2016-17 School Year
20 N Wacker, Suite 860, Chicago, http://www.lyricopera.org (312) 827-5909 Illinois, 60606
Todd Snead https://chicago.artlookmap.com/pa [email protected] rtners/149
About Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954, is one of the world's greatest opera companies. It is renowned internationally for its artistic excellence and nancial strength. The company exists to provide a broad, deep and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form of opera. Lyric Unlimited, a division of Lyric Opera of Chicago, is a multifaceted program of expanded community engagement and artistic initiatives that includes Lyric's longstanding education programs.
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Pro le of Schools Served
Creative Schools Certi cation
Excelling: 61% (56 Schools)
Strong: 17% (16 Schools)
Developing: 16% (15 Schools)
Emerging: 4% (4 Schools)
Incomplete: 1% (1 Schools)
Page 1 of 5 Ethnicity
American Indian / Alaska Native: 0% Asian: 8% Black / African American: 22% Hawaiian / Paci c Islander: 0% Hispanic: 54% Multi-Racial: 0% White: 15% Other / Not Available: 0%
School Discipline Interests
Dance: 15% Literary Arts: 0% Media Arts: 19% Music: 10% Theatre: 29% Visual Arts: 27%
Student Demographics
77% 20% 12% 734 Low Income Limited English Diverse Learners Average Enrollment of School Served
Our Programs
Name Description Type
Elementary Opera Children are immersed in the arts through residencies ranging from 12 to 18 Residency Residency sessions that are led by Lyric teaching artists in partnership with classroom teachers. Students learn to express themselves creatively by studying music, drama, movement and creative writing, which culminates in a student performance of an original work. Includes a professional development workshop for participating teachers and teaching artists.
Elementary Opera CPS teachers involved in the Elementary Opera Residency program are oriented to Professional Residency Teacher the program, trained on the curriculum, and collaborate with Lyric Teaching Artists Development Workshop to develop a customized opera residency program for their class. Six Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDU) available.
Explore Opera! A professional Lyric teaching artist will visit classrooms and engage students in Residency, Resources activities that address the important themes, musical highlights, and production elements of a selected opera. Available for classes attending The Magic Flute and/or Carmen. The fee is $175 per presentation.
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Opera In The Our production of "Jason and the Argonauts" comes to city and suburban Resources, Field Trip Neighborhoods neighborhoods and features a cast of spirited young professional singers in full costume with colorful sets, props, and live musical accompaniment. Lyric Unlimited provides specially-developed student and teacher guides.
Opera In The Learn how this story-based art form can provide content for literacy units based on Professional Neighborhoods Lyric's Opera in the Neighborhoods performance. Teachers will receive Development, Teacher Workshop customizable unit plans and extension activities that infuse general classroom Resources curricula with excitement. Three Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDU) available.
Performances For Students will enjoy a full-length Lyric Opera of Chicago production at the beautiful Resources, Field Trip Students Civic Opera House performed in the original language with English translations projected above the stage. Lyric Unlimited provides specially-developed study guides.
Secondary Opera This 30-week residency is designed to support and enrich the music learning Resources, Field Trip, Residency objectives of CPS choir teachers in developing high school music programs. This Residency program will combine: weekly, full-day, year-round classroom assistance from a Lyric professional teaching artist, an intensive 4-session unit of study of a Lyric mainstage production, and special in-schools visits by Lyric guest artists.
Student Backstage Witness the inner workings of the Civic Opera House and learn what really goes on Field Trip Tours behind the scenes of a world-class opera company. Students see the theater, stage, and dressing rooms; visit the wig and wardrobe departments; view props displays; venture across a six-story-high catwalk; and even try on authentic costumes and armor. Students will be impressed by the tremendous variety of skilled professionals working at Lyric and realize that it's not just singers who can have a career in opera.
Youth Opera Council A group of Chicagoland high school students who share a passion for opera and the Out-of-School and/or performing arts. They meet regularly at the Civic Opera House, where members Summer deepen their knowledge of opera through up-close experiences with Lyric sta , artists, and the day-to-day workings of the company. The Council also creates and hosts events and activities aimed at teen audiences.
Our Reach
SCHOOLS
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Albert G Lane Technical High School Alessandro Volta Elementary School Alexander Hamilton Elementary School Ambrose Plamondon Elementary School Back of the Yards IB HS Bowen High School Carl Schurz High School Carroll-Rosenwald Specialty Elementary School Charles P Steinmetz College Preparatory HS Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago Math and Science Academy High School Christopher Columbus Elementary School Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Crown Community Academy of Fine Arts Center ES Daniel Boone Elementary School Disney II Magnet School Dr Jorge Prieto Math and Science Durkin Park Elementary School Edward N Hurley Elementary School Edward White Elementary Career Academy Page 3 of 5 Eliza Chappell Elementary School Ellen Mitchell Elementary School Emiliano Zapata Elementary Academy Eric Solorio Academy High School Everett McKinley Dirksen Elementary School Evergreen Academy Middle School Frank W Reilly Elementary School George Armstrong International Studies ES George Manierre Elementary School George W Tilton Elementary School Hannah G Solomon Elementary School Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy Helen Peirce International Studies ES Henry R Clissold Elementary School Horace Mann Elementary School Hyman G Rickover Naval Academy High School Irene C. Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of the Sciences James Hedges Elementary School James Shields Elementary School James Ward Elementary School Jane Addams Elementary School Jesse Sherwood Elementary School John Charles Haines Elementary School John H Hamline Elementary School John Palmer Elementary School John Whistler Elementary School Jordan Elementary Community School LaSalle Elementary Language Academy Legacy Charter Elementary School Lincoln Park High School Louisa May Alcott College Preparatory HS Manuel Perez Elementary School Marcus Moziah Garvey Elementary School Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High Mark Skinner Elementary School School Multicultural Academy of Scholarship Nathan Hale Elementary School Newton Bateman Elementary School Nicholas Senn High School North-Grand High School Northside College Preparatory High School Oliver S Westcott Elementary School Orr Academy High School Polaris Charter Academy Elementary School Richard J Daley Elementary Academy Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy HS Roger C Sullivan High School Rowe Elementary School Rudyard Kipling Elementary School Rufus M Hitch Elementary School Scott Joplin Elementary School Sharon Christa McAuli e Elementary School Sidney Sawyer Elementary School South Loop Elementary School Stephen Decatur Classical Elementary School Stephen K Hayt Elementary School Suder Montessori Magnet ES Thomas A Edison Regional Gifted Center ES Thomas Drummond Elementary School Virgil Grissom Elementary School Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Walter Q Gresham Elementary School Washington D Smyser Elementary School Wendell Phillips Academy High School Whitney M Young Magnet High School William Bishop Owen Scholastic Academy ES William E B Dubois Elementary School William E Dever Elementary School William H Ryder Math & Science Specialty ES Wolfgang A Mozart Elementary School
COMMUNITIES
Albany Park Archer Heights Armour Square Ashburn Auburn Gresham Avondale Belmont Cragin Brighton Park Chatham Clearing Douglas Dunning East Side Edgewater Englewood Gage Park Hegewisch Hermosa Humboldt Park Irving Park Lake View Lincoln Park Lincoln Square Logan Square Lower West Side Mckinley Park Morgan Park Near North Side Near West Side New City North Center North Lawndale North Park Norwood Park O'Hare Portage Park Riverdale Rogers Park South Chicago South Lawndale Washington West Englewood Heights West Gar eld Park West Lawn West Pullman West Ridge West Town
NETWORKS
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