GSO4SCHOOL online sessions
Keep the dates:
March 31st 4 pm cet: Petros Stergioploulos – Music-workshop on sonification and leitmotif. Please find link in Creavolution-booklet for link to his first session. This second one builds on the first.
April 22nd, 2 pm cet: Zeke Locke (USA) – Rehearsal Global Science Opera choir
May 20th at 2 pm cet: Valentina Tudisca (Italy)/ Paraskevi Tzouveli from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Maria Boubouka from the 1st Experimental School of Athens (Greece) – Open Educational Resources (and where to find them)
For recordings of previous online sessions, please find links in the Creavolution booklet. There you will also find the link to the coming sessions.
CREAVOLUTION poster
Finally!
Here is the poster for CREAVOLUTION! It is a joint effort by students in Oslo, Norway, who have embroidered the design.
If you are participating in this years opera, please send us your logo, so we can add it to the poster.
GSO at NASA
We had a very exciting presentation of the GSO for the “StoryLab” to employees at NASA. I am sure you can imagine how thrilled we were to get this opportunity! The recording is here. We’re hoping to engage in dialogue with NASA in order to get inspiration for our 2023 production.
GSO helps building digital bridges between culture and communities
Click the picture to read a blog-post on the Mind the Gap webpage. This is an Erasmus project that HVL is a partner in which focuses on how one can build digital bridges between culture and communities. Specifically this post looks at how we in the GSO actively integrate ecological sustainability both as a concept and in practice.
Poster-contest for Creavolution
We wish to host a contest for the poster, open for all participating students to make suggestions for what the poster should look like.
The winning suggestion will then be worked further with by a professional visual/graphic artist. Suggestions for the poster will be included in the Eco-art Gallery, and some of them will be shown in the opera.
Thrive!
Click on picture to see the premiere of Thrive!
Note that the link will only be available from 13.55 pm CET, November 20th 2021.
Enjoy!
Link to Thrive
The link to Thrive will be published
here on Friday November 19th. Stay tuned!
World Opera Day
For the World Opera Day, the Norwegian team made this short video while filming the story for Thrive.
How far would you go to make great art?
How far wouldn’t you go to make green art (and help save the world)?
Welcome Ukraine!
We have a new member in our community! Ukraine!
Iryna Berezovska coordinates international activities at the Junior Science Academy in Lviv, and now this includes the Global Science Opera. She graduated from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University and got her Kandidat degree at Voronezh State Technical University (Russia). After many years of work related to simulating communication systems at a research center , she continued her career in education: first as an Assistant Professor at the Ternopil National Technical University, then at medical and nursing education institutions in Lviv. She was involved in U.S. – Ukraine hospital partnerships and did a fellowship at San Jose State University (CA, USA). Within the framework of programs supported by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, she developed and completed a few projects focused on information technology in healthcare, patient education, nursing informatics and inclusive education. Iryna Berezovska is a member of the Hand-on Science Network.
The Junior Academy of Science in Lviv (Ukraine) is an educational institution of out-of-school education focused on research and experimental work. Students of 5-11 grades attend different science clubs and take advanced-level classes on science delivered by university faculty members abd researchers. Students carry out research projects in the laboratories of local research institutions and universities under the supervision of scientists. Young researchers take part in regional, national and international intellectual competitions, conferences, festivals and exhibitions. During the summer holidays, the Junior Academy of Science organizes summer scientific schools, archeological, folklore and ethnographic expeditions.
September online session
The September online session will feature the Swedish lighting designer Evelina Dembacke. Throught a practical lecure & workshop she will share some of her secrets to easy-to-achieve, sustainable and beautiful lighting design. Stay tuned on September 24th at 1 pm cet. You will find the link on our Facebook-page. You can read more about her here.
GSO on Instagram
We finally took the step, and now the GSO has its own Instagram-account. If you want to share photos from your work with your contributions, please tag us: @scienceoperaglobal (note the relocation of the words in the name). For this years production you can also use the hashtags: #globalscienceopera #gsothrive #ecosystemrestoration and #generationrestoration which is the UN´s own suggestion.
