The Santa Fe Concert Association believes that excellent performers are developed through consistent performing under concert conditions. The EPIK Artist Program supports this conviction through coachings with Joseph Illick and Gina Browning, and regular monthly performances, at no admission charge, in a number of public venues in Santa Fe. Artists also receive preparation for auditions and competitions.

Lucian Avalon, Oboist First-year EPIK Artist Santa Fe Secondary/homeschooled Oboe teacher: Pamela Epple Serenata of Santa Fe, oboe soloist Santa Fe Pro Musica CHAMPS program Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music Santa Fe Community Orchestra Interlochen Advanced Oboe Institute 2011 Santa Fe Youth Symphony Spotlight on Youth Concert 2011	Tony Baca, Singer First-year EPIK Artist 12th grader, Santa Fe High School Voice teachers: Marilyn Barnes, Kathleen Clawson Jesus (Jesus Christ Superstar), Santa Fe Performing Arts Beast (Beauty and the Beast), Pandemonium Productions Pepicek (Brundibar), Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe Willard Hewitt (Footloose), Santa Fe High School Santa Fe Opera Young Voices Program	Jakob Kaare-Rasmussen, Pianist First-year EPIK Artist Fifth grader, Wood Gormley Elementary School Piano teacher: Sergio Rodriguez Performance Evaluation Program of the Santa Fe Music Teachers Association 2009-2011 Performance Evaluation Program recitals 2010, 2011 Santa Fe Youth Symphony Spotlight on Youth Concert 2011
Sarah Luiz, Singer First-year EPIK Artist 2010 Studio Artist Fourth grader, Tara School House Voice teacher: Karen Hall The Language of Birds, Santa Fe New Music Schoolhouse Rock, El Dorado Children's Theater Bonnie (The Giver), Santa Fe Performing Arts Featured in a commercial for United Way Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus, SFCA 2011	Catherine MacDonald, Violinist First-year EPIK Artist 11th grader, The New Mexico School for Arts Violin teachers: David Felberg, Steven Redfield Santa Fe Youth Symphony and Santa Fe Youth Symphony Jazz Ensemble Santa Fe Youth Symphony Spotlight on Youth Concert 2008-2011 Pro Musica CHAMPS program NM All State Symphony California Summer Music Program	Faye Mathey, Composer/Pianist Second-year EPIK Artist 12th grader, New Mexico School for the Arts Piano teacher: Jacquelyn Helin Participated in a Composers' Workshop through the Musicians' Greenhouse Performed her compositions at the Governor's Mansion Performed compositions at the Heart Gallery Gala Benefit at the Lensic Santa Fe Youth Symphony Spotlight on Youth Concert 2011 SFCA Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus 2011
Clare McCarthy, Pianist First-year EPIK Artist 12th grader, Santa Fe High School Piano teacher: Jacquelyn Helin First Place awards in Santa Fe-Los Alamos- Las Vegas Competition 2010 winner of the Northeast II Honors Competition Second Place in New Mexico State Finals Honors Competition	Cameron Murdock, Cellist First-year EPIK Artist 11th grader, New Mexico School for the Arts Cello teacher: Sally Gunther Santa Fe Youth Symphony SFYSA Jazz Ensemble SFYSA Con Vivo! European Tour Santa Fe Pro Musica CHAMPS program Serenata of Santa Fe Winter Solstice Concert	Ezra Shcolnik, Violinist, Composer, 1st Boy in The Magic Flute Second-year EPIK Artist Homeschooled Violin teacher: Daniel Brandt Voice teacher: Gina Browning Attends Peabody Institute (Baltimore) where he studies composition with Judah Adashi Santa Fe Youth Symphony Spotlight on Youth, 2008, 2010 Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus, SFCA 2011
Alexandria Viszolay, Choreographer/Dancer First-year EPIK Artist Ninth grader, Santa Fe Preparatory School Flamenco Nuevo México, Spanish Market School of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Chicago Ballet Summer Intensive Arts Amahl and the Night Visitors, solo dancer, SFCA 2010 Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus, and Angel Ballerina, SFCA 2011	Phoenix Avalon, Singer 2nd Boy in The Magic Flute First-year Studio Artist 6th grader, homeschooled/Santa Fe Secondary Voice teacher: Ed Torrez Oliver, Eldorado Teen Theater Productions Prince Chulalongkorn (The King and I), Eldorado Teen Theater Productions The Language of Birds, Santa Fe New Music Albuquerque Boy Choir	Giovanni Echave, Singer, 3rd boy in The Magic Flute First-year Studio Artist 6th grader, homeschooled Voice teacher: Karen Hall La bohème, Wozzeck, Santa Fe Opera Children's Chorus 2011 The Nutcracker, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet We Are the Music, National Dance Institute of New Mexico
Kaeleigh Glazner, Singer First-year Studio Artist Fifth grader, Wood Gormley Elementary School Voice teacher: Lisa Lincoln Toto (The Wizard of Oz), Eldorado Children's Theater 2009 Princess Yin Yaawolak (The King and I), Eldorado Children's Theater 2010 Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus, SFCA 2011	Elle Knowlton, Singer First-year Studio Artist Eighth grader, Waldorf School Voice teacher: Carmen Florez-Mansi Strawberry Seller (Oliver), Pandemonium Productions 2011 Mrs. Pugh (Annie), Pandemonium 2010 Lucia (Roma Amor), Waldorf 2010 Soloist with Cathedral Basilica Choir	Zoe Unverferth , Singer Second-year Studio Artist 9th grader, Santa Fe Preparatory School Voice teacher: Gina Browning The Language of Birds, Santa Fe New Music Charlie (Willy Wonka), Santa Fe Performing Arts Soloist (Schoolhouse Rock), Eldorado Children's Theater Widow Corney (Oliver), Pandemonium Productions Hansel and Gretel Gingerbread Children's Chorus, SFCA 2011
GINA BROWNING Director of Education A strong advocate of education, Gina Browning has given performances, run workshops, and put programs in place in the public schools. She currently serves on the Board of the Lensic Performing Arts Center. She has published two collections of poetry, Roses of the Heart and Aspens in the Wind.	GRADUATE ARTISTS Shelley Armer, violist Elizabeth Barnes, singer Christopher Bornet, dancer Genevieve Davis, singer/dancer Samivel Evans, dancer Eric Illick, violin/singer Serena Ingram, dancer Clare Kendall, dancer Gavin Laur, pianist Logan Luiz, piano Frank Macias, dancer Alyssa Robinson, dancer Sarah Rogowskey, violinist Maya Rose Tweten, singer

