K-2 Story and Libretto Creation Tips Kindergarten Note: There is flexibility in the story sentence structure for the Kindergarten class to create a 3 sentence story structure if the class needs it to be VERY simple!! All younger grades: Story: Setting, Character, Plot: · Always begin with setting!!!!!!! · Characters may associate with the setting,…
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Staging For Kindergarten and Other Lower Grades
K-2 Staging Integrate movement as soon as they begin to learn the music: · Allow the students to explore movement with their hands while singing at their desks · Do their daily activities as they learn the music · Move as they sing like the characters Introduce the Areas of the Stage: Draw the areas…
Thank You OBC!
Dear Opera by Children, Just a thank you for the wonderful years of operas you helped me with. My students created amazing librettos and memories that will last them a lifetime! My core tests were always higher in language arts the years that my classes produced operas. My classes love to write now that they…
Curtain Speech for OBC and performance tips for the teacher.
Teacher or Administrator Portion of Curtain Speech: (Clearly state the company name and program name as highlighted below) Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre General Director, Michael Ballam, had the vision that children, given the power to create their own operas, would become creative innovators and leaders in society. Opera by Childrenwas developed in 1997…
The Libretto Dilemma —tools for creating an opera libretto! ~ Pamela Gee
The Three Libretto Tools; Action, Song and Recitative are not new! But here follows a brief reminder of what they are and how they are used. Examples of each tool are included: 1- Action sentences are written in parenthesis! Action sentences focus on the how—what is happening the audience sees which performers ACT out. Example:(The…
Libretto Cycle
The Libretto Cycle By Pamela Gee Teachers and students understand the terms and processes of cycles. Teachers teach the life cycle, the water cycle, the carbon cycle, and even to recycle!! The lit of cycles goes on. Students listen and learn many cycles! So to say that Opera by Children has a “cycle” perks teachers…
The Power of the Opera by Children Journal!! The Opera by Children Journal is an essential tool for the students to use to keep a record of their good ideas. It helps them stay involved and focused during the experience. Provide an OBC Journal the day you introduce the opera project in your class. Have…
123’s & ABC’s of GETTING STARTED Preparing to Write an Opera 1. No one gets hurt. Creativity is sometimes a messy process when individuals in a classroom community collaborate. This is often referred to as synergy; a collective group energy. It is important that creativity be nurtured by positive responses to student ideas, even if…
Staging Questions for Microbytes A NEWUB! That is what you are creating when turning the story into a libretto… It is the process of thinking through the staging and present tense communication of the opera story the class created. What is A NEWUB? It is the answer to the following questions . . . ….
Opera by Children and Civic & Character Education Development
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Opera by Children and the Utah State Core Standards
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Music Time
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