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MIFA Education Program

The goal of the MIFA Education Program is to introduce students to major arts events and disciplines. Students attend and participate in performances, workshops, masterclasses and they interact with major national and international artists and arts companies. The MIFA program utilizes visiting artists as instructors and teachers and devises age-appropriate experiences and lessons for students in conjunction with regional public and private school systems and various recreational and social service organizations.

 

Vocational Education Program

MIFA Victory Theatre Vocational Education Program is a collaboration of MIFA Victory Theatre with Holyoke Public and other regional schools, Holyoke Community College, and the International Association of Technical and Stage Employees (IATSE Local 53).  Read the full concept paper: Vocational Education Program Concept Paper

 

Past Education Events



"Because I Could Not Stop, An Encounter with Emily Dickinson" Workshop

January 10, 2024 at 9:40 AM

Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, (23 Suffolk St.) Holyoke, MA

20 Holyoke High School Theatre and Media Students

Lecture from actress Angelica page, Soprano Kristian Bachrach, and actor Stephen Burrell on their history and experience working as professionals in the entertainment industry.  

Music except performed by Kristian Bachrach

 

MIFA Victory Players Educational Concert & Workshop

January 10, 2024

9:40 AM

John F. Sears Auditorium at Holyoke High School - North Campus

25 students

Jorge Sosa, Musical inspiration going movement by movement talking about the history of Mexican music influences, showing photos and video clips of different popular and traditional music. Each introduction was followed by a movement of Rocola (Jukebox).

Victory Players performed Maravillosas by Leaha María Villarreal and Rocola (Jukebox) by Jorge Sosa, composition from the MIFA Victory Players “Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can)” project.




MIFA Victory Players Education Workshop: "Creation of rhythmic tracks" at Holyoke Media

January 9. 2024

5 Media Students

MIFA Victory Players Mexican composer Jorge Sosa introduces Holyoke High Media students to the creation of rhythmic tracks, with a base of cumbia. This group of students is working and assisting at Holyoke Media while learning the different aspects of media production, through a partnership with MassHire.

 

MIFA Victory Players Education Workshop at Holyoke High School

June 9, 2023

Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA

25 Students

Music Director Tianhui Ng and the MIFA Victory Players ensemble: Giovanni Pérez (Flute), Eric Schultz (Clarinet), Clare Monfredo (Cello), Nathan Ben-Yehuda (Piano), Robert Rocheteau (Percussion), and Samuel Vargas (Violin) held music education workshops with Holyoke High School students as part of MIFA’s education program and the MIFA Victory Players 2023 Residency in Holyoke. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Holyoke Cultural Council, Chicopee Cultural Council, and Springfield Cultural Council local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.



 

University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School Of Music And The College Of Fine And Applied Arts - A Symposium on Puerto Rican Musical Creativity: Encuentro Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical

Date: March 30, 2023

The MIFA Victory Players members gave masterclasses at the University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School Of Music And The College Of Fine And Applied Arts for students and faculty.



 

Pro Arte Musical “Música Abierta” program

MIFA Victory Players Open Rehearsal Live Stream

Date: January 12, 2023

Time: 8:30 am EST (9:30am AST)

Venue: Libre de Música San Juan Ernesto Ramos Antonini

The MIFA Victory Players took part in “Música Abierta” a program of Pro Arte Musical at the specialized school of Libre de Música San Juan Ernesto Ramos Antonini, in San Juan, PR. Members of the school symphony orchestra and piano and composition students will enjoy this open rehearsal by the ensemble.

Made possible by Fundación Ángel Ramos


 

Pregones/ PRTT Student Workshop

October 28, 2022

Thank you to Holyoke Media for their sponsorship and use of their new black box space! MIFA presented a theater workshop by Pregones / PRTT of NYC with Holyoke High SchoolHolyoke High School Theater and Media students. Thank you to Holyoke Local Cultural Council for their continued support.


 

Bomba De Aquì workshop

Holyoke Residency May 30th - June 12, 2022

Mount Holyoke College,

The MIFA Victory Players ensemble and composers took part in Bomba, Plena, dance and drum workshops with Holyoke's Bomba De Aquì dance and music company.



 

2021 MIFA Victory Players Virtual Educational Program

New! Full concert for Elementary, Middle, and High School grade levels, individual instrument workshops, composer talks, and bonus material.


