Secondary students break the mold of traditional school productions while rehearsing and performing on a digital platform to create a new, unique opera recording.
Arts and education meet at our In-School Opera Remote Workshops. Five weeks spent with LA Opera artists fly by as students sharpen their musical and theatrical skills to learn and perform a new opera by composer Juhi Bansal, DMA, and librettist Neil Aitken, PhD. Students explore the life and work of Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852), an English mathematician and writer who is considered to be one of the first computer programmers.
Things to know:
- Students will perform through a remote platform to help ensure safety during physical distancing (students must have an internet-enabled device to participate)
- Workshops are once a week for five weeks, for one class period (between 9am-3pm), and run Sept. 14 - Oct. 16
- Students will work with a Music Teaching Artist, a Visual Teaching Artist, and LA Opera Connects Resident Director Eli Villanueva to create a digital performance that schools and students can keep
- Extensive teaching materials and lesson plans are provided to connect the program to literature, social science, history, world cultures, and language skills
- Covers Common Core and VAPA standards
- Enrollment is open to 10 schools within LA County
- The school participation fee is $400
Teachers must attend an orientation on Monday, August 31 at 4:30pm.
Questions? Send us an email or call 213.972.3157.
Generous support for Secondary In-School Opera from
California Arts Council
