Welcome New Board Members!

The Industry is thrilled to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors. With their expertise and passion for the arts, The Industry is poised to make an even more substantial impact towards culture in Los Angeles and beyond. Please welcome Christine Adams, Lexa Morris, Chiedu Egbuniwe, and Debra Vilinsky! Christine Adams currently serves…

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The Industry’s FIRST TAKE Application

First Take 2015

Submit your work for the third edition of FIRST TAKE, The Industry’s incubator for new operatic ideas and works-in-progress. The third iteration of FIRST TAKE will have a public performance in February 2017 in Los Angeles. In this biannual program, composers/librettists work with LA-based chamber orchestra wild Up and fantastic singers to try out new…

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New Year, New Chairman of the Board

Mark Hoebich and Mary Ann O'Connor

From Mary Ann O’Connor, The Industry’s Departing Board Chair I became Chair of the Board of Directors three years ago, just as The Industry received its official non-profit status. In the preceding two years, Yuval Sharon, the founder and Artistic Director of The Industry, had already managed to pull off the exciting world-premiere of Crescent City. …

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