn discusses her journey into Musical theatre and the process of creating and producing her musical Under the Willow Tree. Throughout this episode, you will hear music from the rehearsal process of Under the Willow Tree. Rarely do we get the opportunity to hear clips of the very early stages of a new work, so I am grateful to Caitlyn for giving me permission to share these.

Welcome to this special episode, and soft relaunch of SYWTSFS. Today’s guest is tenor DaSean Stokes, who premieres his first opera, "The Saturday’s Sorrow," today, May 8th, 2024. In this episode, DaSean shares his origin story, detailing how he became an opera singer, composer, and arts administrator. Additionally, he offers insights into the process of writing and producing an opera.

Happy Holidays everyone!  Tenor, Logan Webber, is back and joining me again for a special holiday episode of the podcast!  He catches us up on what he's been up to, new projects, new perspectives, and what the future holds.  We also talk about Jonas Kaufmann's Christmas album, which caused a bit of a stir in the opera world, along with some of our favorite holiday songs!

ShayLyssa and I talk about self discipline, striving for excellence, artistic burn out, and so much more!

Melissa and I discuss access to black classical music, making connections in the business, developing grit and so much more!

Stephanie and I talk about being black in a PWI (predominantly white institution), the importance of diversity, the importance of understanding, finding music therapy, and so much more!

For more information about Stephanie and the work she is doing please check out the following links:

www.lovelittlebeats.com

www.lifecreative.org

Alica and I talk about the current state of the opera industry, the importance to doing the work, and so much more!

Kyaunnee and I talk at length about so many topics from the importance of having creative spaces in schools to how The Phantom of the Opera has been by her side throughout her journey.  Take a listen!