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Zambello to Head Glimmerglass Opera
By Kate Taylor
• The Wall Street Journal • Thursday, March 11, 2010
Glimmerglass Opera, the 35-year-old summer opera festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., has named Francesca Zambello as its general and artistic manager, replacing Michael MacLeod. Ms. Zambello, who has worked at many of the world's major opera houses and also directed Disney's The Little Mermaid on Broadway, will likely give the small company, which presents four operas a season, a higher profile.
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All the Classroom's a Stage
By Rachel Williams
• The Guardian • Thursday, March 11, 2010
Eleven-year-olds are to learn Shakespeare using techniques employed by RSC actors, and English teachers will be encouraged to let pupils walk around the classroom rather than reading the plays while sitting at their desks.
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Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools
By Sam Dillon
• The New York Times • Thursday, March 11, 2010
A panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation.
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Arts education: "It's not a waste of time"
By Patti Hartigan
• ARTicles • Thursday, March 11, 2010
There's nothing inherently wrong with standards if they are developmentally appropriate and flexible. But I fear we are raising a bunch of automatons who are being instructed to memorize facts and fill out bubble tests rather than teaching children to think creatively and outside of the so-called box.
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Finalists Named for Met's National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert, 3/14
By BWW News Desk
• BroadwayWorld.com • Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Metropolitan Opera today announced the names of nine finalists who will sing in the 2010 National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert on March 14 at 3:00 p.m., with the Met Orchestra conducted by Marco Armiliato. The finalists are: Leah Crocetto, soprano from Adrian, Michigan and Oxford, Connecticut; Lori Guilbeau, soprano from Golden Meadow, Louisiana; Rena Harms soprano from Santa Fe, New Mexico; Haeran Hong, soprano from Kang Won, South Korea; Hyo Na Kim, mezzo-soprano from Seoul, South Korea; Maya Lahyani, mezzo-soprano from Hod-HaSharon, Israel; Elliot Madore, Baritone from Toronto, Canada; Nathaniel Peake, tenor from Humble, Texas, and Rachel Willis-Sorensen, soprano from Tri-Cities, Washington.
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