GSO online session: Ecosystem Restoration
updated poster for Thrive
Here is a revised version of the Thrive poster – now with all the logos included.
Congratulations, Dr. Ben-Horin!
It is with great pleasure we congratulate Oded Ben-Horin with his dissertation “Improvising the Bridge” today, and his new official title: Doctor! Oded is one of the “founding fathers” of the GSO, and led the production of the first operas. He is still the visionary coordinator of the GSO and much of his doctoral work is connected to it. The rest of the team continues to learn so much from him.
Mid-May he will be the speaker at the GSO online session about music.
Introducing Dr. Giedre Straksiene
From January 2021 Giedre Straksiene, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Global Science Opera, in the context of HVL’s University project. She came from Center for Studies of Social Changes (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) at Klaipeda University (Lithuania). Her main research area focuses on development of communicative competence; various teaching/learning drama methods which are applicable in development of communicative competence; aspects between information visualization and communication, and relationships of this phenomena for contemporary art-science context.
She also has over 10 years of experience as a drama teacher. “Working with students, my priority is to involve them into creative learning process, reaching to improve their knowledges and skills. It is important to allow students purposefully go through the creative process within certain specific tasks”.
Giedre is a wonderful and strengthening addition to the GSO-team, and we are so glad to have you with us!
Welcome Romania!
Welcome to Felicia Calmuc, a new member in our GSO-community. She teaches English and French in a public school in Craiova, Romania. Her school is one of few that offers extracurricular activities to students between 4 and 19 years. Part of this offer will now include creative STEAM-work. She is part of the main team who will introduce GSO in Romania and produce a scene in Thrive.
Welcome also to Elisabeta Ana Naghi, a mathematics teacher, with a teaching experience of over 35 years and 15 years in school inspectorates and the Ministry of Education.
She is currently working in the Control Body of the Ministry of Education, the main attribution being to verify the observance of the legislation in education in the entire national education system.
She loves science and art, which is why she is now Romania´s alpha-contact!
GSO and the key drivers of education
Three major global drivers in education, necessary for meeting the challenges of the 21st century, are: education for sustainable development, demographic change, and technological advances. Without addressing the demands of these drivers, our education systems are, most likely, rooted in narrow, robotic learning, blinkered to what is happening around us in the world, focussed solely on knowledge for knowledge’s sake, producing young people without the imaginative, creative thinking, problem-solving skills required to make the 21st century on planet Earth a positive and secure one for all its inhabitants.
The philosophy and aims behind the Global Science Opera initiative is one example of education meeting these demands. Starting off with one idea, one theme, one thought – for 2021, this being ‘ecosystems’ – educators, teachers, students and children all across the world are beginning to think, create, and ponder germs of ideas that will eventually grow, develop, change and blossom into what will become an entire opera called Thrive, on the subject of ecosystems. This journey began with one word, ‘Ecosystems’ at the end of the 2020 opera, Energy. Like throwing seeds across the world, these seeds have landed and will be watered over the coming months by individuals and communities on every inhabited continent. Creative thinking is taking place, thoughts are turning to how to protect ecosystems, artistic creativity is exploring how we can represent and explain these themes within an opera through words, singing, music, dance, art, science, expression, technology and more.
Global Science Opera is about much more than an opera you can watch online each November. It is about changing minds, producing creative thinkers and imaginative problem solvers, widening expectations on what is possible, raising awareness of sustainability issues, showing what can be achieved through the powers of technology and working together, and reaching out across the world affecting the schools, communities, parents and families of the children, students and teachers involved. And, most importantly, it is open to all. Any country, any child, any age, any background – everyone is equal, and every single performer is just as important as all the others.
What’s the cost? Oh yes, it’s free. What’s the benefit? A better world and a supreme example of an education project fit for needs of the 21st century.
Jonathan Harris
UK Alpha-contact, Global Science Opera
Head of Music, The Premier Academy, Bletchley, England
22 January 2021
Thrive poster
The poster for Thrive is ready!
