EDUCATION - AT THE HEART OF THE FESTIVAL

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We have created an online resource for teachers to use both in the classroom or while pupils are learning at home.

We have teamed up with Tayside Opera, another Dundee organisation, to create a relaxed and enjoyable lesson which also incorporates ‘Second Level’ Expressive Arts Experiences and Outcomes of the Curriculum for Excellence, including

• Acquainting children with the primary voice types used in classical singing
• Introducing students to the various ranges of each voice type 
• encouraging participants to use their voices to experiment with sound, pitch and dynamics

and more!

Classical music can be a daunting threshold to cross, however the benefits and beauty that it can bring are unbounded.  

We hope that by engaging in our online lesson, children will feel more comfortable exploring opera and classical music of their own volition and, to feel that they can use it to influence their own lives for the better. 

If you are a teacher/carer/parent and would like to use the lesson in your class or home, or would like to be sent more information on using the online lesson, please email education.operafest@gmail.com 

It is our honour to welcome one of our partners, Opera For Peace, to Scotland for the first time. Co-founder and General Director Julia Lagahuzere will host a networking lecture based on the topic of the artist as a world ambassador and their place in the current world.

Along with a Q&A session and an opportunity to network, this event is ideal for music students, but open to everyone interested.

Tickets available for booking Spring 2021

Professor Janis Kelly DRSAMD, FRCM has been teaching singing alongside her performing career for over ten years, with her studio including eminent singers and students from across the UK, as well as the USA and Europe, and she has been a vocal professor at the RCM for six years. Recently she was awarded the Chair in Vocal Performance at the RCM resulting in the title of Capital "P"professor. With many students successes in RCM, National and International competitions-including Sopranos Soraya Mafi (Susan Chilcott Award, ROSL voice Winner, Ferrier Second and Mozart Comp second places),  Sarah Jane Brandon (Kathleen Ferrier winner 2009, Salzburg young artist, Operalia and Veronica Dunne finalist), Mezzo soprano Emilie Alford (Lies Askonas and Handel Comp prize winner), Soprano Rhian Lois Evans (Lies Askonas winner and Welsh song prize winner) among others working in the profession nationally and internationally, including Rosie Aldridge on contract at the Vienna Staatsoper and Filipa von Ecke in South Africa, Lisbon and UK. 

Soraya  Mafi is appearing with ENO,ETO, ROH ,SEATTLE Opera  and  appeared  with Janis  in WNO's production of Sweeney Todd in 2015  and appearing with Rhian in the Marriage of Figaro at ENO in 2018.

Two singers will be selected to participate in a public masterclass with Janis as part of the festival programme in 2021.

Tickets available for booking Spring 2021

Iain Fraser,-co-creator with his two brothers Peter and Stephen, of the website Opera Scotland for listings and performance history gives a talk in which he outlines stories from the operatic stage in Scotland. 

Scots have always been keen on the performing arts, and opera was no exception, once being much more popular than it is today. 

Many colourful characters, stars of their day, are introduced and give some idea of the forgotten part opera has played in Scotland’s cultural history.

Tickets available for booking Spring 2021