Renato N. Estacio
Education
BA, English literature
Oberlin College
BM, Voice
University of Nevada
MM, Voice
University of Nevada
MBA, Marketing
Keller School
PhD Candidate, Public Affairs
University of Nevada
Music Background
- Opera Singer
- Artistic Director, Southwest Arts Group
Administrative Background
- Director of Marketing, Las Vegas (Nevada) Philharmonic
- President, Southwest Arts Group
- District Director, Metropolitan Opera National Council of Auditions
City of Residence
Albuquerque
Commission term
ended May 6, 2018
Bio
Estacio is the Artistic Director and Conductor for the Southwest Arts Group (SWAG) – a group that produces and educates audiences to enrich lives. The group has a strong show choir component but encompasses all art forms and partners with other fine and performing arts. As a member of SWAG, he is an active performer, choreographer and producer for all shows. Other musical experience includes having performed, stage managed or directed in 30+ unique shows (not including multiple nights of shows) to include musicals, operas, operettas, theater, in both the U.S. and abroad over the past 25 years. Renato recently served as Interim Music Director for the Albuquerque Civic Chorus, where he selected repertoire, conducted the ensemble, and facilitated the strategic direction of the organization.
Academically, he attended Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, OH, where he studied tuba performance and English literature; from Oberlin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. His academic background includes degrees in marketing (MBA-Honors) and vocal performance (BMus – Magna Cum Laude/MMus). He is completing a PhD in Public Affairs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; his dissertation focuses on the legal social construction of Native Americans.
Outside of the arts, he works in gaming technology, overseeing the Arizona and New Mexico region for his company. His expertise in gaming includes business intelligence, corporate strategy and product marketing. He has worked in business and market intelligence for International Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. Before he entered gaming, he served as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Assistant Director for the UNLV Writing Center. Furthermore, Renato’s leadership experience includes having been Board Director for the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society; General Director for We Sing! (Choral Festival); member for the Technology Board at UNLV; Director and President of the Board, Village of Centennial Springs and Board Director/Vice President for a Las Vegas, Nevada-based opera company.
Estacio grew up on Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.
Felicity Broennan had the great privilege of growing up in Santa Fe at a time when it was a haven for artistic, alternative, and creative-culture lifestyle exploration. After earning her B.A. from the University of Colorado in English and her M.S. in environmental science and communication from Antioch New England Graduate School, she has spent the majority of her working life in the social-profit arena for a variety of organizations such as Girls, Inc., the Navajo Housing Authority, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Institute of American Indian Arts, The San Juan Mountains Association, and the Santa Fe Watershed Association. She also founded a music promotion company, Bad Girls Productions, the proceeds of which funded many non-profit environmental endeavors in the Four-Corners region. A recent convert to state government, she is currently the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships for the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
