ACFEA UK Staff at Annual Summit
Girl Power!!! The ACFEA UK Staff is enjoying their annual summit in Brighton, and snapped this photo of the ladies of London. We love you gals! (Did you chuck the men into the sea??)
Harmonium takes ‘The Family’ to Greece and Turkey
The Harmonium Choral Society, a community chorus based in Morristown, New Jersey, returned in July from its third European tour with ACFEA. Having ventured to Italy on its first tour and Spain and Portugal on it second, Harmonium decided to go a bit further afield to Greece and Turkey. The tour began in Athens, followed by a visit to the …
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Boston Children’s Chorus Receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
A huge congratulations to Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) on receiving the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. This is our nation’s highest honor for a youth arts organization. Executive Director David C. Howse and singer Amber Rodriguez traveled to the White House on November 22 to receive the …
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Boston Children’s Chorus Takes Landmark Tour of Vietnam and Cambodia
by Amanda Bauman If you ask me what is the best part of being an ACFEA Tour Manager, I’d say it’s not knowing what might happen next. I never know which group is going to be on the other end of the telephone when it rings, or what kind of project they have in mind. And never know where that telephone …
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Sometimes, It’s the Little Things
ACFEA arranges dozens of tours each year to far-off lands the world over, but every now and again an experience near to home can bring you close to bliss. One such event that I’ll remember forever happened during the summer of 2010. We’d worked with the Boston Children’s Chorus on a couple of international tours, …
Blazing the Balkan Trail
In the fall of 2010, Singing City, directed by Jeff Brillhart, began the process of planning its next tour, slated for July of 2012. After weighing a few options, the choir fixed its eyes and hearts on the Balkans (including Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro). To understand the motivation and complexity of the decision to …
The Benefits of Traveling at a Young Age
There’s a Henry Rollins quote about travel making the rounds; maybe you’ve seen it? “I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. …
Empire State Youth Orchestra Shines in China and South Korea
In the spring of 2010, I got a call from one of my favorite people, Beth Antonio, Tour Coordinator of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in Albany, New York. Beth and I had worked on ESYO’s 2008 tour of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria, and I was excited to help design its next tour. I expected …
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Congratulations, Shallaway!
by Amanda Bauman This just in from our friends to the North. Congrats to Shallaway for a magnificent achievement! SHALLAWAY – Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus wins top marks on second round competition in Béla Bartok International Choral Competition, Debrecen, Hungary, July 24 – 30, 2012 July 28, 2012 – After …
South Korea: One of ACFEA’s ‘New’ Concert Tour Destinations
by Amanda Bauman I’m writing this post from Seoul to officially broadcast that South Korea is fantastic! We’ve just come to the end of ACFEA’s first tour to Korea in over three decades, and I can safely say it was a home run. Tonight was an absolutely incredible, memorable night. The Empire State …
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