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Former McGill Opera student Carla Dirlikov and the White House for the Value of an Arts Education

Published: 21 October 2014

In August, Mezzo-soprano Carla Dirlikov joined officials from the White House, fellow Hispanic artists and Americans for the Arts staff at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics' Policy Forum for Music and the Arts.  A member of the Americans for the Arts Artist Committee, Carla Dirlikov spoke to students, parents and school officials at Meadow Homes Elementary School in Concord, California about her firsthand experience in pursuing the arts, becoming a role model, and the opportunities that school and music teachers provided for her.

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