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DOCUMENTS & DOWNLOADS
Teacher Training Guide
© 1989
The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Sample Parent Guide
© 2010
Dwight-Englewood School
FILMS & VIDEOS
Films & Videos
SOURCES & LINKS
LÓVA: CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA in SPAIN
La Ópera, un Vehículo de Aprendizaje / Opera, a Vehicle for Learning
Learning for Real
CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA champion Mary Ruth McGinn
Original Opera in Middle School
Anita Bland, MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL
What is Project-Based Learning?
PBLWorks, Buck Institute for Education
Opera-Based Learning
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Ken Robinson, TED TALK
Arts Integration and 21st Century Skills
Lynne B. Silverstein, THE KENNEDY CENTER
Aligning the Arts with Common Core Standards
CREATING ORIGINAL OPERA founder Bruce Taylor
PRESS & PRINT
THE NEW YORK TIMES — August 13, 1983
"Harlem Students Create and Perform an Opera"
THE NEW YORK TIMES — July 30, 1994
"Teaching Teachers to Orchestrate Opera-Making"
THE NEW YORK TIMES — February 18, 2001
"Roll Over, Verdi: Jungle Music in a Mini-Opera at P.S. 69"
THE NEW YORK TIMES — February 16, 2003
"It's Opera to Them: 2nd Graders Tell a Story to Music"
THE WASHINGTON POST — August 5, 2005
"Setting the Stage"
THE WASHINGTON POST — August 7, 2010
"Whatever Happened To ... Opera in Elementary School?"
THE WASHINGTON POST — March 29, 2012
"Second-Graders who Created an Opera..."
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEDIA — May 14, 2013
"A Storm Inside"
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEDIA — May 8, 2014
"Stedwick Opera Puts Students in Control"
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEDIA — May 8, 2015
"Stedwick Elementary Opera about Failure is a Success"
Also featured in:
THE ANNISTON STAR (Anniston, Alabama), ARIZONA DAILY STAR (Tucson, Arizona), ARIZONA REPUBLIC (Phoenix, Arizona), ASBURY PARK PRESS (Asbury Park, New Jersey), AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN (Austin, Texas), THE BALTIMORE SUN (Baltimore, Maryland), THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (Bismarck, North Dakota), THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY HOME NEWS (New Brunswick, New Jersey), CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Chicago, Illinois), CLARION-LEDGER (Jackson, Mississippi), THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER (Cincinnati, Ohio), THE COURIER-JOURNAL (Louisville, Kentucky), THE COURIER NEWS (Bridgewater, New Jersey), COURIER POST (Camden, New Jersey), DAILY RECORD (Morristown, New Jersey), THE DAILY TRIBUNE (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), DETROIT FREE PRESS (Detroit, Michigan), FLORIDA TODAY (Cocoa, Florida), HATTIESBURG AMERICAN (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), THE HERALD-PALLADIUM (Saint Joseph, Michigan), THE LEAF CHRONICLE (Clarksville, Tennessee), THE MADISON COUNTY HERALD (Canton, Mississippi), THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER (Montgomery, Alabama), THE NEWS JOURNAL (Wilmington, Delaware), THE NOBLESVILLE LEDGER (Noblesville, Indiana), THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), THE POST-CRESCENT (Appleton, Wisconsin), THE REPUBLIC (Columbus, Indiana), SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (St. Louis, Missouri), THE TIMES (Munster, Indiana)
April 22, 1990 — July 5, 2005
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