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Family Open Day 2026

Our second Family Open Day welcomed local families to explore opera through creative workshops, backstage experiences, music and hands-on activities.

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2026 Open House

We welcomed schools from Hampshire to orchestral rehearsals, educational resources and a bespoke Soul of Opera performance with Welsh National Opera.

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AI In Education

We delivered creative AI workshops in schools, trained teachers and launched a digital toolkit to support arts-based AI education.

2025 Projects

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Family Open Day 2025

We celebrated our 2025 milestone with a joyful family day of music, creativity and behind-the-scenes activities, welcoming everyone to discover opera.

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2025 Open House

Students from Hampshire enjoyed a schools performance by Fay Claassen and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, preceded by an interactive onstage workshop.

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Teaching for Creativity

We partnered with the University of Winchester to help teachers integrate drama, music and design into classroom learning through creative workshops and resources.

2024 Projects

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Gosport Education Project

The Gosport Education Project unites young people and the community through creative workshops, celebrating Gosport’s heritage.

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Come and Create

Come and Create empowers young people to craft their own opera, blending AI tools with creativity in a five-day project at The Grange Festival.

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Wild Hampshire

Wild Hampshire inspires creativity in primary education with arts-integrated teaching, combining drama, music, and design to enhance PHSE learning.

2023 Projects

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Gosport Education Project

The Gosport Education Project unites young people and the community through creative workshops, celebrating Gosport’s heritage.

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Dawn to Dusk

We brought together 125 Hampshire young people for a contemporary youth opera, co-created with international participants exploring shared stories, hopes and beliefs through music and text.

2022 Projects

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Our World

Our World welcomed 75 young people aged 10-15 from 27 schools to create and perform an original contemporary opera in just five days.

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Planet Food

We partnered with WWF and local schools to explore food sustainability, with students creating original songs highlighting food waste and its environmental impact.

2021 Projects

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Future Visions

We partnered with WWF to inspire nearly 250 young people to imagine a sustainable future through creative workshops, original music, writing and dance.

2020 Projects

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The Monster in the Maze

During lockdown, singers of all ages united virtually across Hampshire and Europe to perform Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze, bringing community opera to life from home.

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A World of Your Own

We offered four creative workshops with theatre designer Rhiannon Newman Brown, helping young people explore storytelling and wellbeing through model-making and imagination.

2019 Projects

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LikeUnlike

70 teenagers from 20 educational backgrounds created and performed an original opera exploring social media, identity and relationships in just five days.

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Mozart in the Making

150 children from five Hampshire primary schools reimagined Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro through creative workshops, culminating in a performance at The Grange.

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Fun with Figaro

Families came together for an interactive Figaro workshop, exploring Mozart’s music and story before attending the final rehearsal of the Festival production.

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Shakespeare and Verdi

Secondary students explored Verdi’s Falstaff through Shakespeare’s text, guided by creative workshops before watching the Festival’s final rehearsal.

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2019 School’s Performance

Over 300 students enjoyed performances by Company Wayne McGregor and Ballet Black, followed by a Q&A exploring careers in dance.

2018 Projects

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The Barber of Seville

150 children and parents enjoyed an interactive introduction to opera through The Barber of Seville, followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the final stage rehearsal.

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Time Capsule

60 young people from 18 schools created an original opera in five days, developing creative confidence through music, drama, dance and design.

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