PROJECT OPERA
OPERA EDUCATION
The Newells (L-R): Kjell Repdath, Miranda Kettlewell, T.J. Nordby, Claire Walsh traveling on the Princess Ali, a unique vehicle built to take the family to safety.
Memory Boy creators (L-R): Mark Campbell, librettist, Reinaldo Moya, composer, Dale Kruse, music director, and Doug Scholz-Carlson, stage director.
The Newell family (L-R): Erica Thelen, Alex Stokes, Kjell Redpath, and Emma Shine final arrival at their new home.
Mr. Kutrz (Max Muter) tells Miles Newell (T.J. Nordby) about his cabin near Bemidji.
The chorus sings “These are dark days!”
PROJECT OPERA As part of Minnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative, this February Project Opera presented the world premiere of Memory Boy, with music by Reinaldo Moya and libretto by Mark Campbell. Based on the young adult novel by Will Weaver, it tells the story of a family escaping the Twin Cities to a cabin near Bemidji after cataclysmic volcanic eruptions in the West causing a breakdown of society. More than 80 students from around the Twin Cities participated in the production on stage and in the orchestra.
MUSIC OUT LOUD
Music Out Loud students from Venture Academy attend the final dress rehearsal of Tosca. It was the first opera and first time in the Ordway for all of the students.
Jamie Andrews, Education Director, describes the goals and objectives of Music Out Loud, for a session on music for social change at the Minnesota Music Educators Association February conference.
MUSIC OUT LOUD Music Out Loud is Minnesota Opera’s El Sistema-inspired social development program that uses opera to teach 21st century learning skills. Currently the program meets after school with students at Venture Academy Charter School and Folwell Elementary.
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Photos by Sigrid Redpath
The Memory Boy orchestra.
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