An Opera Opportunity: Butterfly in the Classroom.

Banks, Jeri

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ERIC Number: EJ444519

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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An Opera Opportunity: Butterfly in the Classroom.

Banks, Jeri

Perspectives in Education and Deafness, v10 n4 p12-16 Mar-Apr 1992

This article describes a program of the Lyric Opera Company of Chicago (Illinois) that brought opera to the classroom of students with deafness in grades three through six. The four-session program explored vocabulary, music, story-telling, and Japanese culture and culminated in a student production of "Madame Butterfly." (JDD)

Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Music Education, Opera, Outreach Programs, Program Implementation, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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