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English Pocket Opera Company
EPOC was founded in 1993. For over a decade, EPOC has been touring productions and performing concerts across Britain and abroad.
At the heart of the company’s work is a deep belief in the educational benefit of a lifelong exposure to opera: making music, singing songs, giving voice to the drama and poetry of life. In 2002 a programme of education work was started to create unique and accessible music and opera education experiences for young people and teachers alike.
For more information on either bespoke opera projects for your school or one of EPOC’s Educational Interactive Presentations please contact leigh.rayner@pocketopera.co.uk
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Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges
Opera Education Project: January – June 2008
A varied range of singing, acting, film, composition and design workshops in schools prepare participants to either exhibit or perform their work alongside professional soloists and orchestra in EPOC’s spectacular new production of the fairytale opera The Love for Three Oranges at two of London’s most prestigious theatres. This project offers children an exceptional opportunity to engage directly with opera and all the proven benefits that learning through the expressive arts brings. Suitable for Key Stages 1 to 4.
Supported by the Peter Moores Foundation, the project runs over 10 weeks, accompanied by an extensive Teachers’ Resource Pack, a CD and twilight INSET session. EPOC aims to support teachers to achieve the maximum benefit from our projects.
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Spring Term: Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Summer Term: Unicorn Theatre, London Bridge
For more information please click here or contact Leigh at EPOC on: 020 7263 3019 or by email education@pocketopera.co.uk
Design for Hamlet
November 2007 – January 2008
A Key Stage 3 project for students interested in Shakespeare, Hamlet and/or design. Project includes a half–day school visit from an EPOC designer, a tour of Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design including a visit to the studios of the Theatre Design students and a performance at London’s Cochrane Theatre tour of Ambroise Thomas’ operatic version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.