Cindy Sadler

Founder + Executive Director, Spotlight on Opera
Director of Marketing and Communications, Tulsa Opera

Board, FacultyTony Howell & Co.July 21, 2025Directors, Master Classes, Careers

Aaron Beck

Music Director, Spotlight on Opera
Artistic Director, Tulsa Opera

FacultyTony Howell & Co.May 9, 2023Music Staff

Kara Shay Thomson

Assistant Program Director
Voice Faculty, Soprano

FacultyCindy SadlerMay 9, 2023Voice Faculty

Dottie Randall

Head Coach and Chorus Master

FacultySpotlight on OperaMay 9, 2023Faculty, Music Staff, Chorus

Lori Decter Wright

Stage Director, Opera Scenes Showcase; Soprano Voice Faculty

FacultySpotlight on OperaMay 9, 2023Faculty

Gwendolyn Brown

Voice Faculty, Contralto
Stagecraft Instructor

FacultySpotlight on OperaMay 8, 2023Voice Faculty

Nicholas Simpson

Voice Faculty, Tenor, Italian Diction Coach

Faculty, AlumniTony Howell & Co.May 7, 2023Voice Faculty, Craft, Madama Butterfly, Recitals, Master Classes

Megan Barth Argo

Conductor, The Magic Flute
Coach, Collaborative Pianist

FacultySpotlight on OperaMarch 10, 2023Music Staff

Machele Miller Dill

Stage Director, Hansel & Gretel
Acting Instructor

FacultySpotlight on OperaMarch 2, 2023Faculty

Whitney Hollis

Music Director and Pianist, Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears

Coach/Pianist

FacultySpotlight on OperaMarch 2, 2023

Erica Jackson, soprano

AlumniSpotlight on OperaJune 15, 2021The Child, L'enfant, Goldie B. Locks, Opera Scenes Showcase

Allison Jones, soprano

AlumniSpotlight on OperaJune 13, 2021Traviata

Joanna Ehlers, mezzo-soprano

AlumniSpotlight on OperaJune 12, 2021L'enfant, Traviata

Miguel Espiritu

Student, AlumniSpotlight on OperaJune 1, 2021Traviata, Concerts, The Child, L'enfant

Ira Stecher

Tenor

AlumniCindy SadlerFebruary 19, 2020Tenor, Don Giovanni