Pilgrim in Mexico. Joseph McClain

Mexican based Pilgrim Joseph McClain walked the Camino Frances in 2017 and began his career as a tenor on American and German opera stages. During his 10 years of activity in Germany, he made the transition to stage direction, directing a wide range of British, German, and American plays in the German theater. McClain is the founding general director of Austin Lyric Opera, and from 1987 to 2002 he guided the growth of a company known as the "Wunderkind" of young American operas. During that time the company grew to a $5.5 million annual operating budget playing each season to over 40,000 attendees. Under his leadership the company launched important new artistic initiatives including the co-commissioning of major new American works. In 2000 McClain established the Armstrong Community Music School as a branch of the company's educational program and in the same year completed the construction of a new $5 million administrative, educational and rehearsal complex designed by Lake Flato architects. Since 2003 McClain has been a full-time resident of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. As a stage director he has directed productions of virtually all the international operatic repertoire on stages in the United States, Europe and Canada. McClain served on the Board of Directors of OPERA America as Vice Chairman for Artistic Initiatives, jury panel for the National Endowment for the Arts. and as a member of numerous city, state and national arts initiatives. He has been a full time resident of San Miguel de Allende for 7 years and during that period initiated Ópera de San Miguel's competition for young Mexican singers. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with honors (BM), Indiana University (MM). Do you want to be around other pilgrims in a non judgemental & supportive space? Do you want to share how it feels to return from your Camino in an environment that you will always be supported & encouraged? Then please click on my POST CAMINO Support Group FB link: Listen to Seattle based Pilgrim Annie Love talk about Geocaching and the Camino here!

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Pilgrim in Mexico. Joseph McClain is an episode from Project Camino by Brendan Bolton.

This episode is 40:51 long.

This episode was published on Oct 23, 2018.

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