2020 Rubies Honouree Michael Schade reflects back on Opera Canada founder Ruby Mercer, and to a future mentoring the next generation of opera artists. Schade is the third Schwalbe artist to receive the Ruby in the past three years, joining roster-mates Dominique Labelle (2018) and Benjamin Butterfield (2019).
Nick Hart
I am a web developer and software engineer from the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background working in the entertainment industry as an SEO specialist/social media marketer. I studied full stack web development at UC Berkeley, and I am equally experienced working for small businesses, non-profits, and large corporations.
