Sligo Baroque Music Festival invites young people to Build Your Own Opera!
Public information meeting Saturday 18 January 2025, 4.30pm-6pm at Sligo Presbyterian Church Hall
The new opera will be written and performed by Sligo young people, developed through monthly workshops with adult opera practitioners, who will guide the young people in the creation of this newly-composed opera. The final piece will be performed at the Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo as part of the 2025 Sligo Baroque Music Festival weekend, 26-28 September 2025.
This opportunity is not only about singing, but will include the full range of skills that are used to create an opera. Young people will gain the opportunity to design and create props and costumes, learn about directing, composing, and backstage roles as well as performing.
This project is presented by SBMF and Festival in a Van and made possible by a generous grant from the Arts Council’s Young People, Children, and Education Project Award. It will be free of charge to participate, and no previous experience with music, writing, or the arts is necessary.
Interested young people in 6th class (Primary School) and from 1st year to 6th year (Secondary School) and their parents, as well as any interested parties such as music, theatre or arts group leaders and teachers, are welcome to attend the public meeting, where the principal teaching artists will introduce themselves and the outline plan for the project. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.
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“I’ve played in many festivals, some of which have been musically fabulous, and others which have had an amazing sense of community and conviviality, but I’ve honestly never experienced one which had such an abundance of both.”
— Thelma Handy, violinist with London Handel Players, on SBMF 2024
