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Environmental Advocates, AZ Opera NextGen, ASU New CHIPS Partner
Season 2025 Episode 3 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Environmental advocates; Arizona Opera NextGen Initiative; ASU selected as home for CHIPS
Environmental leaders will discuss what they hope to see come out of the State Legislature's session. Arizona Opera is working to expand and diversify audiences statewide through its NextGen initiative. ASU has been selected as home and partner for CHIPS and Science Act-funded national lab for semiconductor advanced packaging.
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Environmental Advocates, AZ Opera NextGen, ASU New CHIPS Partner
Season 2025 Episode 3 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Environmental leaders will discuss what they hope to see come out of the State Legislature's session. Arizona Opera is working to expand and diversify audiences statewide through its NextGen initiative. ASU has been selected as home and partner for CHIPS and Science Act-funded national lab for semiconductor advanced packaging.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.DETAILS ON ARIZONA BEING CHOSEN HAS HOME FOR ONE OF THREE NATIONAL MICRO-CHIP R AND D FACILITIES.ALSO TONIGHT: ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.AND, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT ARIZONA OPERA'S INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> ARIZONA HORIZON MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M TED SIMONS.
FOUR SEPARATE FAST-MOVING WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO CAUS DEVASTATIONF IN AREAS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.AT LAST CHECK THERE ARE FIVE REPORTED FATALATIES, ALONG WITH MANY, QUOTE, "SIGNIFICANT" BURN INJURIES.
THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVACUATED.
AND THERE ARE 1.5-MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS THAT SPREAD "THESE" FLAMES LAST NIGHT IN PACIFIC PALISADES EASED A BIT TODAY.
BUT NOT BY MUCH.
FIRES ARE STILL BURNING, THE WINDS ARE STILL VERY STRONG AND THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL ON THE JOB.
ASSESSMENT HERE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF LA'S CITY COUNCIL.
>> LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING AND TERRIFYING NIGHTS WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR CITY AND HISTORY.
FIRES JUMPING ROADS, TAKING OUT STRUCTURES.
WE WAKE UP THIS MORNING WITH A RENEWED SPIRIT TO DEFEAT THE FIRE AND MOVE TO A BRIGHTER DAY.
>> THAT SAID, IT'S AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR PEOPLE IN PACIFIC PALISADES THAT'S BEEN HIT HARD.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS SURVIVED.
THE CREWS THAT BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL PALISADES FROM OUR HOUSE AND I'M TOLD THAT IS STILL STANDING.
NOTHING ELSE FROM WHAT I HEARD.
I GREW UP IN THE PALISADES.
IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL ENCLAVE IN LOS ANGELES.
IT'S HARD TO REPLICATE.
A PARADISE IN THE CITY.
IT'S SO SHOCKING TO KNOW IT'S GONE.
>> IN MANY AREAS FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE SO DEPLETED HOMEOWNERS ARE TRYING TO SAVE WHAT THEY CAN AND FIGHT THE FLAMES WITH GARDEN HOSES.
THE FIRES ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND NONE EXPECTED UNTIL A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN WINDS.
>>> ONE MORE NOTE, THE PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING EQUIPMENT AND THE FIRE IN LOS ANGELES HISTORY.
>>> ARIZONA WAS SELECTED THIS WEEK AS ONE OF THREE LOCATIONS FOR AN SEMICONDUCTOR AND RESEARCH FACILITY.
LOCATED AT TEMPE.
TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME SALLY MORTON, VICE PRESIDENT OF ASU'S KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK WE HAVE LOCATION OF THIRD OF THREE RND RESEARCH FACILITY FOCUSED ON CHIPS.
THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING.
>> EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE?
>> WELL, THEY WILL BUILD A HIGH TECH CLEAN ROOM FACILITY TO DO RESEARCH AND PROTOTYPING ON WHAT'S CALLED PACKAGING IN CHIPS PRODUCTION.
THAT WILL HAPPEN SPECIFICALLY.
