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In order to create a realistic story and bring it to life, it is imperative that we research the setting of our opera . . . a bowling alley.  Thanks to Bowl America in Germantown, Maryland, we were able to do just that.  Half of the company had never been bowling.  What we learned from […]

How many of us love the work we do, are inspired daily to get up and go to work and are energized by our work? To be passionate about what we do for a living is rare and that is unfortunate. Our children need to discover their talents, abilities and interests early in life and […]

During an emotional discussion following a challenge attempted three times by Harness the Stars Kids Opera Company, Rayn stated, “We didn’t fail, we just didn’t finish.” If we could all adopt this philosophy concerning failure and making mistakes, our world would be different. In determining the theme for the opera, we must ascertain what students […]

The sign Help Wanted . . . Apply Within hung on the classroom door the day students made their final selections for opera jobs.  Harness the Stars Kids Opera Company labored through the arduous application and interview process.   Now, each company member has been hired in a job for which he or she is well […]

We are Harness the Stars Kids Opera Company. Our name and logo represent who we are and what we do as members of a unified group working collaboratively to create an original opera.

In this MyMCMedia documentary, students at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village incorporated their third grade curriculum into the creation of an original opera. Watch their journey and their story here:

The teachers walked through the audience at the beginning of the opera and took their seats at the back of the room, leaving the third grade students at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village to put on the premiere of their show on their own. This was the end of a year-long learning process in […]

Since day one, after looking in the mirror to answer the initial question, “What do I see?” we have been observing and analyzing character traits in ourselves and in the interesting characters we get to know through literature. Our first mission was to clarify the difference between personality traits and emotions. We then began generating […]

Some University of Maryland students and their professor helped lead an introduction to music composition for a third grade class at Stedwick Elementary in Montgomery Village on Sept. 24. The students and their professor were invited by third grade teacher Mary Ruth McGinn, who was looking for some outside help in teaching her students about […]

What’s in a name? Who are we as a group?  What do we represent?  What is our purpose?  What face do we want to show the world? LIGHTNING STRIKE says it all. Spending four weeks getting to know one another has given rise to a host of amazing metaphors that led us to determine our […]