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      1996
Norwood Elementary School, Wetaskiwin, commissions Mervyn Burtch and Mark Morris to write a new opera for them.
      1997
  Coyote and the Winter That Never Ends Herbert Thompson Junior School, Cardiff, Wales April
  Coyote and the Winter That Never Ends Norwood Elementary School
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
May 8-11
KidsOp officially founded
      1998
  Wizard Things Norwood Elementary School
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
April 4-8
  Wizard Things Herbert Thompson Junior School
Cardiff, Wales
April
  Wizard Things Harbinger Junior School
Isle of Dogs, London, UK
May
  Wizard Things Steinhauser Elementary School
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May
       1999
  Mark Morris, Janice Tole, and Claire Stewart travel to Sydney, Australia, to receive a Cable and Wireless International Childnet Award for KidsOp February
KidsOp Workshop, The Banff Centre for the Arts April
  The Raven King Caerphilly Kids Opera Group
Blackwood Miners' Institute, Blackwood, Wales
July 6-9
  The Raven King KidsOp & The Banff Centre
The Banff Festival for the Arts
August 11-15
  The Raven King Johannesburg, South Africa October 27-30
       2000
  The Raven King Caerphilly Kids Opera Group
National Concert Hall of Wales (St. David's Hall)
March 2
The Raven King Luneberg, Germany July
  The Raven King (excerpts) Caephilly Kids Opera Group
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
November
  Casablanca, you must be joking...
(
as The Child, the Book, and The Broomstick)
Vancouver Modern Baroque Opera
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
December
      2001
    KidsOp Workshop, The Banff Centre for the Arts March
  Coyote and the Winter That Never Ends (revised version) KidsOp
Leduc Performing Arts Centre
Leduc, Alberta, Canada
 
  The Raven King Mary Immaculate College, Limerick University
Limerick Ireland
October 11-16
  The Raven King Mary Immaculate College, Limerick University
Wexford Festival Opera
Wexford, Ireland
October 23-25
  El Re Cuervo (The Raven King) Conservatorio de Las Rosas
XIII International Festival of New Music, Morelia, Mexico
November
      2002
A year of new work development
    KidsOp Workshop
facilities of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
July
      2003
  Jason and Hanna Caerphilly Kids Opera Group
Blackwood Miners' Institute, Blackwood, Wales
July
      2004
  Casablanca, you must be joking... Hemiola Young Musicians
Taliesin, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales
April
23-24
Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon, Wales May 5
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