Music by Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Ernesto Lecuona, and others.
Grammy Award® winner Ana María Martínez is considered to be one of the foremost sopranos of her time. In addition to an international career that spans the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls, Ms. Martínez continues to explore her role as a leader in the industry and as an advocate and educator to the next generation of musicians. In 2019 she joined Houston Grand Opera as their first-ever Artistic Advisor, and following a two-year appointment as Artist-in-Residence at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, in July 2021 she became a Professor in their Department of Voice.
Pianist Kevin Murphy is professor of music in collaborative piano and director of coaching and music administration for IU Opera Theater at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A leading figure in the world of classical vocal music, he has served as Jacobs faculty since 2011. In 2016, he joined newly appointed professor Anne Epperson as codirector in creating the graduate degree program in Collaborative Piano. Since 2011, Murphy has been director of the Program for Singers at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, and 2013-14 marked his first season as artistic consultant for the Tucson Desert Song Festival. He is currently artistic director of the Tel Aviv International Summer Opera Program. He also is frequently a guest vocal coach with Santa Fe Opera and will be guest coach for Los Angeles Opera in 2023.
