Young Audiences of Abilene
Available Programs
Fantasy Opera in
Alice in Operaland
Where is everyone going? Alice (played by one of your own students or teachers) encounters four friendly characters who help her find her way to Operaland. The Baritone, Tenor, Mezzo and Soprano introduce Alice and the audience to melodies from some of the world’s most famous operas and to some very interesting characters. Vocal ranges and opera terms are explained and demonstrated by the performers. Colorful props and costume pieces help bring the musical world to life. Best suited for grades 2-5. Follow-up classroom workshops are available. $450 per performance.
Strike 2! in
Worldbeats
Travel around the world with these two talented percussionists to eight different countries exploring music and instruments from our global neighbors. The jig, dance music from Ireland, is demonstrated on pennywhistle and bodhran. While studying music from India, the audience will “keep tala” and will be invited to play the kinjiras (frame drums). From Cuba comes the Rumba-Guaguanco, and the Brazilian samba uses many instruments played by audience members in a carnaval parade. The musical tour will end with the exciting sounds of steel drum music from Jamaica. Best suited for grades 3-5. $200 per performance. Because of extensive set-up, 2 performances are preferred.
Strike 2! in
We've Got Style
What do Coke cans, plastic eggs, oatmeal boxes, and flip-flops have in common? Discover the answer to this question in We’ve Got Style. In this performance students travel with this percussion duo as they explore styles of music from the Baroque period to the Modern Era. Musical selections feature Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and George Hamilton Green. Original compositions by the artists are also performed. Best suited for grades 3-5. $200 per performance. Because of extensive set-up, 2 performances are preferred.
The Out-of-a-Trunk Theatre Company in
The Great Cross Country Race
Assembled for Sports Day, the animals can find nobody to compete with the fleet Hare in the cross-country race until the slow-moving Tortoise agrees to challenge him. In the course of the race, the scatter-brained hare tends to get diverted by his encounters with members of the human race while the Tortoise plods steadily and relentlessly on to the finish line. Only the animals speak intelligible language. The humans' gobble-de-gook is as incomprehensible to us as to our animal friends. Best suited for grades 2-5. $450 per performance.
Mixed Nuts in
Tales from the Story Trunk
Wherever you go, you carry with you an invisible trunk. You put everything in this trunk: feelings, impressions, ideas, songs, people, dreams and even your fears. Everything you come in contact with goes into it. All of your life you add to it. When you use your trunk properly, it becomes your source of creative energy and imagination. With help from the audience, this improvisational theatre troupe entertains, enlightens, and educates as they weave numerous stories around the items in their trunk. Appropriate for all grades. $200 per performance.
