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GIVING VOICE TO POTENTIAL<br />
<strong>Education</strong> Programs<br />
2012 - 2013
Dear Educators,<br />
Let this be the year to inspire the artist, the critical thinker, the<br />
dreamer, and the active participator in your students. Our<br />
experiential learning programs spark imagination, creativity, and<br />
a new sense of wonder about the parts of the world we know as<br />
well those we have yet to discover.<br />
Voices for Social Justice will challenge your students to<br />
articulate their opinions and creatively consider the issues that<br />
impact their lives.<br />
Our touring show, How Andy Found His Voice, will illustrate the<br />
power of artistic expression and compassion that not only<br />
propels us forward intellectually, but gives us the voice to<br />
articulate our dreams.<br />
<strong>Opera</strong> à la Carte will bubble with the wit, sophistication,<br />
silliness, and soaring melodies that only Gilbert and Sullivan can<br />
offer in our lively version of The Pirates of Penzance.<br />
And of course, students will be able to synthesize all these skills<br />
and experiences as they collaborate with our teaching artists to<br />
design, compose, rehearse, and create their very own operas in<br />
the award-winning Book to Bravo!<br />
But that’s not all! Your youngest students will sing and act the<br />
classic operas presented through Sing a Story, while high<br />
school students delve deep into the drama, passion, and<br />
profound beauty of Tosca in Creative <strong>Opera</strong> Workshop.<br />
Finally our selection of Student Dress Rehearsals and our<br />
dynamic Summer Conservatory training programs immerse<br />
young artists and audiences in the creative and expressive<br />
power of the human voice.<br />
This is the year to give voice to potential. Join us!!<br />
Caroline Altman<br />
Director of <strong>Education</strong><br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild
Sing a Story<br />
Grades K-3<br />
STORY TELLING THROUGH OPERA:<br />
GIANTS! VALHALLA! SERPENTS! PRINCESSES!<br />
There is no limit to the imagination of your students as we once again invite you to participate in this lively<br />
program. <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild is pleased to be able to offer its award-winning in-class program, Sing<br />
a Story, to <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, North Bay, South Bay, and East Bay elementary<br />
schools for Winter 2013. A teaching artist visits your school and introduces<br />
a classic opera story complete with singing and opera facts, with the aid of<br />
musical excerpts from the opera. After the musical storytelling and a brief<br />
choral coaching and singing session, the artists magically presents props<br />
and costumes and students participate in acting out the story and singing<br />
excerpts themselves! The whole class participates actively in this lively visit.<br />
Prior to performance date classroom teachers receive a preview CD and<br />
Teacher’s Guide that can be used as preparation and/or follow-up to the<br />
artist visit. This program communicates a classic story, illustrates opera<br />
components, and provides a creative drama and music experience for<br />
young students.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
Sing a story is designed to be performed in a classroom, and lasts approximately 40-45 minutes. We can<br />
visit up to four classrooms in a day, in grades k, 1, 2, and 3. We will leave the choice of classroom up to the<br />
coordinating staff or faculty person at your school. If you are interested in scheduling more than four visits,<br />
we make arrangements on a case by case basis. We ask that you not combine classes for this program and<br />
that each class size be limited to 28 students.<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
Sing a Story is available January 28 through April 19, 2013, Monday through Friday, from 9:00am to 2:00pm.<br />
Classroom visits should be scheduled allowing for 45 minutes in each classroom, and at least 15 minutes<br />
between performances.<br />
CASTING<br />
Kindergarten: Hansel and Gretel<br />
Grade 1: The Magic Flute<br />
Grade 2/3: Das Rheingold<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
There is a fee of $125 per classroom for this program. Financial aid is available to needy schools.<br />
<strong>Opera</strong> à la Carte<br />
Grades 3-8<br />
This engaging in-school program consists of a 45 minute adapted presentation of a traditional opera or<br />
operetta. Masterfully designed, OALC reaches over 120 schools a year. This mini-opera, sung in English, is<br />
brought to your school by professional costumed singers, a pianist, and a docent who tell a classic operatic<br />
story with your students in the speaking roles! Students receive coaching and rehearsal with the performers<br />
and join in an assembly presentation for the entire school. A Teacher’s Guide, training guidelines, training<br />
workshop, and a preview CD accompany registration for this unique program. This fall will feature a<br />
whimsical and witty adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and<br />
Sullivan.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
This program requires a pre-arranged faculty contact designated to<br />
coordinate student actors and school preparation and confirm all details.<br />
This faculty champion will facilitate the advance preparation and rehearsal<br />
