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This would be a pivotal year for David DiChiera personally and professionally for the rest of his life. The young Oakland University Assistant Professor, who had just graduated from UCLA, would meet Karen VanderKloot that year, whom he has referred to as his most devoted friend, critic, and counselor. Her contribution to shaping the first decade of activities at the Music Hall and her impact on having MOT touch the lives of thousands of children and adults throughout the state is incalculable, " he wrote in 1996. DiChiera was also asked to take over the Overture to Detroit Opera project, which was the precursor to MichiganTheatre, in 1963. The educational program known as Detroit Opera was run by the Association, which paid for the Metropolitan Opera (Met) to come to Detroit every spring.