Holly Mesarch, soprano

I get to work with some of the most wonderful, talented people!! What an amazing, memorable evening!!

Getting ready!! Get your tickets at TicketMaster or at the door starting at 4:30 PM at McKelligon Canyon Theater!

It’s production week!! I LOVE 😍 this part of the process! And I love the people that make this possible! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👨‍👨‍👦👩‍👩‍👧‍👧

Obviously the performers are a huge part of it but let’s not forgot the “unsung” heroes that deserve recognition!! Part One!!

•Flor (pictured), our collaborative pianist, 🎹 who makes us singers (like Antonio, also pictured!) sound good, who makes it come together!

•Venues like Pilón, and Whole Foods Market who host our pre-show events. 🥂🍇🥖🛒

•Our sound technicians, in this case Antonio was on sound and in charge of setting things up at all SIX of last weekends gigs! 🎵🎤 Yup, that’s the same guy singing in the first pic!!

•the folks at New to Me thrift store who also carry formal wear—and the ladies who had my dress altered 🪡🧵👗to fit me and make me shine on stage!! 🌟

•everyone who is helping set up for each stage of preparation for TONIGHT’S performance (did I mention tickets 🎫 are still available on TicketMaster and at the door??). My friend and co-worker (how lucky am I that I get to work with someone so wonderful??) and I put up signage to help direct people ↕️↔️🔀, set up hospitality drinks and snacks🍊🍿🥨, and deep cleaned the spaces🧽🪣. And it was HOT 🥵 😝!!

•I forgot to snap a pic of my fabulous hair stylist, Kelsi, at Beauty Bar. 😢 But I sure love what she did!! 👱🏼‍♀️🪮

•Of course my boys were practicing being supportive as I spent quality time with them celebrating some goals being achieved at McDonald’s, before heading back to attend the dress rehearsal. 🍟 🍗 🥤 😊

•Obviously, my friends and fellow singers!! I have such talented and beautiful-inside-and-out friends!! 💖

As I take more pics, I’ll post more about the peeps that make it possible to bring this all together!!

Don’t miss me and my fellow resident artists in our performances this weekend!!

I’ll be at the Ardovino’s Farmers Market at 10:00, and Whole Foods Market at 12:30 tomorrow!

What? You'd like another chance to see El Paso Opera Resident Artists perform? Well, your wish is our command! We will be out SIX (6!) times this weekend for free performances! Our Resident Artists will delight you with wonderful performances AND tell you all about Mozart by Moonlight and how you won't want to miss it!

(pictured: Antonio singing his heart out at where he will perform again on Sept 8!)

PERFORMANCE DETAILS at epopera.org/community
MOZART BY MOONLIGHT DETAILS at epopera.org/events

This will be my first time performing in this lovely al fresco venue!! 🎶 🌵 ✨ 🌙 ✨ 🌵 🎶

Visit epopera.org/tickets to place your order for Sept. 16!!

I look forward to seeing you there!!

Wow! What an honor to sing vocals for this song!!

Thank you to the musicians involved !
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Composer: Daniel Rivera
Ft: Holly Mesarch, soprano
Mark Fowler - Bass
Christopher Perkins - Bass
Panthera Onca - Guitars & Production

Review: Solar Soundwaves 💯🎧🎸
Have YOU listened to the new song?
We’ll leave the link to below!

One important aspect of being a musician 🎶 is finding ways to advocating for and support performing arts in your community! 🌆

I will be supporting local artists this Friday—and you’re oh-so-welcome to join me!! (See post below 👇)

No matter where you live, find a way to support a local artist this weekend!! 🗓 Where will you support the arts in the coming days and weeks, friends?

Don't miss us this Friday!

Guys—that’s me!! Pretty sure by my face that I’m singing in French. 😝

I ride tonigh along with the incredibly talented fellow Resident Artist, Taelon Stoneciper, kicking things off at the Shakespeare in the Park series. Thanks, Shakespeare on the Rocks for inviting El Paso Opera to sing these past two weekends.

rides TODAY! 🚙🎤🎶

Join us this evening, Saturday, October 1 at the following locations around the West Side. See you there!

