Key Change Podcast

How do we reimagine opera to reflect the current moment? How does the complexity of the art form help us to hold complicated truths? How can present and future leaders in the industry strengthen our understanding of voice, story, and community? Co-hosts Andrea Fellows Fineberg and Anna Garcia from the Santa Fe Opera invite artists, creators, educators, collaborators, and audience together to discuss both what and how opera can be for generations to come.

SIGNAL AWARD WINNER!

DEI category (Silver)

Music category (Bronze)

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Key Change is a production of The Santa Fe Opera in collaboration with Opera for All Voices.

Produced & Edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios

Hosted by Andrea Fellows Fineberg & Anna Garcia

Audio Engineer Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe

Technical Director Edwin R. Ruiz

Production Support from Alex Riegler

Show Notes by Lisa Widder

Theme Music by Rene Orth with Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano, and Joe Becktell, cello

Cover Art by Dylan Crouch

This podcast is made possible due to the generous funding from the Hankins Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and an OPERA America Innovation Grant, supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. 

Andrea Klunder is the award-winning producer, story and music editor of Key Change. She is also the founder of The Creative Impostor Studios, a boutique media agency creating purpose-driven podcasts for organizations, companies, and brands who are committed to cultural impact. With her multifaceted background in theatre, music, film, yoga, meditation, nonprofit and small business management, Andrea’s approach to podcasting helps creative leaders break the status quo and engage conversations that can’t be had anywhere else. The Creative Impostor Studios has also developed shows for clients like the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Del Sol Quartet, and more. In 2017, Andrea launched Power Your Story, a high school mentoring program and podcast produced by neurodiverse students in Chicago.

Andrea Fellows Fineberg has been with the Santa Fe Opera over 33 years and Director of Community Engagement since 1993. She brings a deeply rooted love and appreciation for the performing arts to her work as administrator, educator, producer, co-host for the award-winning podcast Key Change, and librettist. As librettist she collaborated with John Kennedy on Trinity and Stephen Paulus on Shoes for the Santo Niño. In 2016, UnShakeable, with Joseph Illick, premiered in Santa Fe, and in the outpouring of activities for the commemoration of the Shakespeare 400, was cited by the New York Times. For Dayton Opera she has written original dialogue for The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio and, in February of 2022, the world premiere of Finding Wright with composer Laura Kaminsky. As a collaborative artist, Ms. Fineberg had the privilege of founding and then working with the Academy for the Love of Learning’s Lifesongs, writing original, musical narratives with individuals in hospice care, since its inception in 2007. In 2004 she received the City of Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and in 2018 the Max Coll and Catherine Joyce Coll Award for Distinction in Arts Education. For six years she served as a national commissioner to UNESCO and as a member of the Obama Arts Policy Committee in 2008 and 2012.

Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Anna Garcia joined the Santa Fe Opera in 2019. Over the subsequent five years, she played a pivotal role in premiering and workshopping a diverse array of New Works through Opera For All Voices commissions, including notable pieces like Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun, This Little Light of Mine, and Hometown to the World—a finalist for the Opera Americas Mentorship program. Anna’s wide-ranging interests in education, cultural arts, and production within the operatic realm continue to fuel her commitment to sharing compelling stories with audiences of all backgrounds. Anna’s involvement and role as co-host of the Key Change podcast offer her an exciting medium and platform to further pursue her dedication to these passions. Prior to her involvement in the opera world, Anna held various administrative positions in sectors spanning from medical to corporate. Noteworthy is her completion of Mental Health First Aid Training, showcasing her dedication to holistic well-being beyond the stage.