SID THE SERPENT

WHO WANTED TO SING

An Opera for Grades 3 -- 5

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

     Duration: 45 minutes plus a 10 minute question

     and answer.

     Age Group: 3rd — 5th Grade

     Room Requirement: All Purpose Room,

     gymnasium or auditorium

     Equipment: Microphone with stand and a

     tuned piano (no keyboards please!)

     Performers: 4 Singers and 1 Pianist

     Student Participation: As a group, your

     students will learn a song and act as a television

     studio audience

     Cost: $100 per performance (maximum of

     350 student per performance please!)

WHAT TO EXPECT

• We will be performing a 45 minute opera sung in English for your school’s 3rd – 5th grade students
• An entertaining plot and the show is an excellent introduction to opera
• Our show requires attentive silence from the audience but it is also interactive.
• We will be singing with a pianist, not an orchestra.
• You and your students will be invited to ask questions at the end of the performance.
• Once you book a performance, classroom materials will be sent directly to you at the school.

BOOKING INFORMATION

     Dates are on a first-come, first-served basis

     and must be scheduled at least 2 weeks

     prior to the performance.

     Performances may occur between

     9:00 AM and Noon.

     Only 30 performances will be available

     during the 2007-2008 School Year.

    To schedule a performance,

    please contact:

    Jaclyn “Jackie” Jarnagin

    Piedmont Opera

    235 N. Cherry Street, Suite 100

    Winston-Salem, NC 27101

    336-725-7101 Office

    336-725-7131 Fax

    jjarnagin@piedmontopera.org

2007 Dates               2008 Dates
Tuesday, Sept. 11    Thursday, Feb. 14
Thursday, Sept. 13   Tuesday, Feb. 19
Tuesday, Sept. 18    Thursday, Feb. 21
Thursday, Sept. 20   Tuesday, Feb. 26
Tuesday, Sept. 25    Thursday, Feb. 28
Thursday, Sept. 27   Tuesday, Mar. 4
Tuesday, Oct. 2        Thursday, Mar. 6
Thursday, Oct. 4       Tuesday, Mar. 25
Tuesday, Oct. 9        Thursday, Mar. 27
Thursday, Oct. 11     Tuesday, Apr. 1
Tuesday, Oct. 16      Thursday, Apr. 3
Thursday, Oct. 18     Tuesday, Apr. 8
Tuesday, Oct. 23      Thursday, Apr. 10
Thursday, Oct. 25     Tuesday, Apr. 15
Tuesday, Oct. 30      Thursday. Apr. 17
Thursday, Nov. 1      Tuesday, Apr. 22
Tuesday, Nov. 6       Thursday, Apr. 24
Thursday, Nov. 8      Tuesday, Apr. 29
                                Thursday, May 1