of student actors. Actors must be chosen and lines must be memorized<br />
at least two weeks prior to the assembly. The performance space must be<br />
adequately sized and indoors, with a recently tuned piano in good working<br />
order (ask us about piano tuning grants for your school.)<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
<strong>Opera</strong> à la Carte is available October 1, 2012 through November 30,<br />
2012. A date will be arranged for the assembly performance. A limited number of second performances<br />
are available for an additional fee and will be scheduled back to back, using the same student actors for<br />
both performances. Professional singers and musicians will arrive at your school 75 minutes prior to the<br />
performance time for a dress rehearsal and coaching session with your students. Preliminary preparation,<br />
open dress rehearsals, and facilitator coaching for this program begins in early September in order for all<br />
aspects to run smoothly.<br />
CASTING<br />
<strong>Opera</strong> à la Carte is available to grades 3-8<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
There is a participation fee of $350 for each school.<br />
Financial aid is available for needy schools.<br />
This program is made<br />
possible, in part, by<br />
generous contributions from<br />
the following Chapters of<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild:<br />
East Bay, Marin, Sonoma,<br />
Peninsula, and <strong>San</strong> Jose.
Book to Bravo!<br />
Creating <strong>Opera</strong> in the Classroom<br />
Grades 5-8<br />
This exciting program, offered in the fall or spring, is a seasonal residency in which a team of teaching artists<br />
comes to your classroom and help students create an original opera based on a myth or folk tale rooted in<br />
the curriculum of the class. Our artists will teach the basics of performance storytelling, libretto writing, and<br />
simple musical composition. The opera will then be cast, rehearsed, and performed in front of the school!<br />
Students will have the chance to experience how a story becomes and opera and how a written piece<br />
comes alive on stage!<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
Book to Bravo! is a ten week residency in which a team of teaching artists visit your class for one 90 minute<br />
session each week. The artists team with the classroom teacher to augment the standard curriculum and<br />
move the project forward along with weekly assignments that must be completed between artist visits.<br />
While some of the work can take place in the classroom, access to performance space is necessary for much<br />
of the instruction, as well as a piano or full-size keyboard in good working order.<br />
CASTING<br />
Book to Bravo! is available to grades 5-8<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
Book to Bravo! is available<br />
September 30, 2012 to May 24, 2013<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
There is a participation fee of $1000 for each participating classroom.<br />
Financial aid is available for needy schools..<br />
This program is made<br />
possible by a generous<br />
grant from the Cohen<br />
Family Fund.<br />
Voices for Social Justice<br />
Grades 6-8<br />
Throughout historical reform and revolution, music has been a steady force and conveyor of ideals, opinion,<br />
rebellion, and affirmation. In this course our teaching artist teams up with your classroom teacher to<br />
introduce how art and particularly song has been an instrumental element in shaping and encouraging<br />
societal change. Students are introduced to social and political art and music from the period they are<br />
studying, giving attention to both conventional and non-conventional artists of the time and how they<br />
served as both products of and contributors to change in their cultures. Next we examine means of<br />
expression closer to home and look at how music, particularly songwriting, can be a non-violent force in<br />
conflict resolution in the school, in the neighborhood, in the city. Ultimately students have an opportunity<br />
to identify social and political conflicts in their communities and learn how informed opinions, clarity of<br />
speech, and artistic expression can be a progressive and powerful statement to bring about consciousness<br />
and change.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
Voices for Social Justice takes place once a week in the classroom and requires active teacher participation<br />
as well as some completion of assignments between artist visits.<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
This is a year long residency and meets approximately 20 times during<br />
the school year. During the first half of the year, we study music in<br />
the historical time period studied by the class. In the second half we<br />
create original pieces of our own.<br />
CASTING<br />
Voices for Social Justice is available<br />
to grades 6-8. Ideal for history, social<br />
studies, literature, or cross-curricular<br />
humanities classes.<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
The fee for program participation is<br />
$1,000. As this program is specifically<br />
designed for inner city schools, we are<br />
happy to work with you to find a sponsor for your school.<br />
This program is made<br />
possible, in part, by<br />
generous contributions<br />
from Marci Flanery and<br />
Karen Bruehl.
