SEATTLE ARTS FELLOWSHIP

LORIN GREEN (SEATTLE SYMPHONY)
Lorin Green is a flutist, educator, and administrator from Augusta, Georgia. In 2020, she earned her Bachelor’s in Flute Performance from Kennesaw State University. Currently, Lorin is pursuing her Master’s in Flute Performance at the University of New Mexico and is a Graduate Assistant and Fellow of the UNM School of Music. When she is not in school, Lorin co-hosts her podcast Relative Pitch where she along with her co-hosts engage in conversations centered around accessibility, representation, and innovation within the music field. Her chamber ensemble, Elucidate Duo, is a flute and trumpet duo that strives to present riveting performances for an array of audiences by platforming and highlighting works by POC, women, and other underrepresented composers to help with the diversification of the classical music canon. Her work and education remain centered on the fight to make the arts field more diverse, inclusive, and equitable for all.

MYAH ROSE PADEN (CLASSICAL KING)
Myah Rose Paden is a classical vocalist and arts advocate from Columbus, Georgia. While attending the University of Michigan, Myah was the co-coordinator for development of the online course Black Performance as Social Protest on the FutureLearn platform. Additionally, they sang several chamber and mainstage operatic roles with the U-M opera company and was an avid member of the Chamber Choir. Myah spent 2020–2021 interning as a social media manager with Primo Artists Management and The Kennedy Center, and in 2020 they re-launched their Thorn & Thistle Podcast, a music and social commentary podcast which they solely host, produce, and edit. Myah received their bachelor of music in Vocal Performance from the University of Georgia (2019). In Spring 2022, they will graduate from the University of Michigan with a masters in Vocal Performance and relocate to Seattle as the 2022–2023 KING FM fellow.

STELLA GONZALEZ (PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET)
Stella Gonzalez is an aspiring art historian and advocate for community and equity building through the arts. She has recently graduated from Colby College with a BA in Art History and American Studies and a minor in Italian. Through various curatorial experiences at art museums, Stella has found a way to infuse her interests in social justice and anti-racism into the arts space by promoting new artists or challenging accepted ideas. Overall, Stella’s interests always connect to the theme of corporeal resistance, the idea that change and revolution must be centered around the body and its needs. As one of the first student workers for the Greene Block + Studios, Stella created foundational documents that guide the institution’s programming and outreach efforts. Through this role, Stella was exposed to the administrative side of the performing arts and the power of dance and music in bringing a community together. Her numerous roles at the Colby College Museum of Art have also taught her strategies on how to bring underrepresented communities into an art space and effectively engage them. Having grown up in Seattle, Stella is extremely excited to be able to come back home and engage the community that raised her as this year’s PNB Seattle Arts Fellow.

TONY OTEROMARRERO (SEATTLE OPERA)
Tony Oteromarrero was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico; his parents moved to Orlando, Florida, at ten so that he and his sisters could have a better chance in the land of opportunity. At the age of eighteen, he joined the US Navy, and this new beginning brought him to the beautiful PNW. Tony has always had a passion for theater, and while his experience in the Navy was positive, he would find escapism in the music soundtracks he loved. Soon after the Military, Tony found a home at Coupe Rokei Salon and Academy in the Pike Place Market, where he became the Director of Operations during his 20-year tenure. This is where he was introduced to the world of Classical Music, Opera, Theater, Ballet, Symphony, and Orchestra. Since then, he has become an often visitor to many wonderful shows. Tony is excited about this opportunity and hopes it catapults his professional life into a world he has always loved and admired so fondly.