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The Dallas Opera

TDO Opera in a Suitcase 2019-2020
Time Frames
After School
Formats
Residency, Other, On Campus Program
Grades
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Standards

Description
Students in after-school programs join the Dallas Opera for a 2-day event at your school location. On day 1, Dallas Opera Teaching Artists will conduct a one-hour workshop with up to 50 students containing music, audience etiquette, and visual arts activities based around the children's opera, THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS. On day 2, your students, parents, faculty, and staff will experience a live performance of THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS, adapted from the popular folk tale, based on music and opera scenes by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Offenbach, and Sullivan. This performance is sung in English with full set, complete costume, and piano accompaniment. TDO provides interdisciplinary TEKs-aligned curriculum to connect the performance and opera to most subjects. After choosing this program through Learning Partners, you MUST visit www.dallasopera.org/edu to submit a reservation request.

Students Will
  • learn words, rhythms and music from select arias from THE THREE LITTLE PIGS children's opera
  • attend a fully staged performance in school
  • Curriculum and lesson plans available online
  • learn the fundamentals of opera and relative jobs
  • learn proper audience etiquette
  • create artwork and character design based on THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS

Details
Dates: 2 day Blocks of Monday & Tuesday or Wednesday & Thursday, select weeks, September 2019 - May 2020
Times: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Duration: 1 Hour Workshop, 35 Minute Performance
School Fee: FREE
Minimum Attendance: 35
Maximum Attendance: 500
Bilingual: No
Technical Needs: 25' x 25' CLEARED performance space (Gym), electrical outlet near performance space, private area for changing into costume
Other Information: Submit a Reservation Request at dallasopera.org/edu or email [email protected]. All programs are accompanied by cross-curricular, TEKS-aligned lesson plans.

Scheduling / Booking
Instructions: You MUST submit a reservation request by visiting https://dallasopera.org/tdo_education_portal/. Choose the appropriate program and enter your voucher information in the comments section when applicable. Your voucher will not be confirmed until a request has been received from our online reservation request process. Please direct all questions to [email protected] or call 214.443.1082.
Deadline: Ongoing throughout the school year. First come, first served. Visit dallasopera.org/edu or email [email protected] to choose date and submit reservation request.
Cancellation Policy: All sales are final. There are no refunds for school performances. In the event of inclement weather, The Dallas Opera will do everything we can to reschedule. Dallas Opera events will cancel when Dallas ISD closes due to weather.
After School Policy: After school providers are required to provide TDO with detailed instructions on entering the school in after hours, provide a primary contact with a direct cell phone number and grade level of students. At least 1 staff member must be present for the duration of the program Please be sure that the performance space is clear because the cast and crew will bring a full set, costumes, and a keyboard. The space must be a GYM to accommodate the full set, costumes, and keyboard (25ft x 25ft). You must also provide a private area so that the cast can get into costume. Members of school faculty/staff must be present at all times while we are on your campus presenting our program. Please be sure that faculty and staff members actively ensure that students are not disruptive during the workshop or performance. Any behavioral problems that result in a disruption of the program will be addressed by the TDO Education Staff once. The school faculty/staff members present will be given 5 minutes to get the disruption under control and the program will resume. Should a problem arise a second time, the TDO Education Staff reserves the right to end the program.

Educational Materials
      Bremen Town Musicians Music Lesson

Curriculum Information

Lesson Plans
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Standards
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