Central City Opera Education and Community Engagement

2013-2014

Bringing the Magic of Opera to You!

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Central City Opera Still Making hiStOrY...

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Built by Welsh and Cornish miners in 1878, the Opera House in Central City,

Colorado is still making history today as the home for Central City Opera’s

professional annual summer festival. The jewel-box theatre is a National

Historic Landmark and one of the most unique and intimate venues

anywhere – with the Rocky Mountains and the mining town of Central City as

an unforgettable backdrop. In addition to the Opera House, Central City Opera

owns more than 30 historic properties used as housing and performance

venues each summer. The organization is also known for its nationally

recognized young artist training program and year-round education and

community engagement throughout the region. Touring programs reach as

many as 100,000 student, family and senior patrons each year. Central City

Opera offers a musical and theatrical experience unlike any other and has

wowed audiences with world-class performances since 1932. The company’s

artistic vision is boldly different from other regional companies in balancing

traditional and progressive works, and taking opera programming for children

and families into the broader community. With its combination of diverse

repertory and unique theatre, Central City Opera attracts internationally

recognized directors, conductors and artists who produce amazing, exciting

and unforgettable Art.

Central City Opera’s touring programs enhance existing curriculum for young

students and lifelong learning for everyone. We work directly with educators,

community leaders, students and parents to make these offerings relevant,

educational and entertaining. The arts enrich lives and learning at every age.

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Central City Opera’s engagement programs are designed to come to you – we tour to all areas of Colorado and Wyoming.

For ChildrenEureka StreetThe Great Opera Mix-upMozart & Co.How the West was Sung Opera Alive!Music! Words! Opera! Residency

For Tweens and TeensHow the West was SungEn Mis Palabras (In My Own Words)Performing Arts IntensiveOpera Alive!Opera on the GoMusic! Words! Opera! Residency

For EducatorsMusic! Words! Opera! WorkshopMusic! Words! Opera! Residency

For Families, Adults, Lifelong LearnersOpera on the GoSpeakersRegional TouringFestival Family Matinee

eduCatiOn and COmmunity engagementpErsonnELDirector – Deborah MorrowCoordinator – Emily MurdockProduction/Stage Manager – Erin Joy Swank25 Ensemble and Teaching Artists

To Book A progrAm • CentralCityOpera.org/education Easy online reservations available

• Education@CentralCityOpera.org • 303.331.7026

sChoLArshipsNo student program request is ever refused because of inability to pay the stated fee. Scholarships, funded by generous foundations and individuals, are offered to qualified schools and organizations. Please call 303.331.7026 for more information.

Take advantage of excellent in-school offerings from our partner organizations:

Colorado Children’s Chorale Childrenschorale.orginside the orchestraInsidetheorchestra.comThe Alliance projectSCCollaborative.orgSponsored by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

Photos by Mark Kiryluk and Erin Joy Swank.

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how the West was sung“Along with dreams they brought their songs; that’s how the West was sung.”Western frontier history comes alive when seen through the eyes and music of Leadville Silver King, Horace Tabor, and his beautiful wife Baby Doe; Molly Brown, known as unsinkable; Clara Brown, freed slave and Colorado pioneer; and other assorted frontier characters. What did people do for entertainment before the iPad and Netflix?

opera Alive! Teaching ArtistsProducing opera requires knowledge and experience from many different fields. Augment your curriculum in STEM subjects, music, dance, theater and world languages with hands-on workshops, master classes or residencies led by Central City Opera’s proficient Teaching Artists. Students gain knowledge, confidence and technique in singing, composition, instrumental technique, stagecraft, movement or other related activities. Two popular STEM workshops are Science of Singing and Cooking and Fractions where students watch and experience how sound waves and harmonics are produced and manipulated by the human voice, or apply various math techniques to recipes and discover how bodies are instruments that need to be fueled.

mozart & Co.“A company specially organized to sing and play a little opera for YOU.”Mozart and fellow composers mined the riches of great literature and fairy tales to create comic masterworks with great appeal for children.

Eureka street “From lumberjacks to culture, singing and adventure; come to Central City where the singing is so pretty.”With funny and fascinating opera characters as your tour guides, discover Central City’s Eureka Street! You’ll meet prospectors, divas and lumberjacks from stories by Rossini, Shakespeare and other favorites.

The great opera mix-up“To give your plot far more zest, add characters on a quest.”Learn that opera is musical storytelling – with plot, characters, conflict and resolution. This is great preparation for story writing units or reinforcement of literacy elements for all grades.

All three of these fast-paced, imaginative and interactive programs are designed to support k-6 standards and curriculum. Children are invited on stage to help create scenes from stories originally envisioned by the likes of shakespeare and the Brothers grimm, and to learn about the magic of telling stories through song.

grades k-6Available year round

Performed by 3 singers and pianist$350 single/$450 double (back to back)

Colorado Academic Standards: Music, Reading, Writing and Communicating, World Languages

Resources and related lesson plans available online.

grades 3-8Available year round

Performed by 3 singers, narrator and pianist

$450 single/$550 double (back to back)

Colorado Academic Standards: Music, Reading, Writing and Communicating, Social Studies

Resources and related lesson plans available online.

