Taos Opera Institute

Mark Craig

General Director

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Kandace Nachtrab - Chair

Audris Griffin - Secretary

Sidney Bender - Member

Mary McPhail Gray - Member

Renee Shortlidge - Member

Kay Anderson - Member

Molly Steinbach - Member

Christine Riveles - Member

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From Left to Right Above: Sidney, Molly, Kay,

Audris, Mary & Kandace

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Honorary Board

Mary Jane Johnson

Founder - Director Emerita

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Linda Poetschke

Founder - Director Emerita

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Charles MacKay 

Former General Director-Santa Fe Opera

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Elizabeth Crittenden

Artists Manager - Columbia Artists

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Carol Isaac 

Assistant conductor - Metropolitan Opera

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Jacque Trussell

Singer - Professor

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Jay Hunter Morris

Singer

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Kathleen Clawson

Singer - Stage Director