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Mission: Instilling a lifelong love of the arts through cross-disciplinary artistic exploration and play.Values: Joy, Connection, DiscoveryHistory: In 2011, Classical Sing Move Play founder, Alisa Magallón embarked on creating a series of classes to teach young children about the arts and introduce them to the complex music, stories, and languages found in operas. After years of delivering these classes independently and touring on the roster of Young Audiences of Houston, Magallón worked with Houston Grand Opera to bring these classes into summer camp activities and offerings at libraries, schools, and parks. In 2024 Magallón created Classical Sing Move Play, LLC to expand into arts education consulting, providing comprehensive training for teaching artists, professional development, curriculum sales, and teaching artist services to performing arts companies near and far.

Alisa Magallón, Founder, Classical Sing Move Play
A trained opera singer and teaching artist, Alisa is devoted to instilling a love for the arts in her community. She has spent nearly two decades in arts administration leading high impact education and community engagement programs for Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Palm Beach Opera. She is a highly sought after consultant for community engagement programs across the country, working recently with Opera Montana, LA Opera, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Her current focus and training has been on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skill building and early childhood music and literacy.She attained a Bachelor of Arts in music from Luther College and a Master of Music in vocal performance from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

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