Education & Outreach:  In Your School

Let your students experience opera without even leaving your campus.  Our education programs serve Pre-K through college audiences.  There is something for everyone! This season our HCA/Tri-Star Nashville Opera ON TOUR features the American premiere of Dean Burry’s The Brothers Grimm and Opera Outtakes.  Programs will be offered February 15 - March 25, 2011.

HCA/TRI-STAR

Nashville Opera ON TOUR

THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Perfect for Elementary Audiences

This season we present the American Premiere of Dean Burry’s The Brothers Grimm. Follow Wilhem and Jacob Grimm as they write the classic tales of Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and Rumpelstiltskin. This student friendly 45-minute English production comes directly to your school with full sets and costumes, audience interaction, and five professional opera singers and a pianist, all members of Nashville Opera’s Mary Ragland Young Artist Program. 

OPERA OUTTAKES

Perfect for middle school, high school and college audiences

The members of the Mary Ragland Young Artist Program along with a pianist bring this up-close and personal 45-minute program directly into your classroom.  Hear opera scenes and arias that capture the drama, music, comedy, and brilliance of opera from a variety of times and places.

BOOKING INFORMATION

Program available:  February 15, 2011 – March 25, 2011

Cost: $500.00 for one performance/$250.00 for any additional performances

Limited financial assistance is available.

 

Register here.

Download a registration form.

THE 2011 MARY RAGLAND YOUNG ARTISTS

Rachele Schmiege,  soprano

Ellie Jarrett,  mezzo-soprano

Stefan Barner,  tenor

John Brandon,  baritone

Christopher Filipowicz,  bass

Valerie Pool,  pianist and tour music director

Opera 101

Looking for the perfect introduction to opera?  This program is perfect for grades 3-college.  Nashville Opera’s Education Director uses video and audio clips to provide your students with a fast paced overview of opera history.  This program can be tailored to any topic that connects opera to literature, art, history, or language.

BOOKING INFORMATION

Program available:  September 2010 - May 2011

Cost: $150.00 for schools/organizations within Davidson County

$200.00 for schools/organizations outside Davidson County

Contact Stuart Holt, Education Director to sign up for this program.

sholt@nashvilleopera.org

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