I am writing this on the day the Scouts were supposed to be returning from 10 days in Austria... Heading into week four of THE GREAT DIVIDE, I thought I might take a moment to reflect upon what nearly a month of virtual arts education, training, and play looks like. Well...it has been unique: frustrating, innovative, inspiring, hilarious and strange. While classroom teachers and directors have been scrambling to try to keep their classrooms on task, music and theater educator

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, were perfect. And we sang beautifully! And of course had to take advantage of the swanky lounge in the outer lobby on our way out... #music #sing #holidays

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 Kirk, this album is a spirited and tuneful salute to the holiday season. After weeks of rehearsal and fine tuning, the singers came together extremely professionally to showcase their joy and love of music in o