{"product_id":"9781032739946","title":"Children’s Opera and Music Drama Practical Tools for Composers and Creators","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChildren’s Opera and Music Drama\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePractical Tools for Composers and Creators\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEmma Jayakumar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Instruction \u0026amp; Study \/ Composition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildren's Opera and Music Drama\u003c\/em\u003e is a professional guide for musical storytellers. Specifically, it is for those who wish to create engaging, meaningful, and relevant opera and music drama for young audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book arises firstly from research and practice in the field of children’s opera creation and moves further afield to include musicals, ballet, and hybrid orchestral\/chamber music involving musical storytelling. Containing research-informed, practice-led tools that will assist any creator in the planning, writing, and composition of a music drama work for children, this book is designed to be used by creators of small- to large-scale productions. These include a useful discussion and analysis of child audience developmental levels that inform dramatic themes and concepts of resonance for young audiences, storyboards, characterisation models, process cycles, formatting guides, and tips for successful collaboration and project management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreators of music drama who are looking for thoughtful, specialised approaches to young audiences will find this book valuable. They may be a composer needing practical score planning tools, a music educator searching for a practical storyboard to plan a work for children, a performer wanting to understand what better resonates with a young audience, or a librettist creating a story with engaging and age-appropriate story themes for children. It also has broader applications to researchers and students looking for models to utilise or adapt to their individual practice’s needs, with tried and successful practice-led methodological tools developed and utilised successfully within research and industry settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Jayakumar\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Australian composer, librettist, researcher, and educator specialising in children’s opera, music drama, and child-centred creative practice. She is currently Choral Director of the WAO Sings program for West Australian Opera and an ongoing sessional academic at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). From 2022–2024 she was Research Officer with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child at Edith Cowan University, contributing to international research on children’s digital lives and digital citizenship in partnership with LEGO Asia Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032739946\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e196\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547458617484,"sku":"9781032739946","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032739946","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}