With support from the California Arts Council, the Opera San Luis Obispo County Arts Consortium will be able to effectively administer the 5th annual Countywide Arts Consortium program in San Luis Obispo County and teach more than 4,000 Title I students throughout San Miguel, Shandon, San Ardo, Lost Hills, Paso Robles, San Antonio, and San Lucas to read, create, and perform music with professional artists in professional settings.
OperaSLO has developed the “Citywide Arts Collaboration” model for producing its annual Grand Opera production. OperaSLO is one of only four “grand opera” producing companies in the state of California (the other three being LA Opera, San Diego Opera and San Francisco Opera). Our season includes the Holiday Nutcracker collaboration with Civic Ballet San Luis Obispo and State Street Ballet Santa Barbara for audiences over 8,000; Outdoor Summer Pops Concert at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre with internaationnally acclaimed soloists, orchestra and chorus; Children’s concert at the Amphitheatre featuring ballet, opera arias and audience sing-along with over 3,400 middle school students from throughout SLO County; Classical Musical produced annually that reaches further into the community; and our newest Community Outreach Initiative — Mobile Opera House (MOH)- a mobile mini-opera/theatre travelling by truck to reach those in communities with little opportunity to experience opera.

