The principal programs of The Martina Arroyo Foundation are its Role Preparation Class and Prelude to Performance, an intensive summer program that includes fully staged performances with orchestra.
"...Martina's legacy is this passion she has for her profession, she's giving to all these young people right now." -Lotfi Mansouri
While serving as Distinguished Professor of Music of the Indiana University School of Music, Martina Arroyo created a course in role preparation that became the basis of a program she offered to young opera singers in New York City in September of 2002. The success of that program led to the establishment of The Martina Arroyo Foundation in June of 2003.
"...despite all their success, all their fame, they've remained true to themselves and inspired the rest of us to do the same."
-Barack Obama Speaking about Martina Arroyo and other honorees at the Kennedy Center Honors Reception at the White House, December 2013
Singer Resources
The Kaye Playhouse
Hunter College is our venue for the annual Prelude to Performance® opera performances.
695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
(212) 772-4448
The Liederkranz
The Liederkranz Foundation is the home of our Role Preparation classes and recitals.
6 E 87th St, New York, NY 10128
(212) 534-0880
Riverside Choral Society
The Riverside Choral Society has been a vital presence in the cultural life of New York City for 30 years.
2753 Broadway #244, New York, NY 10025
(917) 734-7512
Board members and staff
President and
Artistic Director
Martina Arroyo
Vice President
Andrew Martin-Weber
Mariana Zvetkova
Treasurer
Beatrice M. Disman
Grants Consultant
Janelle Hurst
Administrative Assistant
Juella Baltonado
Financial Consultant
Paolo Petrini
Publicity
Sadie Rucker
Bookkeeper
Marsha Evans
Board of Directors
Martina Arroyo
Beatrice M. Disman
Ellen Godfrey
Mason Granger
Nimet Habacy
John G. Koeltl
Kenneth F. Koen
Anthony Laciura
Andrew Martin-Weber Liliane Offredo Ernst Rieser Murray Rosenthal
Garry Spector Cecilia Teng Mark Rucker
Board Emeritus
Alfred F. Hubay
In memoriam:
Annie Benoit
Robert F. Crosby
Bella Linden, Esq.
Michel Maurel
L. Donald Robinson
Board Emeritus
Alfred F. Hubay
In memoriam:
Annie Benoit
Robert F. Crosby
Bella Linden, Esq.
Michel Maurel
L. Donald Robinson
Advisory Board
Joseph Bascetta
Ken Benson
Harolyn Blackwell
Stephanie Blythe
Richard Bonynge
Tito Capobianco
Stephen De Maio
Neil Funkhouser
Richard Leech
John Miller
Eric Owens
Rafael Sanchez
Jessica Weber
Midge Woolsey
In memoriam:
Leon Fassler
Lotfi Mansouri
Dame Joan Sutherland
Our Donors
We gratefully acknowledge that Prelude to Performance® has been funded, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
