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General Director

Greg CarpenterGreg Carpenter joined the staff of Opera Colorado as Director of Development in 2004 and became General Director in September of 2007. He is responsible for overseeing artistic and administrative operations of the company, guiding a staff of eighteen full-time employees.

Greg Carpenter previously served as Opera Colorado’s Director of Development, managing the company’s fundraising efforts. He has proven himself as an exemplary leader in the areas of fundraising operations, working with a forty-five member governing board and overseeing a full-time professional staff of four. He has successfully generated revenue through special events, donor cultivation, community partnerships and corporate support. Carpenter was the Chairman of the fundraising committee for the National Performing Arts Convention.

Prior to joining Opera Colorado, he worked for three years as the Manager of Development with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. There he worked closely with the National Symphony Orchestra leadership and an eighty-five member board to achieve and exceed annual fundraising goals averaging $8.9 to $10.5 million. Carpenter has significant experience creating both short and long term multi-faceted strategic plans and managing aggressive goals.

His previous work experience also includes two years as the Artist and Events Services Manager with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland and as a Professional Opera Singer from 1986-1998. Carpenter sang leading and supporting roles at Glimmerglass Opera, Central City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Theatre of North Virginia, Cleveland Opera and Lyric Opera Cleveland.

He received a Bachelor of Music from Wittenburg University; a Master of Music from Michigan State University and was a Post-Graduate Studies/Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate at the University of Maryland School of Music.