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About Michigan Opera Outreach

Michigan Opera Outreach is an arts education project that aims to bring music and literacy education to the greater Lansing area. MOO brings opera performances to 3rd and 4th grade classrooms, using fill-in-the-blank word games to help students rewrite opera librettos to well-known operatic arias, culminating in a public performance at the end of the residency.

What Kids Say About MOO

4th Grader

Post Oak Academy

Lansing, MI

"I liked when I learned about the feelings in the songs."

4th Grader

North Elementary

Lansing, MI

“I liked when they sang our songs back to us. It was funny!"

4th Grader

Post Oak Academy

Lansing, MI

"My favorite part was listening to them sing and doing the [fill-in-the-blank worksheet]."

News & Events

Second Annual

Capitol City Opera Festival

July 14, 2024 at 2:30pm

Grace United Methodist Church, Lansing, MI

French Opera: Bastille Day

Public Concert

Back to School: Opera 101

Second Annual

Capitol City Opera Festival

August 18, 2024 at 2:30pm

Grace United Methodist Church, Lansing, MI

Mozart Fest: The Impresario

Second Annual

Capitol City Opera Festival

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September 21, 2024, 7:00pm

Turner-Dodge House,

Lansing, MI

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