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Five joyful ballet and opera productions designed to capture the imaginations of children.

Joyful classics, abridged for the classroom. A great intro to opera & ballet for kids!

These joyful productions, abridged for the classroom, capture a child's imagination and are a perfect introduction to classical music.

Humperdinck's 1893 opera, animated using 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets, done especially for children.

42 min. production with lavish sets and costumes, English narration and songs in German—perfect way to introduce children to opera.

Introduce Mozart's opera to children through the story adapted by Kyra Teis and the video of the shortened opera from the Children's Cultural Collection.

Every child who has read a Sendak book will recognize these costumes and sets as his. The Glyndebourne Opera Festival has taken full advantage of his talent in these 4 operas.

The long awaited opera of Antoine de St. Exupery's classic tale with music was composed by Rachel Portman.

Composer Oliver Knussen with artist & author Maurice Sendak produce 2 fantasy operas of Sendaks children's books. 

Two Fantasy Operas created from Sendak's books are composed and conducted by Oliver Knussen with production design by Maurice Sendak himself. 

A live-action retelling of how the best-loved carol was written on a snowy night in 1818, and how it has affected generations since.

Witness the story-telling power of music in award-winnng films without dialogue.

There's music in the wind and sky. Can you hear it? And there's hope. Can you feel it? The boy called August Rush can. In this musical odyssey he also discovers the musical talent hidden within himself. 

by Tim Seelig.  Techniques and video demos to show how to deliver the music to communicate with an audience.

Director's Guide for Young Performers by John Jacobson. Creative formations, ways to move on/off risers, effective choralography, simple riser moves.

John Jacobson. A Director's Guide for Enhancing Choral Performances.

John Jacobson provides over 450 choreography terms defined and demonstrated in book and step-by-step on DVD.

Listen along the chart with the CD