ROK: Reimagining Opera for Kids

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ROK: Reimagining Opera for Kids

ROK brings age-appropriate short operas and musicals at no charge to South-Central Indiana educational institutions and community centers.

Led by faculty coach Kimberly Carballo, and as a community partner in service learning for many Jacobs School of Music students, ROK’s goal is two-fold: to introduce area children to opera through an engaging first experience as audience members, and to give developing professional singers and instrumentalists an opportunity to hone their performance skills. The musicians donate their preparation and performance time, and ROK provides free performances and curriculum guides to students K-12. ROK has been enthusiastically received in many of the area elementary schools as well as public libraries and homeschool groups; this year we have been invited to present in hospital settings as well. Every group that has hosted us has invited us to return, and every year the project has expanded; as cuts to education and the arts have become increasingly drastic, schools in particular are eager to take advantage of this opportunity for their students that comes at no cost to the school system.

10/13/2026

Look Ma, we’re in the paper! Thank you WTIU and Natalie Fitzgibbons for the feature! We love what we do, and we’re so excited to share what we do with our community. Come see our 2026-2027 show, Ana y su sombra, Saturday October 24th at the Southwest Library at 2pm!

10/10/2026

We did it! 2026-2027 show, Ana y su sombra, is officially open! Thank you Ansley Valentine Ansley Valentine for putting this show together for us, to Jonathan Elmore for leading us to musical victory, to Sara Dailey Muñoz for making this season happen, and to Lotus Education & Arts Fdtn for having us!

And, thank you to all the troupe members who performed with us, some of y’all twice in one day!

Shoutout William E Hawkins jack Ethan Fritch Danielle Long peter charles and our wonderful Pete (Em) and our flute player, Emma!

And thanks Sabrina Schubert for taking pics of our performance!

See y’all on the 23rd at Montessori, and the 24th at the Southwest library at 2pm!

10/05/2026

What a weekend! had a whirlwind Saturday. Here are some pics from our performance at the Old Settlers Days Festival and the Salem Trailhead Boxcar Magnificent Monon South . Thanks for having us!

10/03/2026

Two show day! Our last rehearsal before we perform at 1pm at the Salem Trailhead Boxcar Magnificent Monon South and at 7pm Lotus Education & Arts Fdtn today! Come out for some fun tunes and bring the fam- we can’t wait to sing and dance with you!

09/30/2026

Look, just cuz we’re prepping for a two show day (Saturday at the Salem trailhead boxcar at 1pm Magnificent Monon South and at the Lotus Education & Arts Fdtn festival at 6pm) doesn’t mean there’s no time for shenanigans.

09/28/2026

is hard at work preparing for the close of our 2025-2026 show, The Lunchbox Project, and the opening of our 2026-2027 show, Ana y su sombra! This Saturday we have not one, but TWO performances, at the Salem Trailhead Boxcar at 1pm, and at the Lotus Education & Arts Fdtn festival at 6pm!

Come out for some free family fun time! We can’t wait to share this beautiful music with you all!

09/25/2026

closing out our 2025-2026 season and starting our 2026-2027 season next Saturday! Come out and bring the family to our final performance of the Lunchbox Project, at the Salem Trailhead Boxcar! Can’t wait to see you there!

09/22/2026

If you like having fun, singing and dancing with kids, introducing students to live music, and engaging in general tomfoolery, look no further! Come be a part of the team! Send questions to [email protected]

09/14/2026

2026-2027 tour dates! We can’t wait to share this show with you!

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Unionville, IN
47468

Website

http://ReimaginingOperaForKids.org/

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