Meeting for the first time last month, the Madrigals--our new little sibling Opera Scouts ensemble--is underway!  Jumping into singing and storytelling this fall, these seven young artists, aged 7-11, are busy creating their own opera which will be performed at the Dec...

Opera America, the National service organization for opera hosted its annual conference in San Francisco this year, and for the first time teens from around the country converged to participate! Earlier this month five Opera Teens came to San Francisco from Miami, Port...

Yesterday was an exciting day for the Opera Scouts! International Opera Superstar Deborah Voigt gave a masterclass.  Five of our Scouts got up and sang and received coachings on arias and art songs. Not only did they receive coaching in vocal technique and interpretati...

Opera Scouts were honored to welcome patrons to San Francisco Opera Guild's holiday event, Dinner on the stage.  It was a fun evening! We rehearsed, we took the stage and performed in the gorgeous space for guests before a sumptuous dinner.  The decor, the ambiance, we...

October 24 was an exciting day in the Taube Education Studio at the Wilsey Center for Opera.  It was the day we recorded our Holiday Album, released today! With 14 tracks featuring solo and group work from the Opera Scouts, and wonderful piano stylings of John-Elliott...

Please join us to celebrate the end of the year and our fabulous trip to Italy!

On Wednesday, May 23 at 7pm we will come together to sing, laugh, and be merry.

The evening will include:

Vocal recital featuring the Opera Scouts

Merit Badge ceremony and Project Presentation

S...

We have arrived!

It was a long journey--nearly 24 hours of travel, thanks to the Air France strike.  Luckily our outstanding team at Concert and Study Tours (Yay Naomi and Patt!), who facilitated all our Italian adventures, were on it, and got us home!

Our final wet, rai...

 Our last day in Italy started with a free morning in Rome. Our free morning was over shadowed by a torrential downpour and wind. Most people chose to catch up on some sleep but a few ventured out into the heavy rain and wind. After our free morning we met in the hotel...

Today, we had our first whole day in Rome! We visited amazing places such as the Coloseum and Palatine Hill. To get there, we had to ride the subway, just one stop ahead. But, because of a marathon that was going on, we had to wait until the next stop to get off.

Once w...

Student voices will be back tomorrow, I promise!  It has been a couple long days, and late nights at the theater, which has cut into our blog and journal time.

Today began bright and early with a visit to the Uffizi...here you see our own three graces who could easily h...