Location: Binghamton University Anderson Center 

Performance Dates: 10 am on Thursday, 11/13/25 & Friday, 11/14//25

Grades: – Pre K to 12th & Staff

Audience Size: – 10 to 400                       

Length of Performance: 45 minutes

Description:

Children of all ages will delight in this charming opera that begins in a circus and follows a serpent as he travels the world to find his voice. After trying many different singing styles including rock and roll, jazz and opera, Sid the Serpent realizes his best singing is with his own unique style. He returns to the circus to realize his dream and share his voice with audiences. The music is very tuneful with several sections where the student audience will want to join in singing. (Materials and a study guide will be sent to each school in advance).  

Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing is an opera written by composer Malcolm Fox 

For information or to reserve tickets please contact: Jean Goodheart, Community Engagement Director (jgoodheart@binghamton.edu)

This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards:

Music — Creating

●       Imagine (generate & conceptualize artistic ideas & work)

●       Plan, Make (organize & develop artistic ideas & work)

●       Evaluate, Refine, Present (refine & complete artistic ideas & work)

Music — Performing

●       Select, Analyze, Interpret (analyze, interpret & select artistic work for presentation)

●       Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine (develop & refine artistic techniques & work for presentation)

●       Present (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)

Music — Responding

●       Select, Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)

●       Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)

●       Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)

Music — Connecting

●       Relate (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art)

●       Interrelate (relate artistic ideas & works w/ societal, cultural & historical context to deepen understanding)

Theater — Creating

●       Envision (generate & conceptualize artistic ideas & work)

●       Develop (organize & develop artistic ideas & work)

●       Rehearse (refine & complete artistic ideas & work)

Theater — Performing

●       Select (analyze, interpret & select artistic work for presentation)

●       Prepare (develop & refine artistic techniques & work for presentation)

●       Share (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)

Theater — Responding

●       Reflect (perceive & analyze artistic work)

●       Interpret (interpret intent & meaning in artistic work)

●       Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)

Theater — Connecting

●       Relate (synthesize & relate knowledge & personal experiences to make art)

●       Interrelate, Research (relate artistic ideas & works w/ societal, cultural, & historical context

Visual Arts — Creating

●       Investigate, Plan, Make (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work)

●       Investigate, Consider, Respect, Make (organize and develop artistic ideas and work)

●       Reflect, Refine, Continue (refine and complete artistic ideas and work)

Visual Arts — Presenting

●       Select, Preserve ( analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation)

●       Curate (develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation)

●       Share, Relate (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)

Visual Arts — Responding

●       Perceive, Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)

●       Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)

●       Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)

Visual Arts — Connecting

●       Synthesize (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art)

●       Interrelate, Extend (relate artistic ideas &works w/ societal, cultural, & historical context)

Dance — Creating

●       Explore (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work)

●       Plan (organize and develop artistic ideas and work)

●       Revise (refine and complete artistic ideas and work)

Dance — Performing

●       Express (analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation)

●       Embody ( develop, and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation)

●       Present (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)

Dance — Responding

●       Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)

●       Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)

●       Critique (apply critique to evaluate artistic work)

Dance — Connecting

●       Synthesize (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experience to make art)

●       Relate (relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context)

Categories: Theater / Music / Dance/ English Language / Spanish Language

Cost:

$5.00 per student (chaperones & teachers are free).

Choose one performance: Thursday, 11/13/25 or Friday, 11/14/25  at 10:00am 

Additional $200.00 fee per school if you would like to schedule an in-school workshop visit by a student/cast members prior to the performance at the Anderson Center.