THE NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1955

Robert Hansen
Executive Director

P.O. Box 60869
Canyon , TX 79016-0869
Phone: (806) 651-2857
Fax: (806) 651-2958

E-mail: rhansen@mail.wtamu.edu

Website: www.noa.org

OFFICERS

Penelope A. Speedie
President

JoElyn E. Wakefield-Wright
Vice President for Programs

John Pfautz
Vice President for Development

Carol W. Notestine
Recording Secretary

Philip H. Hagemann
Treasurer

Ryan Edwards
Past President

BOARD MEMBERS

G. William Bugg
Jason Charnesky
Mark Ross Clark
Ruth Dobson
John Douglas
David Holley
Henry Price
Curtis Rayam
Marie Hadley Robinson
William Shomos
Sally Stunkel
Elizabeth Vrenios

Helen Clapp Stevenson
Opera for Youth

Arvid Knutsen
Goldovsky Foundation

GOVERNORS

Barbara Hill Moore
(South Central)

Henry Price
(Southwest)

Catherine F. Payn
(Mid-Atlantic)

Julia Aubrey
(Southeast)

Rosemary Jackson
(Mid-West)

Mary Kay McGarvey (Northeast)

Carol Ann Modesitt
(West Central)

Ruth Dobson
(Northwest)

Tim Fink
(North Central)

Steven Henrikson (International)

PURPOSES AND GOALS:

To stimulate the appreciation, production, and composition of opera, exclusively through educational means.

MEMBERSHIP:

Individuals and Organizations: 450
Library Subscribers: 250

Description of Membership:

Comprised of singers, conductors, stage directors, and opera coaches employed in educational situations; composers and librettists; publishers, costumers, and technicians providing services to opera; scholars in opera history and practice; libraries; regional companies.

PUBLICATION(S):

Journal: The Opera Journal

Robert Thieme, Editor
3 Briar Patch Lane
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 293-4617 x3183
(304) 293-7491 / fax
rthieme@wvu.edu

Newsletter: NOA Newsletter

Susan D. Boardman, Editor
Penn State University
Department of Music
University Park, PA 16082
(814) 863-0696
(814) 865-6785 / fax
sdb5@psu.edu

Description of Publications :

Journal mailed quarterly; Newsletter mailed bi-monthly.

DESCRIPTION OF MAILING LIST:

Mailing list is rentable. List count is approximately 800, not subdivided, and is in zip code order.

Date and Site of 2006 Annual Convention:

January 2006, Ann Arbor , MI