Just saw the story that one of my former students, Sialik King, who also took a lead role in our robotics team, has gone on to compose music.

She was featured on NPR affiliate, KJZZ.

One of the songs, One Day at a Time, sounds like a classic opera song – supposedly reminiscent of Madame Butterfly or The Barber of Seville. The Opera is part of a move to incorporate American Indian stories in ‘micro-operas’ of  8-12 minute duration. Composers Raven Chacon, and Michael Begay were commissioned by Arizona Opera, the Grand Canyon Music Festival, and the Heard Museum for this.