📍6:00pm - Madeline Park as part of the Shakespeare Family Festival
📍7:00pm - San Jacinto Plaza
☔️ WEATHER/WIND PERMITTING!

For more information visit our website!
📸Resident Artist Holly Mesarch performing for

is all done and now a fond memory. It wasn’t my turn to perform, but I am grateful I could contribute to the fine arts by selling tickets and helping things run smoothly in the El Paso Opera office for the past four weeks.

What a talented and fabulous group of people!

And now to decompress!

So many fun ways that they’ve made opera and the upcoming production of Frida a part of the community.

Announcing VIVA FRIDA!
Fun events around town to help us celebrate our upcoming FRIDA show! It's going to be a great month!

The Manor at 1011-El Paso Opera is their non-profit of the month for August, events ALL MONTH LONG!

El Paso Street Car-Ride & Sing-El Paso Opera Resident Artists on the streetcar, Friday August 5 @ 5:30

Café Central-Guild & Friends Luncheon, Saturday August 6

Lunch & Learn about El Paso Opera at The Manor at 1011, Tuesday August 9 @ 11am

Happy’s Barley & Vine-Mexican Tequila Tasting, Thursday August 11 @ 6pm

El Paso Chihuahuas-Catalina Cuervo sings the National Anthem, Friday August 12

Sip & Paint at The Manor at 1011, Frida themed paintings, Friday August 12 @ 6:30pm

Alamo Drafthouse-FRIDA FEST, Saturday August 13, All Day MORE INFO HERE

Farmer’s Market at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing- Frida themed market! Saturday August 13, @9:30am MORE INFO HERE

Pilón Wine Bar-Mexican Wine Tasting, Friday August 19 @ 6pm

Kendra Scott-KGB event plus meet our Frida & Diego under the Frida mural, Saturday August 20 @10:30am

El Paso Museum of Art-Frida themed Family Day, Saturday August 20

El Paso Street Car/El Paso Library-Ride & Read-Frida stories for kids on the streetcar, Saturday August 20

More details and information will be shared soon! In the meantime, plan to join us to celebrate Frida! Thank you to all our VIVA FRIDA participants!

Justin Lucero always has the kindest things to say about his singers and continues to bring out the best in the performers lucky enough to work with him!! Thank you Justin. 😍

Please check out El Paso Opera’s page to hear more about the amazing singers features in our upcoming Resident Artist Recital!!

MEET OUR RESIDENT ARTISTS!
✨Holly Mesarch✨

Artistic Director Justin Lucero on Resident Artist Holly Mesarch:
"Holly is as dependable as she is talented. Dependable in work ethic and preparation, in positivity and determination, and, of course, in magnetic, remarkable stage presence."

Get ready for our End of the Season Resident Artist Recital!

📆 Saturday, June 4
🕝 5:00pm
📍 St. Francis on the Hill Episcopal Church
🎟 Free Admission

PERFORMANCE ALERT!! 🎶 🚨

Many that I meet have been asking when my next performance will be and I am excited to share this event with you! 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏿🙋🏻‍♂️

My fellow Resident Artists and I will delight you with a taste of both classic and culturally diverse song selections! These people are lit! So don’t miss the 🔥 fire!!

Our Resident Artists are the heart of El Paso Opera! You've seen them perform around our community this season for , First Fridays, and Making Spirits Bright. Join us for our annual End of the Season Resident Artist Recital and celebrate these wonderful singers with us!

📆 Saturday, June 4
🕝 5:00pm
📍 St. Francis on the Hill Episcopal Church
🎟 Free Admission

It’s been a hot minute since my last post, but I wanted to share this fabulous “opera”tunity to share the healing power of music with those beautiful souls in assisted living and rehabilitation centers! My El Paso Opera colleagues and I sang opera and musical theater selections in partnership with the Junior League of El Paso, Inc.!

We’re so thankful to be a part of something bigger than ourselves! What a joy to being some smiles to their faces.