 

2020 MIFA Victory Players Virtual Educational Program

New! Full concert for Elementary, Middle, and High School grade levels, individual instrument workshops, composer talks, and bonus material.


 

Holyoke High School Performing and Media Arts Academy (PMA) Town Hall

TORCHED! & THE RED ROSE - Virtual Event by Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

Virtual Presentation and Talkback with Writer/Director Rosalba Rolón

Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:00pm


 

Victory Players Contemporary Music Ensemble School Workshops Conductor Tianhui Ng and the Victory Players ensemble: Giovanni Pérez (Flute), Eric Schultz (Clarinet), Elly Toyoda (Violin), Clare Monfredo (Cello), Nathan Ben-Yehuda (Piano), and Robert Rocheteau (Percussion).

Chicopee Comprehensive High School Workshop Thursday, June 6, 2019

Holyoke High School Workshop Thursday, June 6, 2019

Gateway Regional High School Workshop Monday, June 3, 2019

South Hadley Plains Elementary School Workshop Friday, May 31, 2019

 

Around the World in 80 Days The Holyoke High School Theater Company, part of the Holyoke High School Performing & Media Arts Academy (PMA Academy) had the opportunity to shadow the National Players in the load-in and setup of the public performance for Around the World in 80 Days. 

A Special School Performance of The Crucible was performed by the National Players at Holyoke High School on May 2, 2019. Students then got to participate in two masterclasses: Movement for Actors and Stage Combat, after the performance.

 

Open rehearsal of Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre in Dancing In My Cockroach Killers 

Holyoke High School Theater and Media Literacy students and teachers at the open rehearsals with Pregones/PRTT, MIFA, and Palante



 

Victory Players Contemporary Music Ensemble School Workshops with Conductor Tianhui Ng, Cellist Yu Mi Bae,  Pianist Han Chen, Flutist Giovanni Pérez, Percussionist Robert Rocheteau, Clarinetist Eric Schultz, and Violinist Elly Toyoda.

Holyoke High School Workshop Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Chicopee Comprehensive High School Workshop Thursday, June 7, 2018

Plains Elementary School South Hadley Workshop Friday, June 8, 2018

 

The Great Gatsby School Performance and Workshops National Players with the. Friday, May 4, 2018, Sears Auditorium, Holyoke High School at 9 AM

700 Holyoke High students attended the National Players production of The Great Gatsby. 

10 students participated in the Theater Tech Workshop Led by National Players Dylan Arredondo, Melissa Carter, Amy Desrosiers, and Jared Graham

 

La Gringa Education Workshop with The UrbanTheater Company of Chicago.

Friday, September 22, 2017, El Mercado, 413 Main Street in South Holyoke.

Students from Kelly Elementary School, Morgan Elementary School, LightHouse Holyoke, and Holyoke High School participated with members of The UrbanTheater Company in an acting workshop.

Photo by radioplasma.com of “La Gringa” Education Workshop

 

Upon touring the Victory Theatre in November of 2016, students of LightHouse Holyoke became interested in coming back and using the Victory in their film projects.

Here is one short film by Crew, a student at LightHouse Holyoke:

“Thanks so much for the access and opportunity.” – Catherine Gobron, Co-Director and Co-Founder of LightHouse

MIFA hopes this will be the start of a great career in film for these students! We look forward to building more connections with local schools to incorporate the Victory Theatre, now and once it’s reopened, as a local learning tool for the Valley.

 

The Grapes of Wrath School Performance and Acting Workshop Monday, May 8, 2017, Sears Auditorium, Holyoke High School at 9 AM

Cast members Adam Turck and Moira Todd of the 68th Company of the National Players hosted an acting workshop with the Holyoke High School students.

22 students participated in the Acting Workshop.

Photos by Michael Moriarty of OneHolyoke CDC

 

LightHouse Holyoke added 25 new photos. November 19, 2016 ·

 

Masterclass with Compagnie des Petits Champs

April 6, 2016, 7:30 PM,  New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, Mount Holyoke College.

Students are invited to a masterclass with leading French actors!

Members of the Paris-based Compagnie des Petits Champs: Audrey Bonnet Clément Hervieu-Léger Daniel San Pedro Guillaume Ravoire

Share their expertise with area theater and French Language students!