Education work in Estonian National Opera

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Education work in Estonian National Opera

• Anu Põrk
• Education Manager
• June 2006

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• The season of 2004/2005 was called
• The season of young audience
• In 2004 we joined RESEO
• Since 2005 we have special mascot -Ooperipisik
  Junior,
• in english The Opera Bacillus Junior
• First version of a special web site
  junior.opera.ee is already available

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• We introduce the projects through an annual
• teachers' conference in autumn, the
• attendance of the programmes is school
• based.
• It is gratifying to see, that more and more
• schools outside of Tallinn (capital of Estonia)
• are taking part in our projects every year.

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• During this season we have launched 5 different
  youth projects.
• In which around 2500 youngsters, aged 6 to 18
  have participated.
• Over 500 essays and drawings have been submitted
  as a sign of good feedback.
• The participants have come from 30 different
  schools.

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• Educational projects
• Opera Magic 310
• Ballet World 1091
• Creation of a Performance in the Music Theatre
  465
• Talk session about ballet and opera theatre for
  gymnasium students 161
• Summer project Today we create opera! 60
• Excursions for children and youth 413

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• Who funds us?
• Among those who have helped us are Ministry of
  Education, municipal governments, Cultural
  Foundation of the State.
• City of Tallinn has special funding system for
  schools wishing to take their children to
  theatre. Luckily and usually schools first
  choice is the National Opera. ?

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• How to measure the effectiveness of the project?

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• Thank You!
• Estonian National Opera
• Estonia Avenue 4
• 10148 Tallinn, Estonia
• www.opera.ee
• junior.opera.ee