Hatstand Opera: education performances
Opera education workshops are not just for those at school. Hatstand Opera provides innovative opera education projects for all ages.
ages 5-11 Well Wicked Opera
From Pop Idol to X Factor, the key to the winner’s voice is - flexibility! Hatstand’s new interactive performance gives young people vocal tools to help them make the most of their voices. This fast-paced performance combines interactive exercises with mini-extracts from opera sung by Hatstand’s professional singers. It’s safe for all ages of voices, for both boys and girls, and yes, teachers join in too!
We were thrilled with the variety of the programme you gave us, with the quality and humour of your music-making, and with your own engaging presentation style. Northern reserve, I suspect, prevented the audience throwing themselves at your feet!
ages 11-16+ Opera Projects
Opera performances make ideal cross-curricula projects, through their unique blend of music, drama, history, linguistic and design elements.
From a single afternoon workshop to a full term project, a showing of work to a staged public performance, children will always have fun with opera!
A HUGE thank you. It was better than my wildest dreams... what a real pleasure it has been to work with you.
Graffiti Opera
A wonderful interactive 60 minutes of musical mayhem! All participants join to create a unique ‘sound opera’, drawing ‘sound cards’ hung on our special ‘music line’. Then they’ll perform their Graffiti Opera for all comers in a unique one-off, never to be repeated performance. No experience required, and suitable even for the tone deaf!
The children found it fascinating... one girl was thrilled to be allowed to conduct!