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she\/they<\/em><\/p>\n Musical Theatre, Direction, Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n Erica Soto is a Music Teacher, Director, and professional vocalist for Bluewater Kings Band. Their passion for musicianship and performance is widely demonstrated throughout the West Michigan music & theater community, including recently directing for Ten For All at Civic Theater. Other notable performances include opening for Grammy Award winning artist, NE-YO and Leslie Odom Jr, as well as various productions and concert series at Civic Theater, since 2019. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n What inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Being surrounded by folks with different ideas, experiences & backgrounds who love to create.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Who is your favorite fictional character?<\/strong><\/p>\n Hermoine Granger<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n What was your favorite after-school snack?<\/strong><\/p>\n Nutella & apples<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/teaching-artists\/” button_text=”Back to Teaching Artists” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_icon=”8||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ERICA SOTO she\/they Musical Theatre, Direction, Acting Erica Soto is a Music Teacher, Director, and professional vocalist for Bluewater Kings Band. Their passion for musicianship and performance is widely demonstrated throughout the West Michigan music & theater community, including recently directing for Ten For All at Civic Theater. Other notable performances include opening for Grammy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3561,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3856,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3852\/revisions\/3856"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Erica was also featured as a vocalist with the Grand Rapids Symphony.
\u201cI love teaching at Civic because it allows me to connect with and mentor students who are eager to learn about theater and performance. I believe in the future of our theater. Our students will thrive as long as there are professionals willing to share their knowledge and show them that it is possible to follow their dreams.”<\/em><\/p>\n