We’ve Been Serving Opera on Tap
Opera on Tap (OOT) was born in 2005 at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom in Brooklyn and incorporated in 2007 to promote opera as a viable, living and progressive art form and to support the developing artists who continue to keep the art form alive. What began as a small monthly gathering of ambitious, classically trained singers looking for more performance opportunities, has grown into a producing organization that has gained a loyal audience base and national recognition as an innovative force on the classical music scene. Through its Chapter program, which now has over twenty vibrant national (and international!) chapters, OOT has created a large network of performers, creators, and supporters. Our mission is to expose new audiences to opera and classical music by taking opera and classical music out of the concert hall and performing it in alternative venues, to aid young performers in their development by giving them the opportunity to perform and to promote and support them through our organization and to help promote new classical works of contemporary classical and operatic composers. Learn more about our programs here.
Our Team
Anne Hiatt
Artistic & Executive Director
Victoria Davis
Education Director & Creative Producer
Samantha Nahra
Assistant Education Director & Social Media Director
Interns:
Kathryn Witkowski– Education Research Intern
Patricia Leonard
Development Director
Kayleigh Butcher
Systems Administrator & Creative Producer
Board of Directors
Officers and Executive Committee Members
David Gordon
Board Chair
Music Educator /Manhattan School of Music and freelance performer
About David
Donna Epstein
Board Treasurer/ Interim Secretary
Tax Lawyer/ Loeb, Block & Partners, LLP (retired)
About Donna
Directors:
Dr. Naomi André, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor in MusicUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor, University of Michigan (retired)
Jason Asbury, Associate Head of School at Saint Ann’s School/Music Director of Grace Chorale of Brooklyn
Katherine Delaney, Director of Development NYFA
Isabel Walcott Draves, Founder of Creative Tech Week/Consultant
Rachel Duval, Performance artist / Executive Speaker coach
Nia Imani Franklin, Composer, Vocalist and Miss America 2019
Tanya Jones, Award-winning Producer + Founder, Mama Bear Media Group LLC
Sarah Moulton-Faux, Singer/Producer
Ramona Ponce, Theatre educator/ freelance costume designer, La Guardia Performing Arts Center
Lucia Rivieccio, Interim Executive Director, Midwood Development Corporation
Salima Ira Swain, NYC Public School Music Teacher (retired)
Equity Committee:
Victoria Davis
David Gordon
Ramona Ponce
HR Committee:
Katherine Delaney
Donna Epstein
David Gordon
Anne Hiatt
Lucia Rivieccio
Advisory Council
David Cote
Aaron Dworkin
Eve Gigliotti
Christine Goerke
Celeste Headlee
Adam Herskowitz
Sylvia McNair
Todd Perlmutter
Kyle Pfortmiller
Laura Pfortmiller
Kamala Sankaram
Prof. George Shirley
Mithuna Sivaraman
Alexa Smith
Russell Thomas
Cassandra Wilson
Education Advisory Council
Dr. James Duval
Adam Herskowitz
Karen Fierst
Emily Grad
Anna Hall
Rachel Powers
Paul Provencio
Jorge Sosa
Dr. Indre Viskontas