Fox’s Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing

Friday, March 25^th

The elementary students in both Galva-Holstein and Schaller-Crestland districts will have the chance to see one of Iowa’s premier arts organizations when Des Moines Metro Opera’s educational troupe arrives on March 25^th. OPERA Iowa will present Fox’s Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing (in English) at the Clausen Performing Arts Center at 1:45PM.

In addition to the performance, the 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th grade students will participate in exciting workshops that entertain while they educate and make opera more understandable to students. Let’s Make an Opera (5^th Grade) will allow students to explore the ways in which composers use their music to tell a story and will experience how all of the elements of music and theatre work together to create the stage performance. Decide, Design, Direct! (4^th Grade) will look at the elements of an opera and student designers will create the “look” of their own production. Lastly, Singers and Vocal Styles (3^rd Grade) will help students learn to hear and describe the difference between their favorite kinds of music. All workshops are designed to meet some of the National Standards for Arts Education.