What Education and Community Programs Does Tri-Cities Opera Offer?

Tri-Cities Opera runs education and community programming alongside its mainstage season, with the site's Education & Community section naming Opera-Go-Round and a Youth Choir, plus an Opera & Beer! event and a Resident Artist Training Program that sits at the boundary between training and public performance. If you are a teacher, a parent, a singer, or a local resident looking for a way in, the practical starting point is the Education & Community menu on tricitiesopera.com or a call to the box office at 607-772-0400.

The programs named on the site

The site's own navigation and footer text point to these offerings:

The site does not publish schedules, eligibility rules, fees, or audition requirements for Opera-Go-Round or the Youth Choir in the material available here. Treat the menu listing as a signpost, not a full program description — you will need to open the Education & Community pages or contact the company for current details.

Opera-Go-Round and the Youth Choir

These are the two items filed directly under "Education & Community" in the site's own structure. Opera-Go-Round is the touring or outreach-style education strand, and the Youth Choir is the participatory singing group. Both exist to extend opera beyond the mainstage into schools and the wider community, which matches the company's stated framing of bringing opera "to the stage (and screen)."

What the site does not tell you: age ranges, rehearsal locations, term dates, cost, or how to register. Because Tri-Cities Opera is based in Binghamton, New York, and performs at the Tri-Cities Opera Center and Broome Forum Theatre, local families and schools are the natural audience for these programs. For anything time-sensitive, the box office line (607-772-0400) is the contact the site itself surfaces.

Resident Artist Training Program

This is the company's bridge between education and professional work. The site describes it as offering aspiring opera singers "a unique blend of instruction and practical experience" — meaning participants are not only students but also performers in a working company's productions. That combination is the reason the program appears both under training and in the season itself.

If you are a singer considering it, the site's "learn more" link under Training is the entry point. Note that the site does not list application windows, stipends, or repertoire requirements in the available text, so verify those directly rather than assuming a timeline.

Community events and how to plug in

Beyond the structured programs, the season listing includes Opera & Beer! and a Pocket Opera Project (POP), both of which function as lower-barrier ways to encounter the company. The site also lists community appearances such as dates at Little Italy in Endicott, marked "More Info" rather than "Buy Tickets" — a signal that these are open community events rather than ticketed mainstage performances.

To act on any of this:

1. Go to tricitiesopera.com and open Education & Community for Opera-Go-Round and Youth Choir.
2. Open Training for the Resident Artist Training Program.
3. Check Events & Tickets for Opera & Beer!, POP, and community dates.
4. Call 607-772-0400 if a page is unclear — the site notes it was having email technical difficulties and recommends phone or Facebook Messenger instead.

One caveat worth knowing before you rely on email: the site carries a notice that it is "currently experiencing technical problems with our email" and asks people to use phone or Facebook Messenger. If you send an inquiry about a youth program or audition and get no reply, that notice is the likely reason.