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2026 Projects
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.
2026 Open House
We welcomed schools from Hampshire to orchestral rehearsals, educational resources and a bespoke Soul of Opera performance with Welsh National Opera.
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
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.
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.
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
Gosport Education Project
The Gosport Education Project unites young people and the community through creative workshops, celebrating Gosport’s heritage.
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.
Wild Hampshire
Wild Hampshire inspires creativity in primary education with arts-integrated teaching, combining drama, music, and design to enhance PHSE learning.
2023 Projects
Gosport Education Project
The Gosport Education Project unites young people and the community through creative workshops, celebrating Gosport’s heritage.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
LikeUnlike
70 teenagers from 20 educational backgrounds created and performed an original opera exploring social media, identity and relationships in just five days.
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.
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.
Shakespeare and Verdi
Secondary students explored Verdi’s Falstaff through Shakespeare’s text, guided by creative workshops before watching the Festival’s final rehearsal.
Dance@TheGrange
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
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.
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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