Living Opera Classroom Workshops

Monday
Apr 03, 2023

Friday
Apr 21, 2023

Venue CRD Classrooms

Cost Free

Free music-based learning and story-telling in regional classrooms

Recommended for grades K-7

Pacific Opera teaching artists Geoff and Gina are back for an adventurous exploration of opera story-telling!

In this hands-on workshop, participants will have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be in an opera chorus. Students will learn about the different skills and roles involved in opera and perform together with Geoff and Gina.

Creating this group project through music will instill in the students a greater sense of belonging and invite confidence to explore their individual creativity.

Curriculum Connections

Arts Education K-7

Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through the arts
Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
Express feelings, ideas, and experiences through the arts
Examine relationships between the arts and the wider world
Reflect on works of art and creative processes to understand artists’ intentions
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of personal, social, cultural, historical, and environmental contexts in relation to the arts
Observe, listen, describe, inquire, and predict how artists (dancers, actors, musicians, and visual artists) use processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques

Language Arts K-7

Make connections between ideas from a variety of sources and prior knowledge to build understanding
Recognize how different texts reflect different purposes
Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community

Teaching Artists

Geoff Malcolm

Geoff is a dancer, choreographer and teaching artist. Geoff has worked locally with Ballet Victoria (company member 2007-2013), Pacific Opera Victoria (supernumerary since 2007), Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People and on numerous independent projects. Currently a Teaching Artist for Pacific Opera Victoria, he creates and facilitates interactive programs which visit classrooms across the CRD, sharing the magic of the performing arts with students, educators, and newcomers of all ages.

Gina Johnson

Gina smiles brightly as she is turned slightly away from the camera, but looking directly at the viewer. She has shoulder length ginger hair with bangs and wears red lipstick. From a very young age, Gina could be heard singing songs about anything from sandwiches to heartache. Now as a classically trained soprano, she has expanded her repertoire and musical skill. Gina obtained her diploma in Music Performance, completed at the VCM/Camosun College; during this education, she performed the role of Pamina in Opera Studio’s 2019 production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. She also obtained her Certificate in Music Teaching from the Victoria Conservatory of Music in 2019 and has since been teaching a variety of students, with a focus on youngsters. Gina is passionate about choral music and small ensembles. Last year, she sang in an octet concert with Victoria Baroque, and has loved being involved in other similar projects. Music has brought joy throughout Gina’s life, and in addition to this, she is a doula, a tree planter, and a queer person.

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Book your time through the link below or by emailing Chelsea at chels[email protected]!

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