Tour Notes
The Golden State Youth Orchestra, formerly known as the El Camino Youth Symphony, is no stranger to touring, having worked with ACFEA on 8 tours between 2003 and 2019. Regularly traveling with a party of 140 or more, with 120 musicians on stage, these tours have always presented challenges – but nothing like the most recent one did!
A highlight of Penn State University Concert Choir’s tour of Germany was singing Bach’s music in the very places where it was written. Dr. Christopher Kiver, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, Penn State University, tells us more.
Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s immersive concert brought musicians and audience together in ways that neither may have anticipated — and left them with a new understanding of how a classical music concert could make them feel.
For the All Saints Trouvères from All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, connecting civil rights history to current events happened through sharing music, and taking the time to listen and learn.
Blog
Welcome to ACFEA’s journal! Come along as we share stories from the road, from the alto section, or just from our desk
“It’s the kind of thing that can’t happen the same way twice.”
By Carly DaSilva, Summit Chorale Tour Participant When the opportunity to go to Ireland presents itself, you simply say yes. That was my first thought when I heard that the group of singers I’d just become part of—the Summit Chorale—was planning to tour in Ireland. Limerick, Galway, and Dublin. Motets
Congratulations, Susan McMane!
Susan McMane, the highly regarded conductor of girls’ and young women’s choirs, retired on July 31, 2022, and, like many other illustrious directors, chose to end her career with a tour, an honor that ACFEA deeply appreciates. Susan worked with ACFEA on 11 tours, starting with one in 1998 for
Passing the Baton?
Genesis 4:18 – And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. There is something similar going on with ACFEA’s clients, as we reached the fourth generation in a sequence of teachers and students who have toured with us.
Golden State Youth Orchestra Shows Determination
The Golden State Youth Orchestra, formerly known as the El Camino Youth Symphony, is no stranger to touring, having worked with ACFEA on 8 tours between 2003 and 2019. Regularly traveling with a party of 140 or more, with 120 musicians on stage, these tours have always presented some challenges
Newsletter Archive
Click any of the issues below to read Tour Notes, our regularly published newsletter.
In this issue, we explore how they benefit groups, individuals, and communities. Read about tours to South Africa, the Southern United States, Wales, China, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain.
In this issue: Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Australia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, China, Israel, Turkey, Cuba, The United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Austria, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece
In this issue, we explore how concert tours strengthen community within your group and throughout the world. Read about tours to France, Cuba, South Africa, Germany and Northern Ireland.
In this issue: Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Austria, Germany, Ireland, China, Hong Kong, Colombia, Peru, Spain, France, The Czech Republic, South Africa, Finland, Estonia