“My students are always so highly energized after your workshop! They work harder, they are more focused, and they sing better. I want this on my school calendar annually!” - Choral Director, Estes Park High School

Children Children, tweens & teens

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grades k-12

Cost varies.

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performing Arts intensiveStudents who love to perform will dig deep to develop skills in acting, dance/movement, vocal technique and composition in this two-week summer workshop in residence in Colorado Springs and Central City. Master Teaching Artists from the Colorado Springs Conservatory and Central City Opera mentor students as they team-create a short opera; learn and perform scenes from opera and musical theater; attend performances and classes and perform their own work for audiences at the Central City Opera festival.

En mis palabras (in my own Words)“I’ll never be free unless I dare to be me.”

An original one-act bilingual opera, En Mis Palabras addresses the universal theme of adolescent development – finding your own voice and learning who you are amid parental expectations and peer influences. Fifteen-year-old Ana Maria feels stifled by her strict father just as he is bewildered by her wish to be herself. Her wise Abuela and brother Rodolfo try to help but both father and daughter must experience a crisis to learn tolerance and understanding.

A bilingual resource guide explores cultural and family traditions, immigration and Latino history in Colorado and includes lesson plans in language arts and social studies.

grades 6-12Available year round

Performed by 4 singers, pianist, classical guitarist

$650 single

Colorado Academic Standards: Music, Reading, Writing and Communicating, World Language, Social Studies, Theater

Resources and related lesson plans available online. (English and Spanish)

tweens & teens

For morE inFormATion:centralcityopera.org/highschoolintensive orcoloradospringsconservatory.org

Ages 14-19Auditions - Fall of 2013intensive - July of 2014

opera on the go“I was very impressed with the talent, the selections, the narrative, the direction…I could go on and on.”- Audience member, Smooth Operator, Lone Tree Arts Center

Central City Opera Ensemble Artists make opera mobile. Enjoy the magic of opera any time, any place. From a lecture or one singer and pianist, up to a quartet in a 90-minute program of staged opera/musical scenes, call on us to arrange a program just right for your needs.

• Regional Tours (3-4 singers and pianist) 2-4-day tours anywhere in Colorado/Wyoming – community and school performances and master classes• Love Notes, Smooth Operator, saints and sinners themed scene selections from opera and musical theater performed by 2-4 singers and pianist, 60- 90 minutes • Opera on the Go programs designed exclusively for you (1-3 singers and pianist, we can even bring the keyboard)• Powerpoint presentations and speakers for your club, service organization or group

Festival Family matineesA special Festival matinee performance is perfect for those on a budget. The talented young artists of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program perform a full-length opera for a family audience. Introductions before each act and a meet-the-artists session after the opera make this the perfect introduction to the magic of opera for children and opera newbies.

mozart’s The Marriage of FigaroJuly 15, 2014, 2:30pm

students (ages 6-18) $15Adults $20Central City Opera HouseOpera Insider resource guide available online.For morE inFormATion: centralcityopera.org/familymatinee

families, adults & lifelOng learners

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Available year round, region-wideCost varies based on program and distance.

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sponsorsOur thanks to the following foundation and corporate sponsors who so generously support Central City Opera Education and Community Engagement.

Education partners

We also thank the many individuals whose gifts support the arts in education.

Scientific and Cultural CollaborativeRoger Ames, Composer in Residence

Ballantine Family FundWilliam Randolph Hearst FoundationThe Virginia W. Hill FoundationHelen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation

The Kerr Foundation, Inc.J.K. Mullen FoundationSchramm FoundationHenry R. Schwier Charitable Fund

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July 2014 (TBA)University of Colorado, Boulder Workshop fee: $99CU graduate credit fee: Add $180 (3 credits)(subject to change)

music! Words! Opera! residency “The experience of building an opera and performing it was life changing for many of my fifth grade students.”- Music Teacher, Southmoor Elementary, Denver

Nothing jumpstarts kids’ creative juices like the opportunity to write and perform their own musical story. The process of researching/scripting a story and writing/composing lyrics and music develops problem-solving and team skills while providing practical applications of core disciplines like math, reading/writing and social studies. Experienced teaching artists are available to assist in applying methods from Opera America’s Music! Words! Opera! curriculum.

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music! Words! Opera! Workshop Professional Development for Educators

Explore new worlds and unleash your creativity at Central City Opera’s annual professional development workshop. Master teaching artists will guide you through a process you can replicate and adapt with your own students, using opera to enhance core subjects while developing 21st century skills – communication, collaboration and creative thinking. Get ready to help students discover the magical connections between language arts, social studies, science, mathematics and fine arts though musical storytelling. Music! Words! Opera! methods and curriculum apply to all grade levels K-12.

INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP:• 3 CU graduate credits (opt’l, additional fee applies)• Hands-on experience creating an original opera• Lesson plans and instruction in how to implement a project with students• Study materials for The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart• Tickets to a performance of The Marriage of Figaro at the Central City Opera House (opt’l for non-credit participants; small fee applies) • A week of some of the best fun you’ve ever had! • Central City Opera is committed to assist with the implementation of this program with your students

This professional development workshop is for any educator – elementary classroom teacher to high school language arts teacher or music specialist – and is particularly effective for teaching teams.

For morE inFormATion/ To rEgisTEr: centralcityopera.org/professionaldevelopment

Cost varies.

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