That’s it from me for now, but keep singing, you beautiful people!

What a fun adventure singing art songs, arias, and musical theater selections on a moving streetcar! 🤩 A big thank you to for having resident artists and resident pianist to bring art to the people! The marquee is right. That streetcar was “Special” last night. 😘

And in honor of Dr. Seuss week, this brought a whole new meaning to “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” 😉

-with Taelon Stonecipher, Mariana Sandoval, and Guillermo de la Garza.

Come see me perform some of the most beautiful music written—on a street car!! Don’t let the novelty fool you, this is classic-good stuff!

I had the honor of working with band leader of The Golden Groove, Daniel Rivera, and pianist, Andrea Davis. Singing such favorites as Mary, Did You Know?, and O, Holy Night.” Having Daniel on guitar was an especial treat, especially given how busy things are for musicians this time of year!

Read this post to the end to see one of my favorite Bach quotes! 🎶 🌟 🎶

I love all kinds of music and have been focusing on some classic greats like Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone, to name a few—all in preparation for a big turning point!

I stepped out of my comfort zone and sang a full jazz set with The Golden Groove last night! 🤩

Group leader, Daniel Rivera, has been a great, encouraging mentor in transitioning over to this style of singing! My heartfelt thanks go out to him!

More pics and video to follow in the coming days!

Not too long ago, a friend reached out to me for help with a small recording project. Never did I think I would actually be able to help someone else with their recording needs, but thanks to the pandemic-which-shall-not-be-named I knew exactly what to do. I was so glad I was able to both help her vocally (getting the voice back into shape coming out things is legit hard!!), but we were able to prepare something for her upcoming event. Thanks for trusting me to help you create!

Let me know if you need help getting your small scale recording project taken care of, I’m glad to help! Contact info on the page. Woot!

We’ll be out bringing our community joy before you know it! FTW!!!

🗣We are thrilled to bring back to the community! 🛻 🎤 🎶 We are getting everything ready for 's return in March. 📅

🗣Plus, First Fridays will return in April!

We've missed you and we look forward to seeing you at these free community performances soon! Stay tuned for dates and locations! ** weather/wind permitting** ☀️ 😎

Please note: Our sound system allows the singers to be heard from a distance, so please remember to respect social distancing and mask requirements while enjoying .

pictured: Resident Artist Sarah Neely

Pictures of my upcoming event with El Paso Opera: Bon appétit, featuring Cherry Duke as Julia Child! 🍫 🍰

Please got to https://www.epopera.org/events/bon-appetit to get your $25 or Pay-What-You-Can tickets to be given the link to watch it air on Saturday, February 6, 7:30 PM!
***you cannot watch without paying and being sent the link*** So be sure to plan ahead!

Also, it’s not everyday you get to wear your grandmothers wedding ring because it suits your song selections era so perfectly!!

Happy holidays and Happy 2021 to you all!!! 🎉 🎊 🎉

I didn’t do much with my new website this year, but I took that important step of STARTING it!
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Many of my friends and supporters know that I’m a mother of FIVE SONS and will often ask, “HOW DO YOU DO IT ALL?!”

Well, the truth is....

I DON’T!!!! I don’t DO IT ALL, and NO ONE DOES!!!

This image says a lot about “how I do it” but here are a few more one liner answers:

“I have a very helpful spouse and friends.” 💕
“Medication. Ahem, I mean meditation.”😜
“I take a LOT of naps.”

It always brings a smile to my face when friends are able to make it to these performances!!

Another great evening of in the books. Thanks to the beauties, Sarah Neely and Annie Pennies, who also sang this evening. It’s such a joy to work with y’all!

Brushing up an old favorite and learning about the special origin of the carnations in Spain.
Come to tonight’s with El Paso Opera to hear this little gem.

http://directoriodeco.com/carnations-forever/

Welcome, Friend! This is my new page to access all my musical goings on, with some options to purchase live (socially distanced) and recorded performances. Please PM me to answer any questions you may have on how to set up your desired performance!!

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