OPERAcraft Performance
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Family Friendly
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) presents OPERAcraft on Wednesday, December 4th and Saturday, December 7th in The Cube located within the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech.

OPERAcraft's goal is to provide an opportunity for K-12 students to create and perform a fully produced virtual opera. Starting with music borrowed from Mozart operas and a specific number of characters, the project inspires K-12 students to create a story and then the libretto; create the virtual set through a custom version of ubiquitous Minecraft video game/ sandbox; create avatars for each character; and control said avatars within the confines of the virtual world, including body gestures, lip-syncing with real singing soloists, as well as multiple real-time camera feeds akin to that of a live video production.

The project culminates in the fall 2013 when the opera is performed in the new found ICAT Cube space at the Center for the Arts. The interactive set will be projected on a scrim while Virginia Tech music majors sing the finalized score and the K-12 students control the character avatars.

For more information, visit: http://www.icat.vt.edu./events

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