Scholarship
Opening doors to education is exactly what we wish to do with our collaborative STEAM-education effort. Our dedicated partners at NUCLIO have initiated this scholarship-program, which GSO is honoured to be a supporter of. For those of us who have enough “stuff”, maybe this year, instead of gifts we don´t need, we can help give a young student a higher education?
Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystem Restoration is the scientific topic for the 2021 Global Science Opera production.
Inquiry-Based Learning – a guidebook to writing a science oepra
Oded Ben-Horin and Irma Smegen have just published their book Inquiry-Based Learning – a Guidebook to Writing a Science Opera. Anyone who is interested, this is the link: https://brill.com/view/title/58357…
The CASE & GSO4SCHOOL online international conference
We wish to welcome you to join us at the CASE & GSO4SCHOOL international conference. It takes place online December 1st to 3rd, from 2 pm CTP to around 7 pm CET all three days. There will be interesting key-notes, presentations and workshops, all connected to creative STEAM-education. Including a 4 hour long GSO-workshop on the 1st by the GSO4SCHOOL-team. Sign up for this free workshop, and be part of the group that start building the framework for next year production´s scientific topic: Ecosystem restoration.
For more information, click here.
The Erasmus+ GSO4SCHOOL project trains teachers in the GSO methodology through workshops and summer schools in several European countries. Learn more at www.gso4school.eu.
Premier of “Gravity” on Nov. 20th, 2019 at 2PM CET. Watch it live here!
BBC reports about the Global Science Opera activities at the Premier Academy in the UK!
Global Science Opera in SPAIN! The students of Bárbara De Aymerich Vadillo and Carmen Diez are preparing their scene for this year’s production, “GRAVITY”. Gracias!
May 29th, 2019 will mark 100 years since scientists provided evidence confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The evidence was gathered in Principe (Africa) and Sobral (Brazil). The GSO celebrates those discoveries! On May 29th, a mini-opera created in Brazil, Principe and Portugal will be streamed here (https://youtu.be/lKKo014-zd8), providing the storyline for the complete GSO performance later this year. Join us on May 29th at 6 PM CET/5 PM GMT/2 PM in Brazil!
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
Premier of “Gravity” on Nov. 20th, 2019 at 2PM CET. Watch it live here!
Premier of “Gravity” on Nov. 20th, 2019 at 2PM CET. Watch it live here!
BBC reports about the Global Science Opera activities at the Premier Academy in the UK!
Global Science Opera in SPAIN! The students of Bárbara De Aymerich Vadillo and Carmen Diez are preparing their scene for this year’s production, “GRAVITY”. Gracias!
May 29th, 2019 will mark 100 years since scientists provided evidence confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The evidence was gathered in Principe (Africa) and Sobral (Brazil). The GSO celebrates those discoveries! On May 29th, a mini-opera created in Brazil, Principe and Portugal will be streamed here (https://youtu.be/lKKo014-zd8), providing the storyline for the complete GSO performance later this year. Join us on May 29th at 6 PM CET/5 PM GMT/2 PM in Brazil!
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
Premier of “Gravity” on Nov. 20th, 2019 at 2PM CET. Watch it live here!
BBC reports about the Global Science Opera activities at the Premier Academy in the UK!
Global Science Opera in SPAIN! The students of Bárbara De Aymerich Vadillo and Carmen Diez are preparing their scene for this year’s production, “GRAVITY”. Gracias!
May 29th, 2019 will mark 100 years since scientists provided evidence confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The evidence was gathered in Principe (Africa) and Sobral (Brazil). The GSO celebrates those discoveries! On May 29th, a mini-opera created in Brazil, Principe and Portugal will be streamed here (https://youtu.be/lKKo014-zd8), providing the storyline for the complete GSO performance later this year. Join us on May 29th at 6 PM CET/5 PM GMT/2 PM in Brazil!
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
BBC reports about the Global Science Opera activities at the Premier Academy in the UK!
Global Science Opera in SPAIN! The students of Bárbara De Aymerich Vadillo and Carmen Diez are preparing their scene for this year’s production, “GRAVITY”. Gracias!
