Blog
Welcome to ACFEA’s journal! Read along as we share stories from the road, from the alto section, or from our desk. We’ll also look back on shining moments from our group’s tours.
Understanding the State Department’s Travel Advisories
Safety is a top priority for anyone planning any trip anywhere. But what’s the best way to gauge the general safety of somewhere you might not know much about? The US State Department issues Travel Advisories for each country of the world to help keep Americans informed about situations abroad. They
Meet Your Courier: Dragana
Say Zdravo to Dragana! Where are you from?I was born in Serbia and brought up in Athens, Greece. What do you do when you’re not organizing concerts for ACFEA?In addition to my work for ACFEA, I’m the manager of our family business, where I also work with
“How can I help heal my country through choral music?”
For this church youth choir, connecting civil rights history to current events happened through sharing music, and taking the time to listen and learn. During the summer of 2018, the All Saints Trouvères from All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California embarked upon an incredibly challenging, illuminating, and
10 Ways to Calm Fears For Your Touring Group
Maintaining health and safety on tours has always been a chief priority for tour planners. But as global travel worries grow, so does the need to reassure tour participants and their families of their relative safety on tour. Here are ten ways Tacoma Youth Chorus Managing Director Martha Leonhardt calms fears for
“Their hearts and minds were changed”
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. While on tour to the Czech Republic in 2017, the Stratus Chamber Orchestra,
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??)
Colorado Children’s Chorale Add Tour Memories
The Colorado Children’s Chorale has been touring exclusively with ACFEA since 2002, and our 2015 Baltics tour now lives in our memories with even more extraordinary experiences both on and off the stage. Our 36 young performers, 18 boys and 18 girls, reveling in the fact that they were NOT sitting in their respective middle school classrooms, embraced every moment of this fact-filled,
Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra in China
SRSYO in front of the giant billboard advertising their concert in the He Luting Concert Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music The Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra (SRSYO) is one of the oldest continuous youth orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1959 as the Sonoma County Junior Symphony, in 1994 the organization became
2015 ACFEA photo contest winners
Congratulations to our photo contest category winners: Dylan Crouse, Catherine DeLiso, Mikayla Dodge, Craig Fisher and Hadley Rouse. Concert Category WinnerMyers Park United Methodist Church Chancel Choir in St. Giles Church in Nymburk, Czech Republic during the group’s concert tour of Austria and the Czech Republic. Photo taken by Craig Fisher. Group Category
Curtain Calls: July 27 – August 2
Here is what our groups are up to on the road this week: Tuesday, July 28 Cincinnati Boychoir, Combined concert in Brisbane, Australia in the Great Hall of Brisbane Grammar School, 6:00pm Wednesday, July 29 Cincinnati Boychoir, Performance in Brisbane, Australia at Brisbane Grammar School Middle School Assembly, 8:30am; Perform at BGS Assembly,