Emily Morris

Fresh out of high school during the height of the recession, I enrolled at Front Range Community College with a practical goal: complete my general education credits while I figured out what kind of future was actually possible. While there, I pursued music at every opportunity. Private voice and piano lessons, performing in the chamber choir, and immersing myself in music theory and history, with plans to transfer into a vocal performance program. But like many artists, I faced a difficult...

One of the most important parts of our year as an opera company is our auditions. We hold auditions at least once a year, usually in February or March, and it is one of the most exciting things we do. If you have never auditioned for anything (or even if you have), let me take you on a little behind the scenes journey. The audition process starts months before audition day. The first step in the process is selecting our programming. Our mainstage show is generally the anchor of our season...