Opera in the Classroom
Grades: 3 – 6
Available: October 2011 – June 2012
Fee: free/suggested donation $100
Application deadline: November 1, 2011
Introduce children to opera through arts- and literacy-based learning with this five-week residency. Focusing on Rossini's Cinderella, a member of the Lyric Opera Education Corps partners with a classroom teacher to teach students basic listening skills and opera essentials.
[Illinois State Goals met: 1-5, 21, 25, 26]
Lyric Opera gratefully recognizes and deeply appreciates the generosity of the following contributors:
Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Mrs. Roy I. Warshawsky