What? “lucrecia y el…”? You can find out all about it virtually (on Amity Trio YouTube channel and website), and it is to be distributed in future by PBS affiliates locally and nationally.
In the original proposal, the trio foresaw recording a half-hour version of the children’s opera. As conversations unfolded with the local PBS affiliate, they strongly encouraged us to produce one-minute interstitial chapters as well, with the thought that this would be immediately able to be integrated into the present schedule formatting of most PBS affiliates nationwide. So, in addition to recording the half-hour complete version, we recorded 20 one-minute interstitial chapters. This expanded the production timeline overall, but the audio recording portion for both the half hour and one-minute chapters was completed in March, with mastering of the audio completed in November and the green-screen recording also completed in November. The full production will be premiered the first week of April in Bloomington, IN; at that point they will be available online and will be deposited in the materials available to share with PBS affiliates. We anticipate that the local and regional PBS stations will begin to run them in fall of 2023 or spring of 2024, with national use picking up the year following that. In the meantime, the one-minute chapters and the half-hour long version will remain available to the general public on the Amity Trio YouTube channel and website for free, along with the educational materials, for immediate use.
– Actual number of participants and number of attendees, audience, viewers, etc.;
Between online viewing from the Amity Trio YouTube channel and website, and the PBS distribution, we anticipate that each of the 20 chapters will have around 3000 views in the 2023 calendar year.
– How did it go? Did you accomplish your goals? Were there any unexpected challenges and, if so, how were they addressed?
The timeline was an unexpected challenge, but it came about because of the gift of advice from the PBS affiliate, which will expand the reach and impact of the project exponentially. It seemed wise to take a bit more time in order to gain the thousands of additional contacts per year, and long-term durability of the project, so we adjusted our timeline expectations accordingly.
Otherwise, the process has been a dream, and we are so grateful to the Puffin Foundation West for facilitating the audio recording portion of the project!
– Share a brief story of how your project made an impact on your target audience;
In our November 2022 live performances alone, Lucrecia reached over 600 children and adults. We have already been able to offer a performance that partially incorporated the use of the puppets from the video version; the children (and adults!) in the audience were enthralled, and incredibly eager to see the completed video production. Every child went away singing the songs that they sang with the puppets, and roaring like T Rexes!
You might enjoy seeing a behind-the-scenes rehearsal of the ROARS for the recording:
https://fb.watch/h4LNLNen1O/
– Attach a JPG (if available) of the project as we often do post final project information because your good work could be inspirational to others.
There are two pictures attached. The first is of the full team upon completing the audio recording session in Auer Hall at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington (March 2022). The second is a shot of one of the dinosaur characters going to sleep in the green screen shoot in the ARTS Lab at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (November 2022).
Our heartfelt gratitude to the Puffin Foundation West for your support and encouragement through this exciting project! We look forward to sharing even more outcomes with you soon!
