Board of Directors

Name: Cav + Pag
Start: 2021-10-02T20:00
Location: The Muse

Phillip Bettencourt, Board Chair, is a director, music director, choreographer, teacher and actor based in New York City. Phillip has performed off-Broadway, at Boston Symphony Hall, and worked in regional theaters across the Northeast. A seasoned theater educator, Phillip builds successful programs that provide young actors with an authentic theatrical experience in a supportive environment. Students of Phillip work on Broadway, off-Broadway, television, major motion pictures, New York City Ballet, and the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus; many of them attend top college theater programs across the country. Phillip joined Broadway Bootcamp in 2003, collaborating on the company's past 31 productions and its successful expansion to three sessions in 2015.

Currently, Phillip serves as the music and theater teacher for the fourth and fifth grades at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School (New York, NY), the Youth Choir Director at Southport Congregational Church (Southport, CT) and on the board of directors of New Camerata Opera (New York, NY). Previously, he served as the Theatre Arts Director at Metropolitan Montessori School (New York, NY), and commissioned two original works for the students. Other educational credits include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York, NY) and the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance (New York, NY) where he directed, music-directed and choreographed the company's Youth Theatre Program and music directed its Teen Theatre Program. Phillip owns his private voice studio, teaching both in New York City and Southport, CT.

Wendy Haley has over 25 years of financial technology experience, and is currently employed as CTO at Entrypoint Capital. She previously worked at JPMorgan Chase and other financial firms in various technical capacities. Wendy holds a B.A in Mathematics and B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia University.
Wendy has loved opera since childhood, and has been turning friends into (sometimes surprised) fans since college. She is excited about this opportunity to support NCO in its mission to share the fun!

Nancy Hager is a musicologist with degrees in music from the University of Michigan (BA), Columbia University (MA) and the CUNY Graduate Center (PhD). She was a faculty member of the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music for 40 years, fourteen of them as its Director, and served for one year as the college’s acting provost. She taught music major courses in history, analysis, and ear training, and was involved in a variety of college governance initiatives. Her publications include articles covering a wide range of periods and genres as well as listening and reading materials that introduce students to European, American and world music traditions.
Now retired, Nancy is enjoying the riches of life in New York City - music concerts, dance and theater performances, art movie houses, independent book stores, Italian classes at a local library, birding in city parks, plus spending time with children and grandchildren living in the New York area and visiting those farther away. She is grateful to be able to continue advocating for music and music eduction as a board member of New Camerata Opera, The Harmony Program, Music Before 1800, Cutting Edge Concerts, and previously The World Music Institute.

Scott Lindroth is an experienced program manager and specialist in program development, social media, fundraising and marketing with seven (7) years of expertise in operations management, program development, and communications consulting. His experience has involved such major companies as Manhattan School of Music, Dicapo Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Moderne, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Wildlife Conservation Society. At Manhattan School of Music, one of the country's most renowned, Scott focused on program development and marketing directly with customers. Scott has multi-year experience in communications consulting for various enterprises, which complements his program development work. Over the course of his career, Scott has developed a significant skill set in: (1) consulting; (2) website development; (3) operations management; (4) event coordination; (5) social media management; and (6) fundraising. Scott's consulting and operations management skills include: (1) developing multi-year strategic plans for development; (2) implementation and execution of the strategic plans; and (3) working with executives to track revenue and cost results, and make changes as needed.

www.scott-lindroth.com

Ms. Smith currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the President of Manhattan School of music. Before that she was the Director of Marketing at New York City Opera (NYCO) where she was focused on the Pride Opera Initiative and the Ópera en Español series. In this position she sets the strategy for marketing initiatives, including e-newsletters, social media, season brochures, advertising, etc. Before working at NYCO, Alexa worked for Baltz & Company, a full service public relations firm first as Executive Assistant to the President, then Account Manager, and finally Operations Manager.

Ms. Smith holds a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University

As a performer, she has been seen on the stages of New York City Opera, CNR Drama, The Martina Arroyo Foundation's Prelude to Performance, dell'Arte Opera, and BarnArts Theatre. She was most recently seen as an Elfe in Respighi's La Campana Sommersa with New York City Opera.

Her recent roles include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (dell'Arte Opera), Beatrice in the off-Broadway revival of Michael John LaChiusa's Marie Christine (Columbia Stages), Sarah in Ragtime Clara (CNR Drama) in Porgy & Bess (BarnArts Center for the Arts), Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance) and Sharon Graham in Terrence McNally's Master Class (ArtisTree Center for the Arts). She made her Lincoln Center debut in New York City Opera's production of Rachmaninoff's Aleko and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

She won an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions and was a semi-finalist in the Giulio Gari Foundation's International Vocal Competition and the Joy in Singing art song competition.

Alexandra Tweedley (she/her/hers) is an arts administrator working both in the performing arts and in education. She is currently the Assistant Director and Summer Dance Intensive Administrator in the Dance Division at The Juilliard School and has previous administrative experience at The Washington Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
She received a B.A in Communications and a B.A. in Dance from The George Washington University and received a Master's in Arts Administration from Columbia University. In addition to her work as an arts administrator, Alexandra has also choreographed and stage directed for theater and opera companies such as Brouhaha Theatre Project and New Camerata Opera. She has also served as Camp Coordinator at Broadway Bootcamp, a summer musical theater program for students ages 8-16. She is thrilled to be returning to New Camerata Opera as a member of the Board of Directors and looks forward to working with the company in this new capacity.