Oliver Prezant – Host

Conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant has presented interactive lectures and education programs on opera, orchestral, and chamber music for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Santa Fe Opera, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Opera Southwest, Performance Santa Fe, the Tanglewood Association of Volunteers, Road Scholar, and the Guilds of the Santa Fe and San Francisco Opera companies. He has written and hosted radio shows, preview CDs, and online Prelude Talks for The Santa Fe Opera, and radio shows for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. He has presented programs on the relationship of visual art and music for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art in Roswell, New Mexico. He was the conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra for many years and performed as a violist with the California Chamber Virtuosi, the Santa Fe Opera, and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. He is the founder and the Executive and Artistic Director of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects, a Santa Fe-based nonprofit which provides programs for listeners, musicians, and teachers in Northern New Mexico. His unique presentations have helped thousands of music lovers of all ages deepen their appreciation and understanding of music. For more information, visit: www.oliverprezant.com