Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ is offering virtual field trip performances by two popular artists who have been featured in the annual Family Series. Tall Stories Theatre Company’s production of The Snail and the Whale and Latin Grammy Award nominee Sonia De Los Santos. Since students can’t come to the Center right now to enjoy these performances in person, they can see these wonderful and completely engaging shows in their classrooms or homeschool groups. These are beautifully filmed live stage performances that are being made available through the Center’s education department. Study materials are provided to teachers along with password protected video links.
The cost to access each virtual field trip production is $15 per single homeschool family, $75 per school or homeschool group with less than 100 students and $250 per school or homeschool group with an enrollment of 100 students or more. The cost is per school, not per class. Each school or homeschool group should register only once. All faculty and students at a school or in a group are able to view the performances during the screening window as many times as they wish. For more information or to register, visit the Center’s website at www.scfta.org/Engage-and-Learn/On-Stage-at-the-Center/Register-for-a-Virtual-Performance.
Longing to see the world, a tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great big gray-blue humpback whale. Together, they go on an amazing journey, brought vividly to life through music, storytelling and lots of laughs. But – when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? Join the heartwarming adventure and find out (there’s a happy ending!). The Snail and the Wale was inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-selling picture book and created for the stage by Olivier Award-nominated Tall Stories Theatre Company. Donaldson and Scheffler also authored The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, and Emily Brown and The Gruffalo were performed by Tall Stories in the Center’s Family Series. Show length: 54 minutes; suggested for classes K – 3. The Snail and the Whale
Sing along with Latin Grammy nominee Sonia De Los Santos as she shares her favorite songs and the stories that inspire her. Sonia has been performing her positive, multicultural, family friendly music since 2007. Her songs are inspired by various Latin American rhythms as well as North American folk traditions. They reflect her personal experiences growing up in Mexico, while learning about other cultures and, in the process, becoming closer to her own heritage. Singing in Spanish and English, Sonia’s messages of joyful community, music-making and cultural bridge-building inspire and excite students and teachers – everyone – of all backgrounds. Show length: 30 minutes; suggested for classes K – 4.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence, offering unsurpassed experiences and to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance as well as a diverse array of inspiring arts-based education and community engagement programs.
Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County’s largest non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also home to the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School and the School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities.
The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, featuring international ballet and dance companies, national tours of top Broadway shows, jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, and free performances on its plaza, such as outdoor movie screenings, concerts, community and cultural festivals.
Segerstrom Center is a leader among the nation’s performing arts centers for providing education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. The Center’s programs reach hundreds of thousands of students each year in five Southern California counties. The CDI supports flagship artistic programming and a wide range of projects that celebrate innovation, nurture creativity and engage audiences of the future. The Center Without Boundaries develops partnerships with non-cultural organizations to help them in their own efforts to respond to the ever-changing needs of the community.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region’s major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Pacific Chorale. Each contributes greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons performed at the Center.
In addition to Segerstrom Center for the Arts as a presenting and producing institution, it also identifies the beautiful 14-acre campus that embraces the Center’s own facilities as well as two independently acclaimed organizations: Tony Award®-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP PERFORMANCES
The Snail and the Whale
Screening window: April 19 – 30, 2021
Recommended for grades K – 3
Sonia de los Santos
Screening window: May 3 – 14, 2021
Recommended for grades K – 4
Tickets: $15 Single Homeschool Family
$75 School or Homeschool group with enrollment less than 100
$250 School or Homeschool group with enrollment of 100 or more
Information – SCFTA.org
Phone – (714) 556-2787
Open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. daily
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