May 29th, 2019 will mark 100 years since scientists provided evidence confirming Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The evidence was gathered in Principe (Africa) and Sobral (Brazil). The GSO celebrates those discoveries! On May 29th, a mini-opera created in Brazil, Principe and Portugal will be streamed here (https://youtu.be/lKKo014-zd8), providing the storyline for the complete GSO performance later this year. Join us on May 29th at 6 PM CET/5 PM GMT/2 PM in Brazil!
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
“One Ocean” – a Global Science Opera!
Premiering worldwide on December 12th, 2018 2PM CET / 1PM GMT
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
In Croatia, the students of Sanja Minarik are creating their scene for the “One Ocean” Global Science Opera (premiering Dec. 12th!)
Introducing the new Global Science Opera alpha contact from Singapore, Dr. Wong Su Sun. Su Sun is a soprano and previous Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera!!! Welcome to the GSO!
The sustainable opera set made by the creative GSO students in Campos, Brazil: recycled plastics get a second, upgraded life!
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
The Global Science Opera’s 2018 production “One Ocean” is on its way! Premiering on December 12th!
The French scene of “Moon Village – a Global Science Opera” is being organized by Fabien Legeron, Suzanne Faye and Michel Faye. Merci!
In Wales, OPERASONIC is leading the Global Science Opera activities for the “Moon Village” Opera. Wales is one of seven countries performing live on the air in this year’s opera!
This year’s “Moon Village” Global Science Opera will include artworks created by the Village’s children (original “SPARK” series by Associate Professor Kjetil Sømoe, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
At Soka-higashi High School (Japan), preparations are underway for the Global Science Opera – “Moon Village”. This image of the moon was taken by student Yuna Shibata.
Introducing the Global Science Opera alpha-contact from CYPRUS, Alexandros Kofteros!! Alexandros (Open University Cyprus/Mathisis) will invite a school from Cyprus to take part in this year’s opera, “Moon Village”. Welcome to the GSO!!!
Global Science Opera activities in China are led by Professor Hongfeng Guo at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatory in Beijing / Chinese Academy of Sciences. As part of the 2017 “Moon Village” opera production, she plans to engage Chinese school students in the preparation of an introductory art/science video inspired by international lunar research.
Global Science Opera in real time at the Agios Nikolaos Festival in Crete, Greece! Pupils sonifying the Earth and the Moon. With Petros Stergiopoulos from Ellinogermaniki Agogi in Athens.
Introducing the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” for Scotland! Dr Kirsty Ross is the outreach officer for researchers in bionanotechnology and optical medical imaging at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. A microbiologist by training, she uses her scientific knowledge to inform her engagement approaches. She is constantly on the look-out for new and innovative ways to share their science with the world!
Canadian Master students Hala Farahat and Anna Hunt (Concordia University) have invited a Canadian school to perform in the 2017 GSO. This marks the first time a Canadian institution will be performing in Global Science Opera. Welcome!
Jonathan Harris, GSO music teacher in UK, will travel to the UK House of Commons in June to discuss GSO with MPs, and join the TES School Awards Ceremony. The UK school “Premier Academy” has been shortlisted for the International Award for it’s work with GSO.
Introducing the “alpha-contact” for Global Science Opera in Slovakia, Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik. Irina works as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Informatics and Information technologies of the Slovak Technical University. She is a mathematician by conviction, a theoretical physicist by education and a relativistic Quantum chemist as a researcher.
Naseer Ahmad from Jalalabad is the Global Science Opera “alpha-contact” in Afghanistan. He is a student of M.Phil in Satellite Communication from Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
January, 2017: The Moon Village production has begun! The “Moon Village” opera premiere will take place in December, 2017, with pupils, artists and scientists performing around the world, at the European Space Agency, and in some surprising places (details to follow)…
In October, Drama educator and storyteller Giovanna Conforto (UK/Italy) will be telling participants of the 20th International Storytelling Festival in Aachen, Germany about the Global Science Opera. Giovanna is one of the members of the EU CREAT-IT project during which GSO got its start. She has also helped develop the “Ghost Particles” characters.
