Find out why some 400
St. Louis area teachers
are singing the praises
of Music! Words! Opera!

Included in this workshop:

• Instruction by national Music! Words! Opera! trainers Roger Ames and Diane McCullough

• Interdisciplinary lessons keyed to state and national standards

• Strategies in teaching students to create and produce original operas

• A live Opera Theatre of Saint Louis performance of Madame Butterfly

• Three hours of graduate credit (at summer 2008 rate)--and the most fun you'll have earning it

• One of the most professionally rewarding and enriching weeks of your life

Music! Words! Opera!
is a national curriculum for grades K-12.

In addition to exploring some of the greatest operas ever composed, each level of the curriculum is perfect for interdisciplinary study, joining various content areas such as language arts, social studies, science, mathematics, English, and fine arts together with music. The Level II workshop for grades 3-8 will explore Puccini's classic tragedy Madame Butterfly.

A Level II M!W!O! Teacher's Manual is required for the course and may be purchased through OPERA America at www.operaamerica.org/audiences/k12/mwo/purchase.html.

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What Others Are Saying
About Music! Words! Opera!

"This is the greatest workshop! It stretches my comfort zone in a good way. It also helps me meet other teachers, and that networking is useful too."
--Teacher, St. Louis, Missouri

100% of last year's participants said
they wanted more workshops like this.

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Noncredit Fees & Registration

$25 for teachers in the Greater St. Louis area
$25 per day for all other teachers

Interested in earning three hours of graduate credit? Contact Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 or pattersonam@umsl.edu for more information.

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