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OUTREACH
Click
link for Our Summer Academy Schedule. Lyric
Opera San Diego realizes we have a duty to the young audiences
of our city, to provide them the opportunity to experience live
musical performances, both in the theater and in their classrooms.
Musical theater, in English, is a very good way to introduce young
audiences to a wide variety of musical styles, as well as the thrill
of live performers in an intimate setting.
The centerpiece of this effort is our First
View program which allows students and selected
social service organizations to see our productions fully staged
in performances before the general public see them. These performances
are as instructive to the performers as they are to the student
audiences. They are an affordable way to provide a life-long habit
of attending and supporting live musical theater performances, by
letting the art form provide the excitement. There is a minimal
fee. Reservations must be made through the Lyric Opera office. Click
Link for First View/Preview
educational & teacher's materials.
Opera-go-Round is
a tour to area elementary schools that introduces the students to
the joys of live musical performing, and specifically to the world
of the solo and the duet. There is also a Music Director who is
able to encourage the students in their instrumental musical studies.
This program includes a worksheet with literacy and discussion options
that can impact on the children in educational ways far from the
performance itself. When the schools have been visited by this program
they are then eligible to attend the First View presentations at
the theater.
Pre-show Focus Lectures
is an ongoing series that are offered to patrons as a pre-show adult
education option. The Director of the production presents a discussion
to the audience about background and issues in the work to be performed.
This discussion gives historical background and social information
on the piece as well as insights into the specifics of each Lyric
Opera presentation. Cost is $5.00/person holding a ticket for the
evenings performance. Reservations required.
Lyric Opera Academy for Performing Arts
The Lyric Opera
San Diego Summer Academy 2006 was a great success! We are very proud
of the growth of each of our students and are thrilled to see many
of them already auditioning and being cast in local theatre productions
in San Diego. We have recently made the decision to postpone incorporating
a fall session into our academy plan, and instead have decided to
look ahead towards our Summer Academy 2007. We will have information
about this program posted by the end of October, so be sure to check
back with us to find out more details.
Speaker Service/Social Service Entertainment
The company provides a docent speaker service to area organizations.
This is a free, fifteen to forty-five minute talk on aspects of
the season and aspects of the North Park Theater Project. For a
fee there can be a musical presentation of two singers and an accompanist
to provide a half-hour musical presentation of solos and duets from
the repertoire of Lyric Opera. The minimum fee is $300.00.
Partnerships with area schools
We are proud partners with three area schools. School of Creative
and Performing Arts, Dana Middle School, School of Media and Performing
Arts. These schools attend our productions and they have an inside
track on child roles in our productions.
LyriKids
This is a new program that we are going to be instigating in the
next year and a half. It will be a mentoring program for middle
school age children where they will be able to shadow a person on
the crew and learn those backstage jobs from them with a writing
assignment, for credit, after the show. This will include before,
during and after mentoring from members of our Lyric Opera Staff.
For information about any of our outreach programs please contact
via email office@lyricoperasandiego.com
or call 619-231-5714 ext. 110.
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