Here are a few alumni active in volunteer activities!
REBECCA RINGLE
Alumna REBECCA RINGLE's favorite volunteer organization is SING FOR HOPE in New York City! Hear her sing in an interview with her – Click Here!
KIM GIORDANO
Check out Alumna KIM (HILLOCK) GIORDANO and her Facebook group "Opera Singers Against Hate"
"Cindy Sadler has a great idea. Let's fight hate with song and use our voices to drown out those that protest at military funerals. We will be trying our hardest to do this in an organized, respectful fashion by checking with groups that communicate directly to the families. We will ask permission to show up and use our voices and strength in numbers to give these families what they and their fallen loved ones truly deserve. We've put this group together to share ideas, gather info and make plans, so please read the posts and check the Events page for happenings in your area. If you are willing to organize, please speak up! --Kimberly Giordano, soprano
“Music has the power not just to awe but also to heal.” “…music has almost inexplicable power -- to rouse armies to battle, soothe babies to sleep, communicate peaks of joy and depths of sorrow that mere words cannot.” « Read More
-Judy Foreman, Los Angeles Times, November 5, 2007
“…researchers are finding that music may be an effective balm for many other afflictions: the isolation of conditions such as autism and Alzheimer's disease, the disability that results from stroke, the physical stress of entering the world too early.” « Read More
-Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, March 01, 2010