ALT Poster reading: Operatic Feminisms women and femmes on and off the opera stage Symposium Saturday, March 25th, 2023 James Room Barnard Hall, 4th floor Columbia University with premieres by Barnard-Columbia New Opera Workshop Columbia Collegium Musicum The poster features a pastel background, dark purple font, and contains a QR code on the right side. The footer includes logos for the department of music at Columbia University in the city of New York; the New Opera Workshop; and Columbia’s Arts and Sciences Graduate Council

ALT Eric Balboni stands outside with his arms folded and a smile on his face. He is fair-skinned with dark hair. He wears glasses with transparent frames, a dark t-shirt under a colorful short-sleeved button down, a brown belt, and dark pants. Greenery is visible to his right and in the background of the photo.

ALT Eric’s bio: Eric Balboni (he/him) enjoys cultivating a teaching career that includes work in colleges and universities as well as private voice instruction, music directing and accompanying singers for recitals and recording sessions! He is currently the Voice Department Coordinator and Professor of Practice in Music at Anna Maria College and a Professor of Voice at Fairfield University and works with students in person in Massachusetts and New York, and virtually throughout the country (and sometimes the globe!). Eric is committed to a path of lifelong learning, which includes some really wonderful mentorship, engaging with his community of voice professionals through organizations like NATS and PAVA, attending workshops, reading a lot of nerdy stuff, and formal voice pedagogy training. He currently serves on the New England Regional Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Massachusetts Chapter of the Pan American Vocology Association. (Cont. on next slide)

ALT (Cont. from last slide: He holds a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance and an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from New York University. Eric loves exploring alongside  students and finding authentic and expressive vocal options for any given song.) Eric is passionate about offering gender-affirming voice care through voice lessons. Exploring vocal colors and strategies that will help students find authenticity in a voice that aligns with their gender identity is an awesome privilege and he is honored each time a student trusts him to walk this path with them. For more information, please visit www.ericbalboni.com The bio is from the Operatic Feminisms website and features a light pink background with dark purple font.

ALT Poster reading: Operatic Feminisms women and femmes on and off the opera stage Symposium Saturday, March 25th, 2023 James Room Barnard Hall, 4th floor Columbia University with premieres by Barnard-Columbia New Opera Workshop Columbia Collegium Musicum The poster features a pastel background, dark purple font, and contains a QR code on the right side. The footer includes logos for the department of music at Columbia University in the city of New York; the New Opera Workshop; and Columbia’s Arts and Sciences Graduate Council

ALT A professional headshot of Eugenia Forteza. The background is a soft blue. Forteza wears a smile and a light pink top. Her long, dark hair covers her right shoulder. She has tan skin and brown eyes.

ALT A screen cap of Forteza’s bio from the Operatic Feminisms website. It reads: Eugenia Forteza is an Opera Singer, Actor, Writer, and Influencer based in NYC. She was born in Paris, France and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She relocated to the USA to pursue studies and a career in opera and the performing arts. Eugenia holds a Master of Music from the Opera Institute at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, Summa Cum Laude, from the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is the Founder, Host and Lead Editor of 360° of Opera, a staff writer for Classical Singer Magazine and serves as an Ambassador for the Barcelona Festival of Song, The Musical Athlete, as a Board Member for Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra and as Vice-President of the Board for Frisson Films. She is represented by Spotlight Artists Management for classical music and CPM Talent for acting.

ALT A digital poster for Operatic Feminisms. It features a pastel gradient background (light blue to light pink) and dark purple font. The title of the event takes up the top third of the poster and reads “Operatic Feminisms: women and femmes on and off the opera stage” Smaller text reads: “symposium Saturday, March 25th, 2023” “with premieres by Barnard-Columbia New Opera Workshop [and] Columbia Collegium Musicum” To the right, there is a large QR code captioned “scan code to register!” The bottom of the poster displays logos for The Department of Music | Columbia University in the City of New York; for the New Opera Workshop; and for the Columbia Arts and Sciences Graduate Council

ALT A professional headshot of Niloufar Nourbakhsh. She is outside leaning against a metal railing. She wears a dark dress with a high, square neckline and thin straps. She also wears a dangling necklace and earrings. Her hair is dark and tied back, and her head is tilted slightly toward the camera. A pair of glasses sits on top of her head. In the background, a brick wall is visible with graffiti-like designs covering portions of it. Other buildings and tree tops are also visible on the other side of the railing.

ALT A screen shot of the Operatic Feminisms website which includes Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s bio in dark purple text on a light pink background. It reads: Described as “stark” by WNPR and “darkly lyrical” by the New York Times, a winner of the Second International Hildegard commission award, a 2019 recipient of Opera America’s Discovery Grant, and winner of 2022 Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation competition, Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s music has been performed at numerous festivals and venues including Carnegie Hall, Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, and Direct Current Festival at the Kennedy Center. A founding member and co-director of Iranian Female Composers Association, Nourbakhsh is a strong advocate of music education and equal opportunities. She is currently an adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University as co-artistic director of Peabody Conservatory Laptop Orchestra. Niloufar holds a doctoral degree from Stony Brook University and regularly performs with her Ensemble Decipher.

ALT Digital poster for Operatic Feminisms at Columbia University. The title of the event is at the top of the poster, followed by smaller text which reads “March 25th, 2023 Columbia University.” The body of the poster features professional headshots of six of the participating speakers. They are Candace Magner, Anne Midgette, Megan Gillis, Niloufar Nourbaksh, Eric Balboni, and Eugenia Forteza. Below these images, text reads “to register: https://bit.ly/operaticfeminisms2023.” The footer includes logos for the university’s music department, the New Opera Workshop at Barnard College, and the university’s Arts and Sciences Graduate Council. The poster uses pastel pinks and blues along with dark purple font and graphics.