The Full Stories
ZIA SINGERS IN THE MEDIA
"Pasatiempo" Cover Story
Voices of Life, Voices of Light
Jan 9, 2026
Click here to read the feature article in Santa Fe New Mexican's Pasatiempo -- Friday, Jan 9, 2026.
"Zia Singers' Winter Performance Focuses on Music Created by Women"
by Brian Sanford
John Tiranno, Artistic Director
May 20, 2026 ~ Talking about our upcoming Spring Concert~She the People~and the inspirational meanings behind the concert’s centerpiece choral work Washington Women by Judith Clurman & David Chase. The concert also features music celebrating the power and strength of the everyday working woman. Discover our plans to sing at Carnegie Hall next year!
Also, take a listen to these radio interviews with John Tiranno. Talking about our upcoming concerts and the stories behind our musical chorus concerts.
🎶Pasatiempo features our wonderful signer, Kris Meurer! She'll be at the Zia Singers side signing while we sing this beautiful concert for you. SHE THE PEOPLE features the choral song cycle "Washington Women" and other songs of inspiration such as "I Lift My Lamp" with music by Katie O'Connor-Ballantyne and words from the poem of Emma Lazarus. Her famous words are inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.🎶
Kris will perform sign language conveying both words and musical messages at this weekend's Zia Singers concerts.
KHFM Radio - interview with Tanya Cole