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| PSOG SECOND ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS!!! In its second exciting season of intensive operatic educational outreach efforts, the Palm Springs Opera Guild was able to bring our own OPERASSEMBLIES!, OPERATALK! and OPERATIC FAVORITES FOR SENIORS! to nearly 4,000 Coachella Valley Student's and Senior Citizens! This year our intense season was held June 4-9, 2007. PSOG contracted four terrific young singers (Jacqueline Bezek, soprano - Peabody Southwell, mezzo soprano - Patrick Layton, tenor - Douglas Carpenter, baritone), Mr. Bruce Mangum (from the Caballero's Palm Springs) on piano, and boasted our own Andrew Eisenmann (who also conceptualized, directed and produced the program for PSOG) as Emcee, for one full week of multiple student and adult outreach performances. Our audiences ranged from grades 1-12, and we also added our first, OPERATIC FAVORITES FOR SENIORS! performance at the Mizell Senior Center. In just one year, PSOG has nearly quadrupled our outreach effort. This was possible, in part, by teaming up with Palm Springs Unified School District, who we appreciate greatly! THANKS TO DR. LORRI McCUNE and her TOP NOTCH TEAM OF EDUCATORS AT PSUSD!
In each OPERASSEMBLY!, student's (along with teachers/principals/administrators) learned about our favorite art form, OPERA...what we do, what it entails, why we do it, and how it has changed our lives...we learned, laughed and even practiced some Italian.
BRAVI TUTTI PSOG and PSUSD...working
together Our programs were presented in three phases:
The following is reprinted (with permission) from the Palm Springs Unified School District Newsletter, June, 2007: Professional opera singers employed their considerable talents in“OPERASSEMBLIES!,” produced and directed by Andrew Eisenmann, James Workman Middle School choir teacher and a member of the PSOG board. It featured performances by four PSOG singers from Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Orange County and Nevada. Eisenmann (Emcee for each performance) also educated youngsters about the components of opera, types and languages of opera and the appropriate ways to applaud for the art. The program was funded by a $10,000 grant from the PSOG. “It’s amazing to go into the schools and watch the children’s eyes twinkle and their bodies start swaying when they learn that opera is not a boring form of art, but actually one that can be quite fun and engaging. Our singers and presentations take opera to a whole new level with these kids...where learning about it is interactive, humorous, and most of all, great fun!”, says Eisenmann.
The PALM SPRINGS OPERA GUILD OF THE DESERT is committed to growing the opera community in the Coachella Valley, California and nation-wide. Our young singers are taking the world by storm, and our education programs are state of the art…unlike any other that we've found. The Coachella Valley is proud to boast one of the largest opera guild memberships in Southern California, and the board or trustees of PSOG is committed to the giving of opera to people, young and old, for many years to come... PLEASE JOIN US AND BECOME A VALUED MEMBER OF THE PALM SPRINGS OPERA GUILD TODAY! For More Information Contact: |
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