Classroom Connections 2009/10 CALENDAR
Artist Schedule
Calico Winds
for Grades 1 & 2
School visits November 2 through 23, 2009
Performance at the Carpenter Center - November 24, 2009
In the classrooms, this five-piece wind ensemble will introduce their instruments – what do they look like and sound like and how are they made? In the theatre, they will demonstrate how the instruments work together, using works of major composers including Bach, Mahler, Hindemeth, and Sousa. Visit www.calicowinds.com
The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences on Tour presents
Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure
A co-commission with the White House Historical Association
Book and lyrics by Karen Zacarias
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Directed by John Vreeke
for Grades 3 to 7
School visits December 7 through 17, 2009; January 6 through 12, 2010
Performance at the Carpenter Center - January 13, 2010
In this charming and exciting new musical, Dee, José, and Annie accidentally knock George Washington out of his portrait and into real life —turning their White House tour into an unexpected adventure. As they try to get the nation’s First President back into his painting, the threesome encounters Jacqueline Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd, Dolley Madison, and other famous White House residents. Classroom workshops will introduce musical theatre conventions.
Los Angeles Opera – So You Want to Be an Opera Singer
for Grades 3, 4 & 5
School visits January 25 through February 12, 2010
Performance at the Carpenter Center - February 16, 2010
One of the most requested Classroom Connections programs ever, the Los Angeles Opera returns with a new 45-minute work opera based on the popular television shows about dancers and singers. Four professional singers ‘compete’ for a role in a new opera, and the audience gets to see exactly what it ‘takes.’ In classrooms, the singers will teach students about the opera, its history and traditions, including what ‘bravo’ means.