Opera San José is pleased to announce the presentation of
a new
Educational Curriculum program during the 2006 - 2007 season:
Beginning
in the fall of 2006, OSJ will
present the one-act opera,
The Night Harry Stopped Smoking, composed by John Davies and
Ross Dabrusin. Made possible by grants from
Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefit Grant Program and
Good Samaritan Hospital's Community Giving Program, this 45-minute musical theatre piece uses a combination of
contemporary music and dance forms, and has proven to be a successful
vehicle for teaching students about not only the dangers of smoking, but
also, how quickly one becomes addicted to this deadly habit. Each
performance will be followed by a question and answer session, during which
students will be invited to direct questions to former smokers from a COPD/Emphysema Support Group. Please contact OSJ's
Director of Education
Douglas
Nagel at (408) 437-2229 or
(406) 698-6334
for booking information.
Click here to view a study guide.*
In addition to The Night Harry Stopped
Smoking, Opera San José offers a variety of opera experiences
designed for students from kindergarten through college. In addition to our 30-minute
What
is Opera? assembly, we offer A 15-session
Let’s Make an Opera!
mentor project (in which a single class creates and produces their own original opera) is
available after students have experienced the first two elements in the curriculum.
Also available are
Classroom Presentations in which a Staff Member meets with one
class to discuss aspects of the performing arts. After completing the aforementioned
programs, students will better appreciate the
Mainstage
Student Matinees, the
final part of our K-12 educational curriculum.
Click here to read comments
from educators, parents and students about our K-12 Educational
Programming.
What is Opera?
(Two 30-minute presentations; each
accommodates up to 300 students)
This is a lecture/demonstration that includes operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment,
exploring a range of languages, musical styles and historic
periods. Question and answer interaction with the audience is integral to the
presentation.
Let's Make an Opera!
(15 class periods)
Here is a unique class project. Designed as an extension of Opera San José’s
assemblies, this program’s goal is for a single class, or a group of about 30
students, to create, produce and perform their own original opera.
An Opera San José Principal Artist, in
collaboration with a member of OSJ’s musical staff, meets with the
students and their teacher two or three times weekly for approximately six weeks to create,
produce and finally present the world premiere of the opera for the school
community. Contact Director of Education
Douglas Nagel at
(408) 437-2229 or
(406) 698-6334 for
more information.
Classroom Presentations:
A Staff Member meets with one class to discuss aspects of the performing arts. These
sessions are easily made more advanced for drama or music classes at the high school and
university levels. There is no charge for this presentation.
For information and booking The Night Harry Stopped Smoking, What is Opera?, Let's
Make an Opera!, or Classroom Presentations programs:
Call (408) 437-2229 or
(406) 698-6334
Fax (408) 437-4455
Email:
Douglas Nagel
or click here to submit an on-line booking form.
Pricing
| Performance |
|
|
The Night
Harry Stopped Smoking |
Call (408) 437-2229 or
(406) 698-6334 for pricing |
|
What is Opera? |
$500
(two back-to-back assemblies) |
|
Let's Make an Opera! |
$1,000 |
| Classroom Presentation |
no charge |
|
Mainstage Matinee |
no charge |
There is an additional $50 charge for programs performed outside
of Santa Clara County.
The above prices are subject to change.
Please call
(408) 437-2229
or
(406) 698-6334 to confirm.
Mainstage
Student Matinees:
Student matinees are the culmination of our four-part educational curriculum. Once
students have experienced What is Opera?, the One-Act
Opera and
Let's make an Opera!, they are well prepared to experience a mainstage
performance. Although students'
participation in What is Opera?, One-Act Opera and the
Let's Make an Opera! programs is recommended prior to attending a
mainstage matinee, all students are welcome to attend a matinee
performance. As operatic subject matter is not
suitable to all age groups, attendance to certain operas may be
restricted to specific ages.
This season, two of OSJ's
Mainstage Student Matinees are administered by the City of San José
Office of Cultural Affairs through the Arts Express program: The
Barber of Seville and Madama Butterfly.
Arts Express will begin
accepting registration for The
Barber of Seville and Madama Butterfly in
September after brochures are mailed out to all Santa Clara County schools
just after the Labor Day
weekend. Contact the
City of San José ARTS EXPRESS
program at (408) 277-2859 if you have questions about having your
students attend these free performances.
Click here for a link to a registration form you can fill
out and fax/mail to Arts Express.
Registration is first come, first served, with priority registration
going to San Jose schools if completed registration form is received by
September 29, 2006.
*Photos
and study guide courtesy of
Rimrock Opera.
Performances are funded in part by the
California Arts Council,
a state
agency.
Performances are supported, in part, by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts:
A
Great Nation Deserves Great Art
Performances have been made possible in part by
a grant from the
SanDisk
Corporation Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
