Education, Audiences & Community Services
M!W!O! — Teachers & School Administrators

Music! Words! Opera! is a curriculum designed to help students in grades K-12 discover the power of the arts through a hands-on engagement with opera. Together, teachers and students explore an operatic masterpiece in the context of its music, history and language. Using this knowledge, students become composers, librettists and performers in their creation of an original operatic work.

Professional development for teachers
OPERA America’s week-long training workshops are an opportunity for teachers to reinforce their artistic aptitude and learn new pedagogical techniques. M!W!O! training offers teachers a chance to learn how to best use opera in their classrooms, and they learn how to link the arts to other content areas. Teachers spend time developing effective future lesson plans, and workshop leaders work with their host opera company to adapt the curriculum to meet national, state and local standards for the arts and other subject areas. The workshop and the written curriculum also place a strong emphasis on assessment and evaluation by providing concrete techniques that teachers can use to measure student learning in the arts. Many opera companies who have used M!W!O! have collaborated with local universities to offer college or graduate credit for completing the workshop.

Summer 2010 Magazine Issue
  • Letter from the President/CEO
  • OPERA America News
  • National Opera Week
  • Looking Back, Looking Forward: Career Service Awards
  • Opera Conference 2011
Contact Us
330 Seventh Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001
P 212-796-8620 • F 212-796-8631
Info@operaamerica.org • Directions
From Airport:
The easiest way to reach the OPERA America offices is to get a cab at the airport. Cost is $40-45
(not including tip).
  • JFK - Take the AirTrain ($5 - approx. 15 minutes) to the Jamaica Street Station and transfer to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). Take the LIRR to Penn Station ($12 - approx. 35 minutes). See Penn Station directions below.
  • LaGuardia - Take the M60 Bus to the Hoyt Ave/31st Street. Get on the or Train and take that to 42nd/Times Square Station. Follow the Times Square Station directions below.
  • Newark - Take the New Jersey Transit train to Penn Station ($15 - approx. 45 min). See the Penn Station Directions below.

From Penn Station/Madison Square Garden:
Leave the station through the 7th Avenue/33rd Street exit and walk south for four blocks. The building is on
the right hand side.

From Grand Central Station:
Take the Train to the 42nd/Times Square station and transfer to the Train.
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.

From 42nd Street/Times Square:
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.

For more detailed directions, most up-to-date pricing or to specify a different starting location, please visit the
MTA Web site.