Pocket Lyrique engages in bringing opera to new audiences 

Young people do not necesseraly go to the opera. Thus, Pocket lyrique intends to bring them to opera.
The company proposes activities dedicated to different kinds of public. Some activities are mostly destinated to specific publics, while others are more to be more transversed to enable different people to meet and exchange.

These actions / activities aim at :
- increasing the public awareness of today’s opera
- Give amateurs the opportunity to take part in a creation

We insist that the work produced during the workshops would be presented to a public and considered as a creation.

SPECIFIC ACTIONS FOR SPECIFIC PUBLICS

YOUNG PEOPLE

Why involve ourselves in actions towards this public ?
To enable the Young people to discover the lyrical Art in a way which they can understand, with subject which may fascinate them. The activitis proposed by Pocket Lyrique have been taking place during the academic time or as extracurricular activity.
Example of an action lead during School time :
In 2009, workshops were proposed to 13/14 years old pupils, around an opera, Damya, at Romain Rolland College (in Mouy).
Example of an action lead on extracurricular time
In 2010, the artists of the company ran a workshop based on the way to place ones voice. Young people were also initiated to scenography work.

OLDER PEOPLE AND/OR DISABLED PERSONS

Many institutions are looking for cultural activities devoted to people with motor disabilities for instance. Pocket Lyrique company imagines some interventions in rest-homes or hospitals (you will find some précisions in « TRANSVERSED OPERATIONS »), putting the emphasis on mixing different publics and people.

SPECIFIC OPERATIONS FOR STUDENTS : Opera at High school

Initiated in Picardie, this is a unique operation.
Since 2006/07, Pocket Lyrique Company has benne proposing regular interventions in High schools.
Example of a project which emerged from this interventions :
Three « opera short films » were made in february/ march 2008 by Cassini High School students (Clermont Ferrand/ Oise). The films were dealing with discriminations.
Awards : The three « opera short films » were presented in the movies who took part in the opération (Le domino de Méri, Agnès Varda de Beauvais…)
                                                                                              

                                                                       See an extract of the film

TRANSVERSAL OPERATIONS TO « MIX » THE PUBLICS

MIXING GENERATIONS/ MIXING EXPERIENCES

Example of an action :
The company is about to start a workshop gathering elementary school pupils, High school students and retired people living in a rest-house. Voice and dance workshops will be proposed.
The ai mis to create a musical comedy on Respect and Social Link, which will be filmed.


The projects and actions have been possible thanks to the following  supports  : Drac Picardie, Region Picardie, Amiens métropole, Conseil Général de l’Oise, et Mairies de Clermont et Mouy.