what was mr.holland's opus? how is that tern used in the title to this film?

Answer 1

It's a film. An opus is a musical piece.

Richard Dreyfuss plays Mr Holland, a composer who takes what he intends to be a temporary job as a teacher, and puts aside his plans to compose.
He turns out to be a very gifted teacher that has a way of reaching his students and turning them onto music.
He finds himself teaching for many years, but is frustrated that his "opus" is never completed, and feels unfulfilled.

However, eventually his many grateful pupils, put on a special performance of the opus he composed to celebrate his hard work with them over the years.

The title thus both refers to the actual composition, but also his students are being his "opus".

I have included a link to the film below.

There is a musical foundation with this name too, presumably inspired by the movie.

Answer 2

Opus means the greatest work. Mr. Holland had wanted to come up with a composition as an opus. But in the end, the greatest work he has done was being able to teach the kids to learn and appreciate music, not to mention make them excel,

Answer 3

Mr. Holland took a teaching job so that he could compose his "opus" which is a musical work. His opus was to be his greatest work and would make him famous and wealthy. He found that teaching took up too much time so he never could find time to write his music.
After 30 years of teaching, he had pieced together enough to make the "opus" but in that time realized that his greatest work was actually the students he touched during his teaching and his family including his deaf son, so the actual "opus" wasn't quite as important.
I love that movie...

Answer 4

The Opus refers to the musical piece he was working on ( in the film) and in the end, and in his honor, he gets to conduct the musical piece with an orchestra compose of his musical students which he taught over the years and have become adults. It's message is to encourage musical growth in the education system and to appreciate teachers that inspire students.

Opus means: A creative work, especially a musical composition

You can read more about it here.

http://www.mhopus.org/

Answer 5

i aggree with iiitttsssaaadoozy about mr hollonds opus, the film was amazing, and being a music student at the time of watching it, really put me into wanting to study more.