Creative Opera for Kids! (Ms. Kaarin)

Project Title: Creative Opera for KidsProject Goal: Our daily projects and discussions will include a focus one or two of the many elements of opera including lyrics, orchestra, singers, instruments, story, acting, staging, set design, lighting design, and more! Based on opera's "greatest hits," such as Carmen, Hansel and Gretel, and The Magic Flute, students will learn a love for opera through creation, as we work toward our final presentation at the end of each week. Final presentations will be a diorama presentation of characters, set, staging and other elements of the particular opera the unit is based on. Grade Groups: Grades 2-6 in fall 2021 Project Unit:    - There will be five units in total this summer.    - Each unit is a 5-day project (M-F, 1 hour)Teacher Bio: Ms. Kaarin Performed at the Decameron Opera Coalition's "Tales from a Safe Distance" (Virtual Opera)  Professional operatic mezzo-soprano based in Boston, MA and Houston, TX University instructor of a section