Music alumnus doing some incredible work during this time of COVID

Alumnus Ingela Onstad doing some incredible work during this time of COVID.

Ingela Onstad, who completed her M.M. In Voice Performance (2014) and her M.A. in Mental Health Counseling (2017) from UNM, recently launched a new business called Courageous Artistry. Through this new business, she works as an anxiety coach for performing artists. She has shared her expertise on overcoming performance anxiety at institutions such as Colby College, Tulane University, Fort Lewis College, the University of New Mexico, Rio Grande NATS, Albuquerque Music Teachers’ Association, the New Mexico School for the Arts, Portland State University, Youth Opera of El Paso, and the University of Texas at El Paso. During March and April, she has been helping musicians across the U.S. cope with their anxiety due to cancellations of performances and economic insecurity caused by the global pandemic by presenting numerous free online webinars. In these free webinars, she presents researched and documented modalities and strategies to help lower stress levels and anxiety.

Ms. Onstad, a Santa Fe native, returned to complete her graduate work at UNM after a lengthy European opera career. In addition to her work as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Anxiety Coach, she maintains a busy schedule of performances across the U.S. and abroad. Highlights of her performance career include opera performances at Dresden’s Staatsoperette, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, and Santa Fe Opera, and concert performances with the Santa Fe Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Chatter, Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonie, Chicago Arts Orchestra, and many others.

Visit: courageousartistry.com
Follow her on social media @courageousartistry

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The New Mexico Double Bass Workshop will be host to many amazing double bass faculty to lead masterclasses, chamber ensembles, jazz courses, and a double bass orchestra (among other activities) during the days of June 25th-June 29th 2025 at the UNM Center For The Arts!

Our faculty/guest artists currently include Paul Ellison, Joe Ferris, Jack Hanan, Frank Murry, Art Sheinberg, Marco Retana, and Tobias Vigneau. This event is sponsored in part by Robertson’s Violin Shop and UNM’s double bass professor, Albert Laszlo (and his wonderfully supportive wife, Patricia Wood), among other donors. Also featuring a lunch time performance by the Tracey Whitney Trio.

This workshop is open to double bassists of all ages and skill levels, with activities for all! No auditions required; placements will be made using a questionnaire at registration designed to gauge appropriate placements based on skill and interests.

Official registration is now open, click here to secure your spot!

Costs:
Registration Fee: $100 per participant (need-based scholarships available!).
Optional Dorm Fee: $200 flat (double)/$273 flat (single) per participant.
Optional Parking Pass: $21 per car for full week

*Participants ages 12 years and older may stay in the dorms June 24th-June 30th; for participants planning to stay in the dorms, registration/dorm payments must be made by May 23rd, 2025.

*For best consideration of chamber ensemble placement, registration should be completed by June 1st, 2025. Group classes, as well as a jazz workshop class, will be available for those who do not participate in a classical chamber ensemble.

Time

jun 25 (wednesday) 8:30am - jun 29 (sunday) 9:00pm

Location

UNM Center for the Arts

203 Cornell Dr, Albuquerque, NM 87131

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