Mother Lode Musical Theatre brings to life California's rich and diverse cultural heritage through musical programs, operas, lectures, exhibits and in-school workshops and programs. 501c3 nonprofit organization incorporated in 1977.
our mission
Classroom Materials
California Gold Rush offers
authentic melodeon songs, miner's ditties, and Victorian Parlor
ballads. Our Songbook Teacher
Guide provides all you need to produce a musical show
scripted and performed by 4th grade students studying California
history. The Student Workbook adds first person
accounts and activities to broaden their
understanding.
The Drake Pageant, our Student-Teacher Guide combines history, maps, and activities with sea chanteys, Miwok songs for voice and flute, Elizabethan music for brass. These provide the basis for Middle School students to create a Living History performance of the first encounter between Drake and his crew with the Coast Miwok Indians at what is now Point Reyes.
