Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is one of the largest, most innovative, and most highly acclaimed opera companies in the United States HGO was the only American finalist for Opera Company of the Year in the 2019 International Opera Awards, and the only American company to be nominated twice. In fulfilling its mission to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice, HGO has led the field in commissioning and producing new works (74 world premieres to date) and in training and nurturing promising young artists and administrators. The company contributes to the cultural enrichment of Houston and the nation through a diverse and innovative program of performances, community events, and education projects that reaches the widest possible public. HGO’s pioneering Community and Learning initiative has served as a model for other arts organizations HGO has toured extensively and has won a Tony, two Grammy awards, and two Emmy awards It is the only opera company to win all three honors
Since 2007, Houston Grand Opera has explored the intersection between the multi-disciplinary art form of opera and the needs of the people HGO serves by providing authentic and enriching experiences through collaborative partnerships with schools, families, community organizations, and curious members of society. Initiatives include developing new operatic works that resonate thematically with the Opera’s audiences and, each season, offering popular, accessible programs like the Student Performance Series, Opera to Go!, and Storybook Opera in over 100 schools in Houston and throughout Texas
For more information, please contact community@hgo.org or visit www.hgo.org.
Book Now: Storybook Opera | Grades PK-2
Choose from stories by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and Jorge Tetl
Argueta, as well as fan favorites The Armadillo’s Dream and The Snowy Day Storybook Opera brings world-class performers into your classroom to promote music and literacy. Click here for more information: hgo.org/storybook
Bring Opera to Go! to Your Community | Grades 2-8
The 2023/2024 Opera to Go! tours Katie: The Strongest of the Strong beginning on October 3! To bring an Opera to Go! performance to your community center or school, please email OperaToGo@HGO.org.
Three quilt making sisters live in the misty mountains, making beautiful quilts for the poor Meanwhile, the greedy king is desperate to find happiness, assuming it will come from one of the many presents he has demanded from his subjects. When the quiltmakers refuse to give the king a quilt, they start him on a journey of selfdiscovery that takes them all on a whimsical adventure where the king comes to believe the old adage: it is far better to give than to receive
CAST OF CREATIVE CAMPERS
Sebastian Asencio
Sophia Crawford-Vargas
Annie Davies
Angelina Garcia
Christian Goudge
Stephanie Jauregui
Allie Ma
Maria Sofia Mejia
Natalia Mejia
Nicolas Sanchez
Ian Sitton
Jordyn Stewart
Payton Stewart
Kingston J. Sutton
Keerthana Tatineni
Hannah Tilford
Madeleine Tombar
Eden White
Siggi Yang-Hooverson
CREATE AN OPERA CAMP STAFF
Julie Hoeltzel
Joyce Milford
Joel Love
Leah Moody
Luisa Iero
Rebecca Walsh
Kim Washington
Mamie Williams, Marva
Lebeau, Tierra Grinnage,
Jocelyn Alexander, and Bruce
Everett
Director
Technical Director
Composer/Pianist
Assistant Teaching Artist
Camp Counselor I
Camp Counselor II
Liaison, Wheeler Avenue Baptist ChurchDirector of Children's Ministry
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Volunteers
Special Thanks to Megan (HGO Props), David Heckman and Norma Cortez (HGO Costume Shop), and Deacon Endra Cosby and the WABC Facilities & Maintenance Team
COMMUNITY AND LEARNING STAFF
Jennifer Bowman
Alisa Magallón
Jeremy Johnson
Kiana Day Williams
Karen Mata
Rovion Reed
Favour Aimufua
George Heathco
Joel Thompson
Dr. Lisa Vickers
Director of Community & Learning
Associate Director of Programming & Engagement
Dramaturg/Associate Director of New Works
Associate Director of School and Educator Engagement
Operations Manager
Production & Projects Manager
Programs Coordinator I
Programs Coordinator II
Composer-in-Residence
Bauer Family High School Voice
Studio Manager
FUNDERS
GUARANTORS
The Brown Foundation, Inc
ConocoPhillips
H-E-B
Mellon Foundation
GRAND UNDERWRITERS
City of Houston through the Miller Advisory Board
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
The Powell Foundation
UNDERWRITERS
Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation
SPONSORS
Nana Booker and David Lowe
Lawrence E Carlton, MD, Endowment Fund
The Cockrell Family Fund
James J. Drach Endowment Fund
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation
Houston Grand Opera Guild
William E and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust
Texas Commission on the Arts
Union Pacific Foundation