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📍 Bloomington, IN
🎶 Non-profit community arts & education organization
🎭 Serving the community since '07
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The first annual Performing Arts Career Fair is this Tuesday, October 13th from 12-5pm in the MAC Lobby!

Swipe to find out more about some of the employers that will be there.

Five Star Dance Studios:

At Five Star Dance Studios, we strive to provide an enjoyable and enriching experience through the art of dance. Established over 45 years ago, our studio is locally owned and operated, offering classes in all styles of ballroom dance, from social dancing to more formal, structured classes. Our experienced and certified instructors are passionate about teaching and looking for others to join our Five Star team. No ballroom experience is necessary as in-house training is provided. If this feels like a dream job, then this could be the right fit for you.

Paige’s Music:

Our vision is for every student to reach his or her potential through the positive, life-changing power of making music. We believe in that vision so strongly that we devote all of our energy, passion, and resources to serving and strengthening music education across Indiana and Kentucky. Our educational representatives travel to hundreds of Indiana schools each week to consult with band & orchestra teachers, deliver instruments & supplies, and pick-up repairs. Our in-house experts in brass, woodwind, percussion, and orchestral stringed instruments will help you find the perfect product to help you perform your very best. Join our team today!

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines:

Royal Caribbean Cruises Live Music team employs more than 800 musicians performing across 30 ships worldwide. With expanding entertainment offerings, strong demand for jazz soloists, and opportunities to gain valuable orchestral pit experience, Royal Caribbean Entertainment continues to offer a wide range of performance opportunities for versatile and highly skilled musicians.

US Navy Music:

Navy Music presents about 6,000 performances annually in the form of public concerts, international and regional tours, parades, educational engagements, TV appearances, and military ceremonies. Our listeners include people from all walks of life: foreign dignitaries, military officials, and general public spectators.

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Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK) launched its 2026–27 performance season in Salem.

For more details on upcoming ROK public performances, visit go.iu.edu/i3ya9F or the events link in our bio.

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Saturday will be blossoming with all sorts of fun!! Free, family-friendly, and community oriented, join us! 🤩

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When Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK) takes the stage, sitting quietly isn’t a requirement.

Through interactive performances that invite children to sing, move, and respond, the Bloomington-based nonprofit introduces young audiences to live theater by making them part of the experience.

Their new season kicks off this Saturday, Oct. 3, with a 1 p.m. public performance of Ana y su sombra at the Salem Boxcar Trailhead.

Read more about ROK at go.iu.edu/Tu7Rne, or visit the news link in our bio.

View upcoming performance details at go.iu.edu/i3ya9F, or visit the event link in our bio.

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On Oct. 3, head to the Salem Boxcar Trailhead for the first public performance of Reimagining Opera for Kids' 2026-27 season! They'll take the stage at 1 p.m. with this season’s production, Ana y su sombra.

Can’t make it to Salem? ROK will perform again at 7 p.m. at Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington.

Get more details on upcoming ROK performances: go.iu.edu/i3ya9F Event schedule graphic for Reimagining Opera for Kids featuring six performances from October 2026 through May 2027 in Salem, Bloomington, and Ellettsville. Logos include the IU Center for Rural Engagement and Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK). Link to full event dates, locations, and times are provided in the caption.

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From rural schools to local libraries and community parks, Reimagining Opera for Kids is breaking barriers to live theater one performance at a time across southern Indiana.

Entering its 19th season, the Bloomington-based nonprofit continues to reimagine what opera can be through interactive performances that invite children to sing, move, laugh, and participate.

Read more at go.iu.edu/Tu7Rne, or visit the news link in our bio.

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Masters year 1 done! Luv ya bloom❤️

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Bows after a wildly successful performance of my opera MOOCH THE MAGNIFICENT yesterday. Congratulations to the wonderful performers of Reimagining Opera for Kids, Stages Bloomington, and the Bridges MAYO orchestra!

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photo dump to reassure everybody (and myself) that I'm still alive, multiple photos from my most recent show where I sang with some of the best talent Bloomington has to offer in MCCT's Grand Night for Singing!

gnawing at the bars of my enclosure because I NEED to be in a show right now but every single one is like an hour away 🫠

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Introducing . . . Mooch the Magnificent!

"When the cleverest person in the room is ... the girl. MOOCH THE MAGNIFICENT is a 40-minute opera on a libretto by Scott Russell Sanders. The setting is a zoo of the future, populated not by animals but by robots in animal form. Mooch, an orphan girl, convinces the zookeeper to hire her to fix the robots when they break down, but she secretly reprograms them to be increasingly wild."

Mooch the Magnificent
Composed and Music Directed by Lauren Bernofsky
Libretto by Scott Russell Sanders
Stage Direction by Andrew Keeler

April 21st, 2026
7:30 PM
Fairview Elementary Gym
Free Admission

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Some kooky crazy things are cooking up at Fairview this week! Performers from Stages, Bridges Mayo Youth Orchestra, and Reimagining Opera for Kids are getting in touch with their wild side to bring Lauren Bernofsky's Mooch the Magnificent to life! We are beyond thrilled to be collaborating with these awesome organizations, and we hope you'll join us for the one night performance on Tuesday, April 21st of the youth opera, Mooch the Magnificent at Fairview Elementary Gym. This event is free and family friendly.

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We’re pleased to announce a special collaboration with Reimaging Opera for Kids, and Bridges Mayo Youth Orchestra: a one night performance of the youth opera:

MOOCH THE MAGNIFICENT
Composed and Music directed by Lauren Bernofsky
Libretto by Scott Russell Sanders
Stage Direction by Andrew Keeler

Tuesday, April 21st. 7:30
Fairview Elementary Auditorium

"When the cleverest person in the room is ... the girl. MOOCH THE MAGNIFICENT is a 40-minute opera on a libretto by Scott Russell Sanders. The setting is a zoo of the future, populated not by animals but by robots in animal form. Mooch, an orphan girl, convinces the zookeeper to hire her to fix the robots when they break down, but she secretly reprograms them to be increasingly wild."

For this unique opportunity, stages performers will get to be mentored by and perform alongside professional ROK opera performers in a short opera. No previous experience with opera is necessary. Reimagining Opera for Kids' whole mission is based on making opera more accessible to youth, and they welcome anyone who wants to try it out with them!

Want to get involved? There are still slots for musicians and singers available.

Rehearsals are Tuesdays, Mar 31, April 7, April 14 and Thursday, April 16 from 7-8:45PM at Fairview Elementary

Registration link in bio

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