As a testament to the power of what can transpire in the classroom, utilizing the arts as a vehicle for learning, a a second grade student wrote this about my class after attending our schoolwide performance.
“They’re teaching us how to be in real life.” Aria
About the Artist
Mary Ruth McGinn has spent her career of thirty-four years utilizing the arts as a vehicle for learning in the classroom. As an elementary school teacher, Mary Ruth sought innovative ways to meet the needs of her diverse students. She attended Creating Original Opera training at The Metropolitan Opera Guild in New York City and used the process of creating an opera as an authentic purpose to teach academic, social and emotional competencies in her classroom. In 2006, Mary Ruth was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to Spain to develop and implement a similar program there. As Cofounder of LÓVA: La Ópera: Un Vehículo de Aprendizaje, she returns every summer to the Teatro Real in Madrid to teach a new team of educators. In 2018, she joined forces with The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC to offer a comprehensive opera training course for teachers in the Washington metro area. Mary Ruth currently conducts school residencies incorporating original poetry, music and theater. Mary Ruth believes that we all should engage in meaningful, real life experiences that connect us with the world beyond our immediate environment and inspire us to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.Artist's Statement
TEDx Mary Ruth McGinn https://youtu.be/ggYL9gQeVEk?si=4hH1PntZoum0d16PBooking
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Arts in Education
Audiences Types: Grades 3-5
Poetry Composition
Music Composition
Theater- Story Creation