WHAT WILL REAL HAPPEN IS A MAGNET FOR PEOPLE, IDEAS, COMPANIES TO COME AND JOIN THE MICROELECTRONICS EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PHOENIX VALLEY.
>> WHEN YOU TALK R AND D THAT'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WILL CONNECT THAT RESEARCH WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT.
RESEARCH HAPPENS IN A SILO AND IDEAS GET LOST AND NEVER MAKE IT TO MANUFACTURING.
WE HAVE RESEARCH HAPPENING IN THE UNIVERSITIES.
WE HAVE A MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND INTEL.
THAT'S THE VIEWERS KNOW ABOUT.
WHAT THIS FACILITY WHAT IT MOVES TO.
THE PEOPLE CAN PICK THIS UP.
THE FACILITY WILL ALLOW US TO DO THIS.
>> INTEL AND -- ARE THESE FOLKS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM WITH THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY WERE ALL READY INVOLVED.
THEY WERE AMONG THE VOICES OF SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED.
ALL OF ARIZONA NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED.
>> HOW DID ASU GET INVOLVED?
WHY DID THEY CHOSE ASU.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING AND BROADLY.
THIS IS REALLY SEMICONDUCTOR IN THE PHOENIX VALLEY.
THIS IS MOVING THROUGH A STAMP OF APPROVAL.
THIS IS WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND INVESTMENTS IN ARIZONA.
>> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE AS FAR AS NATIONAL SECURITY IS CONCERNED.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AS WELL.
>> THE PURPOSE WAS TO REALLY CONTROL THAT SUPPLY CHAIN AND LESS THAN 12% OF MICROCHIPS BECAUSE IT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.
AS WE SAW IN THE PANDEMIC, WHAT THAT MEANS, IF SOMEONE DECIDES NOT TO SEND THE CHIPS TO US, WE WON'T HAVE THEM FOR ACCESS AND CHIPS ARE IN EVERYTHING.
THEY ARE IN OUR PHONES, CARS, WASHING MACHINES, THEY ARE IN OUR SECURITY DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SO ON.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY FOR THE NATION.
>> IMPORTANT FOR MANUFACTURING BREAKTHROUGHS.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THERE BUT OVER HERE.
>> IDEAS WILL BE DEVELOPED, TRY THEM OUT, AND PRODUCE THEM HERE.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> YOU MENTIONED ALL OF THE PLACES THEY ARE USED AND REDUCING SEMICONDUCTOR CENTER.
WHY, WHY HERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LONG HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING IN THE PHOENIX VALLEY.
I THINK THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY AND NEW START-UPS AND COMPANIES.
WE HAVE ASU, A KEY PIECE OF THIS IS PEOPLE.
WHEN I SPOKE TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND ASKED WHAT IS KEEPING YOU UP AT NIGHT, THEY SAY PEOPLE.
HOW TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE.
RECRUIT THEM, RETAIN THEM, AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE A LARGE UNIVERSITY AND ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND 33,000 STUDENTS.
WE PRODUCE THE PEOPLE.
>> I'D IMAGE RECRUITING AND RETAINING WOULD BE BOOSTED.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE VERY EXCITED.
MORE STUDENTS WANTING TO WORK HERE AS WELL.
>> WILL ASU CHANGE HOW THEY APPROACH THEIR DISCIPLINE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS FACILITY?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S AN INTELLECTUAL POWERHOUSE, WE ASU FACILITY AND OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE RESEARCHERS THERE.
THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND NEW IDEAS WILL COME OUT OF THAT.
>> THE RESEARCH PARK, WILL THEY BUILD A NEW BUILDING.
IS THERE AN EXISTING BUILDING?
>> WE CURRENTLY, MEANING ASU HAVE A BUILDING FOR HIGH TECH CHIP DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S IN THE RESEARCH PARK.
ANOTHER FACILITY WILL BE BUILT COMING ONLINE IN LATE 2028.
