students compose opera 2013-2014
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Language arts and social studies come to life through this unique approach to integrated arts instruction. Through this program, students create and present music dramas based on source material (stories, poems, or historical events) drawn from classroom curriculum. Weekly student instruction in text analysis, libretto writing, music composition, and theatrical staging focuses on developing both academic and socio-personal skills. We invite you to partner with the Metropolitan Opera Guild and let us inspire your students with the magic and creativity of opera in the classroom.TRANSCRIPT
Are you looking for innovAtive strAtegies to improve student literAcy, communicAtion, problem-solving, And collAborAtion?
Language arts and social studies come to life through this unique approach to integrated arts instruction. Through this program, students create and present music dramas based on source material (stories, poems, or historical events) drawn from classroom curriculum. Weekly student instruction in text analysis, libretto writing, music composition, and theatrical staging focuses on developing both academic and socio-personal skills. We invite you to partner with the Metropolitan Opera Guild and let us inspire your students with the magic and creativity of opera in the classroom.
What’s Included: Weekly clAssroom instruction facilitated by a Guild Artist, utilizing an approach grounded in Common Core Learning Standards
plAnning sessions between Guild Artists and teachers to foster collaboration and align content with classroom curriculum
professionAl development to develop teachers’ ability to incorporate artistic processes into ongoing teaching
presentAtion opportunities for students to perform for one another and the community
finAl dress reHeArsAl tickets to the Metropolitan Opera (grades 3 and above)
Appropriate for: pre-k to grAde 12
Duration: semester-long (18 Weeks)—45 minutes per week per classroom minimum 4 classrooms per school
Fee: cAll for pricing (subsidies available for qualifying schools)
To register or for mArtHA HArtmAn, School Programs Coordinator, more information: [email protected] 212.769.7026
The Metropolitan Opera Guild is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Guild programs are also made possible by the New York State Council of the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
top: Third grade students at P.S. 81 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn rehearse a short opera they composed as a class. left: Second graders wear handmade costumes for their performance at P.S. 164 in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The students composed an opera about Brooklyn communities raising money to build a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty’s arrival in the 1880s. PHOTOS: JESSICA BAL
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