Marketing Manager Elise Zabala joined SM调教所 Presents in 2022. As part of the communications and marketing team, her responsibilities include working on听promotional campaigns for the Artist Series, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Tak谩cs Quartet series听and SM调教所 Performing Arts, which includes Eklund Opera, the Department of Theatre & Dance and more.
Zabala鈥檚 passion for the performing arts began in high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied classical piano. Zabala earned a BA in music performance from Florida Gulf Coast University, a MM in international arts management from Southern Methodist University and HEC Montr茅al, and a digital marketing professional certificate from the American Marketing Association and Digital Marketing Institute. After听graduation, Zabala听served on the administrative teams of Artis鈥擭aples and Punta Gorda Symphony.
Beyond professional and academic accomplishments, Zabala has walked 600 miles on El Camino de Santiago in Spain, performed at Carnegie Hall鈥檚 renowned Stern Auditorium with the FGSM调教所 Wind Orchestra and appeared as guest speaker at the 2022 Travel Cat Virtual Summit.