THREE YEARS AWASHINGTON.
IN THE MEANTIME.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WON THIS AWARD AND BROUGHT IT TO ARIZONA IS WE WERE ABLE TO SAY AT ASU, YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR YOUR BUILDING TO BE BUILT.
WE HAVE A SPACE WHILE YOUR BUILDING IS BEING BUILT.
THAT WAS THE WIN THING.
>> THIS WILL ATTRACT, YOU WOULD HOPE, OTHER BUSINESSES AND THINGS.
DOES THAT BECOME A HUB.
I MEAN, THIS LOOKS LIKE A NEW TOWN THEY ARE BUILDING.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE EXPECT TO SEE THE SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
>> THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A DONE DEAL.
>> YES, WE SHOULD SAY THAT OFFICIALLY.
YOU COME TO ARIZONA, YES.
>> YEAH.
>> JUST EXACTLY WHERE IT IS IN THE PARK.
THERE ARE A FEW LOCATIONS IT CAN BE.
IT WILL BE FINALIZED.
ASU HAS BEEN WORKING.
ASU AT THE HUB OF THIS WORK.
>> TEMPE, CHANDLER, CITIES IN THAT AREA.
WERE THEY INVOLVED?
>> YES, THEY WERE.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCE AUTHORITY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS CAME TO PLAY.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HELPED US.
IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT THAT BROUGHT THIS TO ARIZONA.
>> ALL RIGHT, UP IN OPERATIONAL IN 2028.
>> YES, BUT WORK HAPPENING BEFORE THERE.
WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT BECAUSE WE SAID YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW.
>> WOW, ALL RIGHT SALLY.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
>> IT'S A HUGE DEAL AND GAME CHANGER.
>> THIS IS THE REALLY THING.
>> I THINK PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK.
>> IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>>> THIS WEEK WE'RE HEARING FROM ADVOCATES OF VARIOUS ISSUES ON WHAT THEY HOPE TO SEE FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THIS UPCOMING SESSION.
WE'VE HEARD FROM ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN'S ISSUES AND BUSINESS CONCERNS.
TONIGHT: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND JOINING US IS SANDY BAHR, DIRECTOR OF THE GRAND CANYON CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB.
AND VANIA GUERVARA THE ADVOCACY AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR CHISPA ARIZONA, WHICH FIGHTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>> WE ANNOUNCED THEM TODAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO LEGISLATURE TO ACT ON CLIMATE AND ADDRESS CLEAN ENERGY AND HELP FACILITATED IT.
WE WANT REAL ACTION ON WATER INCLUDING GROUND WATER PUMPING ANDREW RAL AREAS PROTECTION OF RIVERS KEEPING THEM THROWING PROTECTION OF QUALITY AS WELL.
WE LIKE TO SEE THEM IN PAST AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SOMETHING REQUIRING THEM TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT POLLUTION AND OTHER THINGS HAVE ON PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> THE ASPECT.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS MEANS WE WANT THE SAME RIGHT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT WE WOULD LIKE OUR BILLS TO GET HEARD AND EXERCISE OUR DEMOCRACY.
WE FEEL THIS WILL IMPACT THE LEGISLATURE.
>> IF I'M A LAWMAKER, GIVE ME THE PITCH.
TELL ME WHY JUSTICE.
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
>> EVERY YEAR WE SEE LONGER HOT DAYS.
THAT'S A BIG PRIORITY.
THE WAY I HAVE TO FRAME IT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IMPACTS EVERYONE.
THERE IS A WAY WE CAN MEET WITH LEGISLATURES AND ASK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGES IMPACTING YOUR DISTRICT.
WE CAN AGREE IT'S GETTING HOTTER FOR LONGER DAYS OF THE YEAR AND BECOME AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.
PEOPLE ARE HOMEOWNERS.
I CAN QUESTION, HEY, WILL I FINISH PAYING OFF MY HOUSE.
IT OWES EASER 100 DEGREES AND BE VERY PROACTIVE.