Creative <strong>Opera</strong> Workshop<br />
Grades 9-12<br />
This exciting program is an interactive classroom experience for teens in which a teaching artist collaborates<br />
with your classroom teacher, making curricular connections to an opera that is being offered as a student<br />
dress rehearsal. There are four classroom visits scheduled in which the artist introduces the world of the opera,<br />
the history, and the notion of conflict management and action/consequence in artistic storytelling as a model<br />
for life. Through role-playing and connection to modern day instances, the students interact with the material<br />
and begin to make more complex connections between art and life. This short-term residency is highlighted<br />
by professional singers at one classroom visit. This is a program that will open students’ eyes to new forms of<br />
expression, interpretation, and points of view expressed in artistic genre. Set up as a series of classroom visits,<br />
a teaching artist will present a different lesson each class, focusing on the following topics:<br />
• Drama and Representation<br />
• <strong>Opera</strong> and Art<br />
• Being an Artist<br />
• Application and extension of idea/curriculum ties<br />
While the first two sessions are more analytical in nature, covering basics of music history, the world of<br />
the play, and observations on the art form, sessions three and four will concentrate on the hands-on<br />
production side of art creation. During session three the teaching artist will be joined by two singers and a<br />
pianist presenting examples of the opera we are discussing. Session four will be focused on taking what is<br />
learned and furthering the themes and ideas in writing, composition, and design activities for the students.<br />
Connection to curricula and current events will be a major component as it is important that students<br />
begin to see art as a critical reflection and statement of world culture.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
Creative <strong>Opera</strong> Workshop takes place in the classroom and requires some participation by the classroom<br />
teacher. A performance space with a piano in good working order is necessary for visit three.<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
Fall 2012: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini<br />
CASTING<br />
Creative <strong>Opera</strong> Workshop is available to grades 9-12 and is specifically designed for schools in the East Bay,<br />
South Bay, and North Bay cities.<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
The fee for program participation is $650 per classroom includes 35 tickets to the Student Dress Rehearsal of<br />
Tosca at <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> on Wednesday, November 14, 2012.<br />
Student Dress Rehearsals<br />
Grades 4-12<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild has sponsored student rehearsals and matinees every season since 1939.<br />
Students attend final dress rehearsals for a selection of main stage productions—a marvelous opportunity<br />
to watch major artists at work. Sung in the original languages with projected English language translations,<br />
and performed with full production values, these productions provide a high-level theatrical experience,<br />
and also have the occasion to give a behind the scenes look at the complexities of the rehearsal process.<br />
Comprehensive Teacher’s Guides and information are sent prior to each rehearsal visit.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
All Student Dress Rehearsals take place<br />
at the War Memorial <strong>Opera</strong> House,<br />
301 Van Ness Avenue,<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>.<br />
SCHEDULE<br />
Please note that all dates and times are set<br />
at the discretion of the production<br />
department and may be subject to change<br />
at any time.<br />
• Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi: September 5, 2012 at 6pm<br />
• The Capulets & the Montagues by Vincenzo Bellini: September 27, 2012 at 2pm<br />
• Moby Dick by Jake Heggie: October 7, 2012 at 3pm<br />
• Lohengrin by Richard Wagner: October 17, 2012 at 6pm<br />
• Tosca by Giacomo Puccini: November, 14, 2012 at 2pm<br />
OPERASPIEL Program<br />
Have a docent come and speak to your class about our fall dress<br />
rehearsal offerings before or after an experience at the opera! Visits<br />
can be scheduled and booked at time of program ordering.<br />
CASTING<br />
This program is available to grades 4-12 for groups of 10-100. It<br />
is required that all students attending a dress rehearsal have<br />
either participated in, or are schedule to participate in, a Guild<br />
in-school program (including OPERASPIEL) during the same<br />
