Deborah Sunya Moore

Deborah Sunya Moore, vice president of performing and visual arts at Chautauqua Institution, joins the podcast this episode to share her unique path to Chautauqua — she first came as a guest artist in 1996 — and her department's important work in arts-integrated education in the local region, plus a preview of 2018 Chautauqua programming in opera, theater, visual arts, dance, orchestral and chamber music, and popular entertainment.

Moore is a percussionist and arts educator with a long history as an advocate of performing arts programs for youth and persons with disabilities. In addition to her appointment at Chautauqua, she is a National Workshop Leader for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Previously, Moore held the positions of arts education and community engagement specialist and associate professor of percussion at the University of Trinidad and Tobago; director of education and community engagement for the Louisville Orchestra; and artistic director and percussionist of Tales & Scales, a nationally touring instrumental quartet for youth. Follow her on Facebook at @deborahsunyamoorechq.