The Atlanta Opera Orchestra

Jasmine Habersham leads an online masterclass for students from Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts.

Education Pivots Online

WRITTEN BY Jessica Kiger

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much in our lives during this past year. It has dramatically changed the way that students learn, with more students learning virtually than ever before. The Atlanta Opera pivoted to bring our education programming to students no matter where or how they were learning this year. Masterclasses, workshops, and residencies were reimagined for synchronous virtual learning via Zoom, and the Atlanta Opera Studio Tour production of The Bilingual Barber of Seville was reconceived as a video production and distributed to students across the state of Georgia.

Founded in 1980, The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour is the Opera’s longest-running educational initiative. Over the past 41 years, more than one-million students throughout the state have been introduced to opera in their schools through the Studio Tour. In this season’s