academic year, or their teachers receive at least one session of<br />
professional development in advance of the rehearsal.<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
Group rate: $250 for 20-30 students and chaperones;<br />
please see order form for further pricing.<br />
OPERASPIEL Program fee of $15 per classroom.<br />
Madeleine H. Russell<br />
High School Day at the <strong>Opera</strong><br />
in association with<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong><br />
<strong>Education</strong><br />
A formal event exclusively for Bay<br />
Area high school students is held<br />
in conjunction with the final dress<br />
rehearsal of an opera main stage<br />
production. This activity provides<br />
opportunities for social interaction<br />
with students of the same age<br />
while learning about art and<br />
culture.<br />
Resource guides include<br />
information about careers in<br />
theatre and opera.<br />
Fall 2012: Tosca<br />
Grades 9-12<br />
This program is made possible<br />
by a grant from the Columbia<br />
Foundation.
Our Touring Shows<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild is thrilled to offer two educational touring shows available for schools, theatres, community centers, libraries, or special<br />
event! Please contact <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild <strong>Education</strong> for scheduling of these offerings.<br />
Flute For Two<br />
Grades K-5<br />
By Jennifer Ashworth<br />
Two singers (soprano and tenor) present a 45 minute assembly of The Magic Flute.<br />
Join Prince Tamino and Princess Pamina as they narrate the journey through this personal telling of The<br />
Magic Flute. Students will learn the classic tale as they are enticed by the world of opera in this interactive<br />
assembly. In addition to hearing the soaring voices of our traveling artists, students learn about singing<br />
technique, stage presence, and character expression as they help act out and complete the story along with<br />
costumes, props, and music.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
This program is available year round by contacting <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild <strong>Education</strong>. A large<br />
performance space with adequate sound system is required.<br />
CASTING<br />
Flute for Two is suitable for grades k-5, for an audience of 40-200 students.<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
Participation fee for this event is $500 per performance. Second back to back performances are pro-rated.<br />
How Andy Found His Voice<br />
Grades 4-9<br />
By Caroline Altman<br />
Four singers (soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone) and<br />
one pianist present a 50 minute participatory musical<br />
play that follows Andy in his journey to discover his<br />
metaphorical and physical voice.<br />
Andy, a middle school student, is troubled. He is picked<br />
on in class and has a hard time making friends. During<br />
a test, he gets in trouble for cheating when really it is<br />
the other kids that are copying off his paper. Too timid to stand up for himself, and afraid to confront the<br />
other kids at school, Andy returns home, dejected. That evening he is visited by three spirits who help him<br />
discover how music and stories can open a world of expression and joy to him. First he meets Papageno<br />
from The Magic Flute, who demonstrates, with the help of the magic ladies, how to overcome “the locked<br />
mouth”; then composer Giuseppe Verdi who shows how creating music can unite people and give voice<br />
to the oppressed as we journey into Italian history and the Golden Age of <strong>Opera</strong>. Finally Andy encounters<br />
Cio-Cio-<strong>San</strong> from Madame Butterfly and her plight. He is so moved by her story that he helps her realize<br />
that there is a better way to end her story. As he helps empower Butterfly, Andy finds his own glorious tenor<br />
voice, as well as the confidence needed to assert himself in his community. During this delightful show<br />
students are introduced to the origins and history of opera, entertained by arias, duets, and quartets from<br />
the grand opera repertoire, learn a bit about vocal technique, and participate in the chorus, “Va Pensiero”<br />
from Verdi’s Nabucco. A Teacher’s Guide is available for this offering.<br />
SPACE AND TIME<br />
This program is available year round by contacting <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild <strong>Education</strong>. A large<br />
performance space with piano in good working order is required.<br />
CASTING<br />
How Andy Found His Voice is suitable for grades 4-9, for an audience of 20-800 students.<br />
INVESTMENT<br />
Participation fee for this event is $1000 per performance. Second back to back performances are pro-rated.
