Music! Words! Opera!
Summer Workshop

Summer Teacher Workshop 2008
June 30-July 3, 2008*

Create and Produce an Opera with your Students
In this week-long summer workshop, Utah Opera’s Paula Fowler and composer Roger Ames (from OPERA America) will:

• introduce you to the art form of opera, using Mozart’s The Magic Flute to see how an opera is put together,
• provide experience with theatre games and music composition,
• guide you in work with collaborative groups to write a mini-opera as a teacher group,
• and help you make plans for an opera project during the school year.

Teachers will receive a set of curriculum materials to help them teach about opera, and to guide them lesson by lesson through the process of creating and producing an opera. The materials include lesson plans on and recorded excerpts from “The Magic Flute” and several other operas appropriate for children. The curriculum guides will be provided free of charge to each teacher by Utah Opera.

The workshop is free. Various credit options are available, including graduate university credit for a small registration fee.

The workshop will take place in the Learning Center at the Utah Opera Production Studios, 336 North 400 West, Salt Lake City, Utah.

*Because this week is shortened due to the July 4 holiday, we will need to also meet the Thursday, June 26, when we will enjoy watching together a recorded production of The Magic Flute. Other arrangements can be made if June 26 is a problem for you.