Continuing Education Opportunity for K-12 Music Educators and College Music Education Majors
TRIPLE PLAY -
A weekend with the The Minnesota Opera, the Minnesota Orchestra and
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
April 18-20, 2008
*One graduate credit available from the University of Saint Thomas
Schedule of events:
FRIDAY APRIL 18
Check in at conference housing, if applicable (see housing section below)
6:00pm Opening reception, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
7:00pm Music Up Close
Michael Steinberg on Hindemith's Mathis der Maler
8:00pm Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoBaibe Skride, violin
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Post concert: Meet a musician
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Three options for Saturday morning:
1) For Elementary Music Educators
10:30am-1:00pm
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Xplorchestra! Performance at Wayzata Community Church
Sydney Forte, girl explorer, played by audience favorite Vera Mariner, will lead you on an adventure into the sights and sounds of the orchestra's instruments.
Performance followed by lunch and a workshop for elementary music educators led by Joanna Cortright.
2) For Secondary Music Educators
8:45am-12:30pm
Minnesota Youth Symphonies
Highland Park Jr./Sr. High School, St Paul
Attend rehearsals of the MYS Symphony and Repertory Orchestras, Manny and Claudette Laureano, conductors.
Rehearsal followed by lunch and a Q-and-A session with the Laureanos.
3) For Secondary Music Educators:
9:00am-12:00 noon
The Minnesota Opera: Project Opera rehearsal.
High school musicians under the direction of Dale Kruse and Minnesota Opera staff.
Includes lunch, discussion and a tour of The Minnesota Opera Center
Saturday afternoon:
Explore Downtown St. Paul, home of the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Children's Museum, the Schubert Club Instrument museum and more.
Special promotions for workshop participants will be available.
5:00pm Gala Banquet
St. Paul Traveler's building Jackson Room, downtown St. Paul
Education Director's Roundtable:
Kate Cooper, The Saint Paul Chamber OrchestraDinner, hospitality provided by the St. Paul Traveler's Foundation
Jamie Andrews, The Minnesota Opera
Jim Bartsch, Minnesota Orchestra
6:30pm Opera Insights: Dvořák's Rusalka
Dale Johnson, Artistic Director, The Minnesota Opera
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
7:30pm The Minnesota Opera
Rusalka by Antonin Dvořák
Conductor: Robert Wood
Stage Director: Eric Simonson
Set Desinger: Erhard Rom
Costume Designer: Kärin Kopischke
Lighting Designer: Robert Wierzel
Projections Designer: Wendall K. Harrington
Wig Master and Makeup: Tom Watson & Associates
Cast
Rusalka, a water nymph: Kelly Kaduce
The Prince: Brandon Jovanovich
Vodnik, a water sprite: Robert Pomakov
Ježibaba, a witch: Dorothy Byrne
A foreign princess: Alison Bates
A hunter: John David Boehr
Three dryads: Andrea Coleman, Katherine Haugen, Karin Wolverton
Dryads, guests at the castle, the Prince's entourage
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
12:00pm "The Arts Standards: Ideas on How the Performing Arts can Help"
Workshop session and discussion
University of Minnesota, Ferguson Hall
Doug Orzolek, Associate Professor of Music, University of St. Thomas, and Co-chair, MN Arts Standards Review Committee
2:00pm The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Bernhard Scully, horn
James Taylor, tenor
Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Post concert: Meet a Musician
Workshop open to K-12 music educators and college music education majors.
To Register:
Unfortunately, the deadline for registering for this event has passed. For further information, please contact any of the representatives listed below.
Tuition:
Workshop only: $150
Workshop plus one graduate credit: $250
Meals:
Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner, Sunday lunch included in tuition.
Tickets:
Tickets to all performances included in tuition.
Transportation:
Transportation between workshop venues may be provided depending on interest. Indicate if you would be interested in this option. It will not change your registration fee.
Housing:
Indicate if you would be interested in information for hotel locations and rates. All hotel costs will be at the participant's expense.
Questions:
Jim Bartsch, Minnesota Orchestra, 612-371-5650, jbartsch@mnorch.org
Jamie Andrews, The Minnesota Opera, 612-342-9573, andrews@mnopera.org
Kate Cooper, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, 651-292-3243, kcooper@spcomail.org