20th International Storytelling Festival: http://www.maer.de/das-festival/programm/
EU CREAT-IT Project: www.creatit-project.eu
In Chile, the dancers of Myrta Fatima Villanueva Alvarez-Santullano are preparing a dance for the “Ghost Particles” opera which premieres in November! Music by Carl Pennypacker and Petros Stergiopoulos. Gracias!
The Global Science Opera visits CERN!
This year’s “Ghost Particles” includes a virtual visit to the CMS Experiment, which will be viewed by all participants and viewers.
Dr. Michael Hoch, physicist and artist at CERN, created the artwork which inspired this year’s “Ghost Particles” opera poster.
Mr. Hideo Shinohara, a high-school teacher from Japan, visited Stord, Norway during the GHOU/GTTP conference. In October, Janne Robberstad will conduct a Global Science Opera workshop at his high school during which they will prepare a scene for this year’s opera production.
The GHOU/GTTP conference 2016. Many Global Science Opera participants and great colleagues are here. We look forward to collaborating with the others soon! Greetings from Stord, Norway!
Giedre Straksiene, Irma Smegen SpeeljeWijs Flintenhof and Henk de Reusare refining the script of the “Ghost Particles” opera for this year’s Global Science Opera production. During the GHOU/GTTP conference. Inspiration from Michael Hoch and the art@CMS exhibition, as well as by works of students from Holland and Switzerland
In Uganda, at the Alpha & Omega school, Vick Nanziri and her students are preparing a scene for this year’s Global Science Opera “GHOST PARTICLES” about the main character “Joao”. Thank you!
Norwegian Masters Student Janne Robberstad will soon be travelling to Japan to conduct a Global Science Opera and eco-scenography workshop at Saitama prefectural Soka-higashi high school. Professor Toshihiro Handa and teacher Shinohara Hideo will be conducting the workshop with her. Good luck! http://www.sokahigashi-h.spec.ed.jp/
On August 22-27, students from California will travel to the Global Hands on Universe conference in Norway and take part in Global Science Opera activities. Among them is YANNICK KEONE LECOEUCHE, who is an undergraduate astrophysics student at UC Berkeley. Welcome!
In Chile, the dancers at University of Antofagasta are preparing a dance about the discovery of the Higgs Boson for the “GHOST PARTICLES” premiere in November.
“I love learning about exoplanets and discovering other worlds, conducting research, and working with numerous outreach clubs and organizations alongside my classes at Berkeley”
On August 22-27, students from University of California Berkeley will travel to the Global Hands on Universe conference in Norway and take part in Global Science Opera activities. Among them is Malena Rice, an Astrophysics/Physics student at UC Berkeley and a classical flutist with over 10 years of experience!
Students of the public school Escola Municipal Cláudia Almeida Pinto Oliveira finished creating the libretto for Brazil’s contribution to the “Ghost Particles” opera. The Music Department of IFF is organizing a festival on Thursday, June 30th in which students will receive the lyrics and set them to music. Judges will choose the music to be included in the opera on Friday, July 1st.
November 19th, 2016: The “Ghost Particles premier (specific time to be announced here shortly).
The Dutch GSO team has begun rehearsing their GSO scene for this year. The scene is about the discovery of the neutrino particle.
In the UK, music teacher Jonathan Harris has composed the “Neutrino song”. Download the song as PDF here.
In Spain, the Montesserat school has begun rehearsing their opera scene about mass and particles. See video.
August 22nd-27th, 2016: The Global Hands on Universe / Galileo Teacher Training Program conference at Stord, Norway (including GSO/WASO 1-day workshop)
July 3rd-7th, 2016: The CREATIONS summer school in Marathon, Greece
May 6th, 2016: European Opera Days participation of Global Science Opera
May, 2016 (date TBA): Performance of WASO projects at Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal (organized by CMSM, coordinator of the EEA Grants WASO project)
March 11th, 2016: Presentation of GSO at the RESEO conference “Digital Keys” (UK)