<strong>Opera</strong> House Tours<br />
Grades 4-12<br />
Students receive a tour of the War Memorial <strong>Opera</strong> House. In addition To discussion about the attributes of<br />
this major theater, students learn of historic events such as the signing of the United Nations Charter and<br />
the memorial service for Harvey Milk - all part of our <strong>Opera</strong> House history.<br />
Student groups $2 per student; $1 for students who participate in another Guild program<br />
Chaperones: $5 (1 to 10 ratio chaperone/student);<br />
each additional chaperone: $10.<br />
Contact Tour Coordinator, Lynn Watson at sf.opera.tours@gmail.com<br />
Summer Conservatory<br />
Ages 12-18<br />
YOUTH OPERA ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM<br />
This total immersion conservatory offers students instruction in opera, theatre, musical theatre, dance,<br />
and all their components. Students meet six hours a day, five days a week for three weeks.<br />
The Summer Conservatory day consists of classes in voice, theory, movement, language, music and theatre<br />
history, acting, technical theatre, and much more. Program culminates in the students applying learned skills in<br />
the rehearsal and performance of an opera.<br />
This program also includes a free ticket to a Student Dress rehearsal at the <strong>Opera</strong> House.<br />
Dates: July 8-26, 2013<br />
Ages: 12-18<br />
$900 per student
1. How to form an opinion and express a viewpoint in creative ways.<br />
2. That commitment to a project makes you feel great about yourself.<br />
3. How to be an individual within an ensemble.<br />
4. That practice makes better.<br />
5. Greater compassion and sense of global community.<br />
6. Active is better than passive.<br />
7. How stories and their interpretation are an integral part of the human<br />
experience.<br />
8. How to be heard.<br />
9. How to listen.<br />
10. That people think in different ways.<br />
11. That one can find beauty in the tiniest moment.<br />
12. How to say what you think and think what you say.<br />
13. That actions have consequences.<br />
14. That singing, acting, and dancing are great ways to make life long<br />
friends.<br />
15. That training gives our work integrity and letting go makes it art.<br />
For more information on our programs find us online at www.sfoperaguild.com and check out additional offerings from <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> at www.sfopera.com/education.<br />
Maura & Steve Abernethy<br />
Barbara G. Akin<br />
Gail Anderson<br />
Veronica & Greer M. Arthur<br />
Geoffrey Ashton<br />
David Barnard<br />
Thomas Barrett<br />
Carol Benz<br />
Eileen Bitten<br />
Blue Mountain Players<br />
Bertel Borowsky<br />
Romana Bracco<br />
Jean & Robert Brock<br />
Karen Bruehl<br />
Katie Budge<br />
Britta Campbell<br />
Taylor Cohen<br />
Jane A. Cook<br />
Cynthia Coolidge<br />
Julie Coplon & Bob Capan<br />
Corroon Family Fund<br />
15 Things Kids can Learn from Studying the Arts<br />
A Special Thank You To The Generous Donors To Our <strong>Education</strong> Fund,<br />
Project Ignite, and our Program Underwriters:<br />
