{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Taking Care of the Art with Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers","description":"Pop quiz: Name an opera training initiative that creates space for self-discovery, serious fun, and a bit of Broadway adoration. Spoiler alert: there\u2019s only one answer. On this episode of Key Change, co-hosts Anna Garcia and Olga Perez Flora get to know Chandler Johnson, Director of Santa Fe Opera\u2019s Apprentice Program for Singers, and uncover what early-career singers selected for this internationally acclaimed program can expect from their 13 weeks in the desert.  \u201cIt\u2019s a pressure cooker!\u201d exclaims Chandler of the four-month-long apprenticeship, initially developed by John Crosby, founder of the Santa Fe Opera. How prestigious is the program, you might ask? We did the math. Out of a thousand applicants, less than 5% have a chance of making it in. That\u2019s 36-46 participants annually. And once those folks are accepted? They\u2019re met with a 360\u00ba view of the industry including an intense rehearsal regime, mainstage experience, individual scene recitals, donor events, and off-campus performances. Chandler\u2019s circuitous route to Apprentice Program director includes five different administrative titles at Santa Fe Opera alone, proving that the stage isn\u2019t the only avenue to an illustrious career (although he\u2019s got some amazing performance credits to his name). \u201cI still sing for fun,\u201d he says. \u201cMy roots were church music, musical theater, R & B, that kind of stuff. And, I'm always singing along to my favorite pop girlies.\u201d  Now, he\u2019s happy to guide the next generation of talent, offering honest assessment and encouragement in equal measure. \u201cI've had some singers come back and be, like, that one thing you said to me, that really changed the trajectory.\u201d KEY CHANGE RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST Season 2, Episode 8: Gender is Not Genre: Women in Opera - featuring Susanne Sheston, Santa Fe Opera Chorus Master FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Chandler Johnson, Director, Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Apprentice Program For Singers | Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Technicians | Santa Fe Opera Young Artists Program | Chautauqua Opera The Glimmerglass Festival Opera Santa Barbara Jessica Vosk Kathryn Henry Lina Gonz\u00e1lez-Granados | LA Opera Duke Kim *** Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera, Department of Community Engagement & Education. Share your favorite opera moments and questions with Community Engagement: agarcia@santafeopera.org Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Anna Garcia & Olga Perez Flora Audio Engineering: Collin Ungerleider & Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Technical Director: Edwin R. Ruiz Production Support from Alex Riegler Show Notes by Lisa Widder Theme music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello Cover art by Dylan Crouch This podcast is made possible due to the generous support of the Hankins Foundation, Principal Education Sponsor of the Santa Fe Opera. To learn more, visit SantaFeOpera.org\/KeyChange.     ","author_name":"Key Change","author_url":"http:\/\/www.santafeopera.org\/keychange","html":"