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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.
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,
Curtain Calls: July 20-26
Here is what our groups are up to on tour this week: Monday, July 20 Mission Peak Chamber Singers, Concert in Limerick, Ireland in St. Mary’s Cathedral, 8:00pm Tuesday, July 21 La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Concert in Granada, Spain in Igelsia del Sagrado Corazón, 8:45pm Wednesday, July 22 Cincinnati Boychoir, Informal concert in
Favorite Pictures – part two
Atlanta Boychoir At the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Souion, Greece. The red shirts really add some great color to the picture. Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Choir Pam Mfaxa and Bryn Mawr staff member Dianne Giombetti in Soweto. Colorado Children’s Chorale Enjoying some free time at Parque Güell in Barcelona, Spain. I
Favorite Pictures – part three
Berea College Choir Giving an informal recital in Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. Just a few onlookers for the performance. Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra On a rickshaw tour in Beijing, China. This looks like so much fun! Colorado Symphony Chorus Posing for a group photo in Brno, Czech Republic. This was one
ACFEA 2015 Photo Contest
Show us your ACFEA concert tour photos, and you could win up to $500! How to play:Submit photos from your ACFEA concert tour by social media or email: Facebook. Like the ACFEA Tour Consultants page (https://www.facebook.com/acfea). Post the photo to our wall and tag ACFEA. Add the hashtag #acfea2015contest Instagram. Follow ACFEA Tour Consultants (http://instagram.com/acfea). Post the photo and tag ACFEA.
Favorite Pictures – part one
ACFEA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2015. Over the years, we have received many excellent photos from our groups, several of which we’ve included in our annual newsletter, Tour Notes. In honor of our anniversary year, I’ve selected my 60 favorites from the newsletters I helped put together over the last 12 years.