>> YOU MENTIONED HOW IT WOULD EFFECT THEIR DISTRICT.
WHEN IT COMES TO CONCERNS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN LAWMAKERS.
>> TO SOME DEGREE.
ON WATER, WE HAVE SEEN MORE OF THAT.
THERE IS A BIT MORE BIPARTISAN CONCERN ABOUT WATER FROM SOME RURAL LAWMAKERS.
THIS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STARTING TO SEE THE IMPACTS.
THE LAND IS SUBSIDING.
THERE ARE BIG FISHERS IN THE EARTH.
PEOPLE HAVE CRACKS IN THEIR HOMES FROM GROUND WATER PUMPING.
I THINK, THERE IS A BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T BREAKDOWN RURAL, URBAN, ON SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
IT'S MORE PARTISAN, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.
WE ARE TALKING PEOPLE.
WE ARE TALKING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THINGS THAT WILL COST US MORE AND MORE IF WE DON'T ACT NOW.
>> WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A LEGISLATURE MADE UP AS IT'S MADE UP.
DO YOU FIND, I SPOKE TO SANDY FOR YEARS.
DO YOU EXPECT TO PLAY MORE DEFENSE THAN OFFENSIVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE COMMUNITIES OF COLORS FEEL SAFE.
THERE IS LANGUAGE USED THAT MAKES US FEEL A BIT UNWELCOME.
WE WORK HARD, ALONGSIDE SANDY AND REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE DEFENSE AND WE HAVE CAUSE TO ACTION TO THE EXTENT IT IS SAFE AND PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THE MORNING.
PEOPLE ARE AT WORK.
WE ENGAGE ONLINE.
I WILL MEET WITH LEGISLATURES AND LET THEM KNOW THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE BILL.
THAT WILL HAPPEN.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND IF WE CAN JUST GET IN A FEW SECONDS FOR THEM TO HEAR THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION WE CAN SEE PROGRESS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN LIKE ANTI-CLEAN ENERGY BILLS ENTERED.
ONE LAST YEAR WAS INTRODUCED AGAIN TO BLOCK WIND POWER GENERATION.
WE SAW A LOT OF ANTISOLAR MEASURES LAST YEAR.
WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE AGAIN.
IT WILL BE DEFENSE.
WE ARE ASKING AND CHALLENGING THE CHAIRS OF THOSE COMMITTEES TO ACTUALLY HEAR SOME OF THESE POSITIVE BILLS.
IF THEY DON'T PASS THEM LISTEN TO PEOPLE THE VIABILITY OF EVERYTHING.
WATER AND EVERYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST LISTEN TO US.
WE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY.
HAVING A CONVERSATION AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WE WANT TO ELEVATE THE SESSION IS EXTREME HEAT.
IT IS KILLING PEOPLE IT'S MAKING PEOPLE SICK AND COSTING US A LOT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LEGISLATURE I THINK VEST IN THE COMMUNITIES IT'S ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND LIVES.
>> INVEST IN PEOPLE AND CLIMATE.
WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE.
THAT'S MY HOPE.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU, GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> THANKS.
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>> THE ARIZONA OPERA'S "NEXT-GEN INITIATIVE" IS MEANT TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY THE NEXT GENERATION OF OPERA AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS.
PROGRAMS INCLUDE TAKING OPERA TO ARIZONA SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY VENUES.
HERE TO TELL US MORE IS CASSIE HOLLERBACH, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ARIZONA OPERA, AND SEDONA LIBERO, A MEZZO- SOPRANO AND FIRST YEAR STUDIO ARTIST.
WHEN I HEAR MEZZO-SOPRANO I'M FLOORED.
>> THIS IS OUR K THROUGH 12 PROGRAM.
THIS TOUR GOES INTO SCHOOLS AROUND THE VALLEY AND INTO TUCSON AS WELL.
WE SERVE OVER 40,000 STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS IN OVER 150 SCHOOLS.
