{"id":740,"date":"2015-10-18T02:26:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T07:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=740"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:21:18","slug":"satia-spencer-mezzo-soprano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=740","title":{"rendered":"Satia Spencer, mezzo-soprano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Satia-Spencer-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Satia-Spencer-web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Praeclara mezzo-soprano Satia Spencer\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Satia-Spencer-web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Satia-Spencer-web-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Satia-Spencer-web.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Satia Spencer<\/strong> is a former Marine from DeWitt, Arkansas. \u00a0Her recent work for Praeclara includes performances as the vampire Lavinia in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=328\" target=\"_blank\">Dracula Unearthed<\/a><\/em> (2015), one of the conspiring witches\u00a0in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=232\" target=\"_blank\">Dido and Aeneas<\/a><\/em> (2015),\u00a0the role of Monique in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=507\" target=\"_blank\">Carmina Burana<\/a><\/em> (2014), and an ensemble role in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praeclara.org\/?page_id=27\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Grimes<\/a><\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n<p>Previous opera and musical theater credits include performances in\u00a0the title role in <em>Carmen<\/em>, the Mother in <em>Amahl and the Night Visitors<\/em>, and the Baker\u2019s Wife in <em>Into the Woods<\/em>, all with the <a href=\"http:\/\/ualr.edu\/music\/index.php\/home\/ensembles\/opera-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\">UALR Opera Theatre<\/a>. \u00a0She has also performed the role of Alice\u2019s Daughter in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkshakes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre<\/a>\u2019s production of <em>Big River<\/em> and sung as a pit vocalist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therep.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas Repertory Theater<\/a>\u2019s production of <em>The Wiz<\/em>. \u00a0In July 2014, she played Caroline in <a href=\"http:\/\/weekendtheater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Weekend Theater<\/a>\u2019s production of <em>Caroline, or Change<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Spencer\u00a0graduated from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ualr.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Arkansas at Little Rock<\/a> in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. \u00a0She\u00a0currently teaches music at Franklin Elementary School.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Photo credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Headshot courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/thejame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Fender Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satia Spencer is a former Marine from DeWitt, Arkansas. \u00a0Her recent work for Praeclara includes performances as the vampire Lavinia in\u00a0Dracula Unearthed (2015), one of the conspiring witches\u00a0in\u00a0Dido and Aeneas (2015),\u00a0the role of Monique in\u00a0Carmina Burana (2014), and an ensemble role in\u00a0Peter Grimes (2014). 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