This annual program of free professional opera productions, geared to families, began in January 2010 with Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors.The three performances, two at the Scottish Rite Center and one at the South Side Library, played to packed houses of children, families, and seniors. The January 2011 opera, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, played three performances at Scottish Rite Center, again to full houses. In addition, four performances were given for 1,200 Santa Fe Public Schools elementary school students, through the PASS Program. The 2012 opera will be an adaption of Mozart's The Magic Flute, sung in English.

THE GINGERBREAD PROJECT Inaugurated in 2011, The Gingerbread Project runs in conjunction with each year's free opera. Children who will attend the opera through PASS are invited to create a visual art project that relates to the opera. The sculptures are displayed during both public and school performances of the opera, documented in photos, then returned to the artists. In addition, through Bringing Music to Life, SFCA provides lesson materials or a learning book in advance to the students who will see each year's opera, and their teachers. This helps them to a fuller understanding of the opera and its story prior to the production.

Through the BRAVO KIDS! program, SFCA visiting artists offer interactive concerts in such venues as St. Francis Auditorium of the New Mexico Museum of Art, The Lensic Performing Arts Center, or in schools. During these events, the artists perform, and speak to the students informally about their creative life.

Each event is geared to the particular ages and artistic experience of the students. For example, in October 2010, the Spanish Brass Quintet from Valencia, Spain, gave a free community concert in Santa Fe's Cathedral Basilica as well as providing interactive concerts at Santa Fe High School (band and Spanish students), Atalaya Elementary (special education students), New Mexico School for the Arts (general student population), and Eldorado Community School (band students). In April 2011, saxophonist Ashu and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang presented master classes and recitals at New Mexico School for the Arts and Santa Fe High School.

SFCA works with other local arts education programs and groups on collaborative projects, including Santa Fe Public Schools and New Mexico School for the Arts, and collaborates with other organizations as Community Partners. The 2011-12 Partners are Santa Fe Children's Museum, New Mexico School for the Arts and Santa Fe Youth Symphony.

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Under the guidance of Director of Education Gina Browning, the Santa Fe Concert Association is committed to outreach and education on every level. Student concerts by artists, free family programs, and informative lecture-recitals by our artistic director, Joseph Illick, help make the artistic experience more meaningful and immediate for all. Generous support from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government sources makes these programs possible!

Now in its third year, the EPIK Artist Studio has expanded to include three different programs - for EPIK Artists, Studio Artists, and Graduate Artists. The EPIK Artists are talented young musicians and dancers aged 9 to 17, chosen by audition, who receive private coaching and regular performance opportunities. The Studio Artists, who are singers, are also selected through auditions and perform in the annual SFCA free Community Opera and in several holiday concerts. The Graduate Program provides special performance opportunities, audition workshops, and ongoing coaching for performers who have completed two years in the EPIK Artist Studio.

For 2011-12, performance venues include the First Presbyterian Church, El Castillo, Ponce de Leon Retirement Community, Collected Works Bookstore, First National Bank downtown, Christmas at the Palace, the Santa Fe Children's Museum and the United Church of Santa Fe.