Posted on April 07, 2026

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UNCG Opera students perform The Clockmaker’s Secret, written by fifth-grader Keane Williams, winner of the 2025 Write Your Own Opera contest, and set to music by composition faculty member Professor Alejandro Rutty. Photo credit: Bert Vanderveen

Opera at the Carolina, a partnership between UNCG’s School of Music and Greensboro Opera, has reached over 180,000 Guilford County fifth graders since it began in 2010. It started when Greensboro Opera Board President Barbara A. Peters approached Professor David Holley about establishing The Barbara Ann Peters Write Your Own Opera! contest. This partnership has… Continue reading…

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