FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 APRIL 2010
CONTACT: Daniel Zillmann, 612.342.1612 or dzillmann@mnopera.org
coOPERAtion! Chisholm Residency
Minnesota Opera's week-long residency and concert in Chisholm, MN, May 17 - 21
What: coOPERAtion Residency and Concert
Where: Chisholm High School, Chisholm, MN
When: May 17-21, 2010; Concert on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $5 and available for purchase at the door
Minneapolis, MN-coOPERAtion! will be conducting a week-long residency in Chisholm, MN, May 17-21, 2010. Minnesota Opera's Teaching Artist Angie Keeton and Resident Artist Assistant Conductor Clinton Smith will be working with the Chisholm Public Schools, the East Range Choral Society and Mesabi Community Orchestra. This week of public school vis- its, opera education classes, master classes and rehearsals will culminate with a performance in the High School Auditorium. This concert will feature selections from Bizet's Carmen with orchestra, singers from Minnesota Opera, adult and children's choruses and student narrators. English translations will be projected above the stage. Tickets will be $5 and available for pur- chase at the door.
About coOPERAtion!
coOPERAtion! is Minnesota Opera's in-school residency program. The Chisholm residency project is the Spotlight Partnership of the season, created to target a school or group with sig- nificant interest in Minnesota Opera's education programs, but with limited financial resources. Minnesota Opera goes above and beyond regular programming with these schools to involve the community and impact the lives of the teachers and students. Sponsored in part by the Twin Cities Opera Guild, Medtronic Foundation and Enterprise Rent-a-Car Foundation. On behalf of the Chisholm School District, this activity is funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature. For more information contact Teaching Artist Angie Keeton at 612.342.9554 or visit the Education page at mnopera.org/learn.
Minnesota Opera's education programs are supported through generous contributions from the following sponsors: 3M Foundation, Allianz Life Insurance of North America, Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, Bobby and Steve's Auto World Youth Foundation, Carolyn Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Comcast, Education Minnesota Foundation, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Foundation, Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts, Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation, The Medtronic Foundation, Pentair Foundation, RBC Foundation - USA, Target, Travelers, Twin Cities Opera Guild, UnitedHealth Group, Xcel Energy Foundation.
The Minnesota Opera's mission is to produce opera and opera education programs at the high- est artistic level that inspire and entertain our audiences and enrich the cultural life of our com- munity.
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