We challenged our network of singers on social media to make a #SingingTuesday Silly Song Contest by sharing 60 second videos to encourage donations. This fundraising event raised money to support the first Génie des Arts Singing Competition in Kinshasa.

Our 5K walk helped raise funds for our Opera Fellows program in 2016. Our dedicated supporters walked a lap from the music conservatory in Princeton to the amphitheatre and back, with musical enterainment at the amphitheatre.

We partnered with the Springpoint Foundation Grant & Residency Program at Monroe Village Senior Living, who generously provided the funds, lodging and venue space for our open-dress rehearsal and reception for La Petite Carmen.

Our Anniversary Coffee Party fundraising event is hosted by a Tasting Master at Starbucks who explains the subtleties of different coffees from South America and Central Africa with the perfect dessert to pair with each coffee. The event also features festive carols by a high school choir and a gift basket raffle.

Our New Year’s eve/afternoon fundraising event is hosted by a creative artist who provides us with a blank canvas and the opportunity to create a painting that reflects a scene of hope for Congo. This event inspires us to start the new year with an aligned Operanauts mission.

We partnered with local Tower Dogs who generously donated 20% of all meal purchases on May 12, 2017. This fund contributed to giving 10 Soloist Scholarships to choristers in Congo, along with voice lessons and the resources to learn to sing a solo aria.