WE TAKE AN ADAPTED OPERA.
THE ONE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SEDONA WAS IN WAS WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF.
WE PUT IT IN ENGLISH.
WE TAKE A MINI SET.
WE TAKE THE SHOW AND COSTUMES AND FIVE ARTIES AND THEY PREFORM FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS CALLED OPRAH OPPORTUNITITY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SEDONA.
TRAINED IN OPERA AND YOU DO THE BIG BAD WOLF.
>> IT'S A FUN SHOW.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE TO BE SO EXPRESSIVE.
WITH THE KIDS, YOU WANT TO BE BIG AND COLORFUL.
WROTE YOU DON'T ALL THEY GET TO SEE THAT.
>> THEY ARE SO EXCITED ALL OF THE KIDS ARE HOWLING.
>> IT'S GREAT.
>> THIS IS THE IDEA.
>> IF YOU ARE A KID AND WATCHING WHAT YOU WATCH RISING NOW, IT IS NOT HALF BAD.
MAYBE I CAN GET INTO IT.
>> I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PIPELINE.
THIS IS THE START OF THE PIPELINE.
OUR HOPE IS THEY SEE THE SHOW AND THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE SEEN.
I LOVE OPERA.
WHO KNEW.
>> THEY COME TO PREVIEWS AND WATCH THE SHOWS.
NOW THEY HAVE SEEN AN OPERA ON-STAGE.
THE FULL LENGTH OPERA AND SAY THAT'S REALLY COOL.
>> THIS IS A DRESS REHEARSAL.
>> WOW.
>> VERY COOL EXPERIENCE.
I HOPE THEY GROW UP AND BECOME LIFETIME LOVERS.
>> THE STUDIO, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH.
>> THEY BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TIME WE ARE AT SCHOOL AND CAREER.
WE LEADERSHIP TO HAVE ROLES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS AND TAKE US TO OUR LIFE TRAINING AND SCHOOL TO PROFESSIONAL.
>> IS IT PERSONALIZED TRAINING OR MENTORING?
>> WE HAVE ACCESS TO UNANIMOUSING THE BUSINESS SIDE.
WE CAN WORK WITH A COUCH ONE-ON-ONE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THAT AND GET COMFORTABLE.
YOU ARE READY TO GO WITH THE REST OF THE CAST.
>> HOW MANY ARE INVOLVED.
>> THERE IS A SO & KNOW.
WE HAVE A BARITONE AND TENOR AND BASE.
>> ARE TETLE ONE INVOLVED HERE.
>> WE DO WE TAKE EVERYTHING TO THE SCHOOL WHAT REACTION DO YOU GET AFTERWARDS.
>> THEY GO HOWLING WITH THE WOLF.
AFTER THE PERFORMANCE.
>> THEY CONTINUE TO HOWL LIKE A WOLF.
THEY GO OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND AND STAGE THEIR OWN OPERAS AND PRETEND TO BE SINGERS.
THEY TAKE THE ART AND CREATE THEIR OWN.
>> DO YOU HEAR FROM PARENTS AT ALL?
>> YEAH, WE DO.
THEY WILL COME AND SAY THE SAME THING.
THEY GO HOME AND SEE THEM AT OUR STUDENT PREVIEWS.
WE HOPE TO MAKE LIFETIME OPERA LOVERS.
>> AND JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM?
>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING OPERA AND THE ARTS INTO THE SCHOOLS AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE KIDS.
IT MIGHT NOT COME FROM FAMILIES THAT KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE GETTING ANY OF THAT OUT OF THE SCHOOL.
CO. ING IN AND SHOWING THEM A DIFFERENT WAY TO BE CREATIVE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
TO EXPERIENCE, BEING APART OF AN AUDIENCE, IT BUILDS EMPATHY.
GIVES THEM IDEAS.
>> SOME OF US GREW UP WATCHING CARTOONS CLOSER TO THE BONE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I'M TED SIMONS.
HAVE A GREAT