A pioneer of thought leadership in music and the arts, Music Academy of the West has announced he winners of its third annual Alumni Enterprise Awards. Over $70,000 in cash prizes will be shared among eight alumni, funding four winning projects and two Innovation Awards.
Alumni Enterprise Award Projects
Tenor and non-profit founder of Opera4Kids Bernardo Bermudez ('11) will use digital platforms to bring opera to young people through his program Musical Make Believe.
Violinist Clara Lyon ('03, '04) and violist Doyle Armbrust ('01, '03) of the Spektral Quartet (pictured above), will record and release a commissioned work, Enigma, with a 360-degree video screened in planetariums and viewed on VR headsets.
Cellist John Popham ('05, '06) of Longleash will create a meditative, active listening podcast, States of Listening.
Tenor Andy Zimmermann ('19) will bring opera to Broadway with Opera Jukebox, a concept that will reinvent popular arias for a wide audience.