My daughter Jessica loves to sing opera. Last week, she went with John, Paul,
and me to volunteer at SMUM (Santa Maria
Urban Ministry,
San Jose, CA) for Studio 17, the after school homework and computer lab. As
usual, we worked with the kids on homework for the first hour. During the
second hour, some kids wanted to use the computers but Jessica attracted
quite an audience when she started singing opera in the kitchen. The 2nd
through 6th grade girls at first were dubious, standing with crossed arms, but
soon started requesting more songs. Wearing her Carnegie Mellon shirt, Jessica
started with Spanish songs but they wanted
to hear Russian and German too. Finally, they asked for rap. Jessica did not
know rap, so she sang English folk songs and opera instead. They loved it.
Here is some of what Jessica sang:
- “Canción de la gitana habilidosa” – J. Castel (1761-1781) Spanish
- “Gretchen am Spinnrade” – F. Schubert (1797-1828) German
- “Lyubasha’s Aria” from The Tsar’s Bride – N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Russian - “Barbry Allen” traditional folk song English
- “When I am Laid in Earth” – Henry Purcell (1659-1695) from “Dido and Aeneas” English
Homework time
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Homework time
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Computer time
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Jessica singing opera
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Jessica singing opera
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Jessica singing opera
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