This was an outstanding project in support of your community and the opera company. In an effort to keep the youth of the Colorado Springs area engaged in the arts, specifically opera, the Colorado Opera Festival Guild is collaborating with local educators to develop a cross-discipline program known as Opera Goes to School. Now entering its second season, the program currently works with teachers from School Districts 11 and 12, finding ways to integrate the study of opera into the course work of classes that wouldn't normally be thought to have a connection to the world of opera. Some of the collaborators are physics, social studies and English teachers. Physics students normally study resonance, frequency, decibels and harmonics, but now they will apply these studies to the vocal side of things, as well as how those principles reverberate through the acoustically superb concert hall at the Pikes Peak Center.
English students find that many opera masterpieces are based upon great literary works of ages past.
The Guild and the local educators are working hard to make this project a continued success. Hats off to them for all of their hard work to fill the gap and develop continued appreciation for this wonderful art form.