Ena & Mark Cratsenburg<br />
Shannon & Daniel Cronan<br />
Olivia Hsu Decker<br />
Dodge & Cox<br />
Eber Charitable Trust II<br />
Lynne Edminster & Brian Atwood<br />
Delia Ehrlich<br />
Frank V. Estrada<br />
Janet Fenwick<br />
Marci Flanery<br />
Claire Fluhr<br />
Chandra Friese<br />
Linle & James Froeb<br />
Gary Garabedian<br />
Jeff Garelick<br />
Ione Gille<br />
Ann & Daniel Girard<br />
Yukari & Rob Haitani<br />
Jane Hartley<br />
Florence Harvey<br />
Marcia Hill<br />
Bill & Julie Hooper<br />
Valarie Huff<br />
Arlene Inch<br />
Dorothy & Bradford Jeffries<br />
Diana Kissil & John Cullison<br />
Juanita Kizor<br />
Victoria & Guy L. Kornblum<br />
Dr. Bob and Christine Kradjian<br />
Karen J. Kubin<br />
Randall Laroche & David Laudon<br />
The Lenore & Dale Meyer Fund<br />
Silvia Lin<br />
Kathleen Lowry<br />
Maggie Mack<br />
Brenda MacLean<br />
Charlot & Gregory Malin<br />
Susan & James Malott<br />
<strong>San</strong>dra Mandel<br />
Anne Marie Massocca<br />
Anne Matthew<br />
Kathleen McEligot<br />
Teresa & Mark Medearis<br />
Karen Merritt<br />
Virginia L. Miller<br />
Marsha Monro<br />
Susan & Dennis Mooradian<br />
Susan O’Brien<br />
Hiro & Betty Ogawa<br />
Sarah Oliver Handbags<br />
Verna Parino<br />
Rachel & Timothy Parker<br />
Helen M. Penning<br />
Eleana Peratis<br />
Mary & Gary Pinkus<br />
Bill & Mary Poland<br />
Ursula Ralph<br />
Ada Regan<br />
Pamela & Richard Rigg<br />
Deborah Sagues<br />
<strong>San</strong> Jose <strong>Opera</strong> Guild<br />
Amy & Blair <strong>San</strong>ford<br />
<strong>San</strong>de Schlumberger<br />
Sharon Seto<br />
East Bay, Marin, Peninsula, and Sonoma<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild Chapters<br />
Clara Shayevich<br />
Nellis A. Smith<br />
Belinda Steyer<br />
Holly Suich<br />
Roselyne C. Swig<br />
Susan Tamagni<br />
Robyn Taylor<br />
John & Carol Tregenza<br />
Triplepoint Capital<br />
CJ Van Pelt<br />
Ronald & Emely Weissman<br />
Eve and Wallace Wertsch<br />
Celeste & Darryl Woo<br />
Beatrice Wood<br />
Donna Zuber<br />
Anne Zucchi
photo cred. O.Jump<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Guild believes<br />
the life lessons drawn from creative<br />
expression are the foundation of confidence<br />
and integrity. Since 1939, we have acted on<br />
our beliefs by funding and developing<br />
award-winning outreach and education<br />
programs that extend the impact of opera,<br />
bringing it center stage into the life of the<br />
community. Through <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Opera</strong><br />
Guild’s education fund, we ensure the<br />
continuation of educational programs that<br />
help students find their voice. Annually,<br />
more than 50,000 students in nearly 200<br />
schools throughout Northern California<br />
receive the benefits of arts education, as<br />
only opera can deliver them.<br />
War Memorial <strong>Opera</strong> House<br />
301 Van Ness Avenue<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, CA 94102-4589<br />
Tel 415.565.3238<br />
Fax 415.861.0242<br />
guildeducation@sfopera.com<br />
www.sfoperaguild.com