The entire tour was “various levels of wonderful,” Scott Anderson, director, said. This article originally appeared in our 2001-2002 Tour Notes. **** Italy, Slovenia and Austria were the destinations of the Camerata Singers, an excellent community choir from Pocatello, Idaho, directed by Scott E. Anderson. Many in the group had not traveled […]
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Frank Hallock, Director of Music, United Methodist Church of Vista, talks about the extraordinary moments on his 2019 tour to Ireland. ***** I have always loved travel, from the days of old-fashioned family road trips, to my experiences on several choral tours as both participant and director. These choral tours have been my only access
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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. *** In May 2019, the Penn State University Concert Choir undertook a ten-day
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Tour Manager Jeffery Thyer recalls being on tour in Mexico with Singing City, and singing for – and then with! – audiences. *** It’s not often we, ACFEA staff members, get to go on a concert tour as a member of our own group. But when my own home choir, Singing City, went to Mexico
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As musicians, music is one of the major ways we communicate and explore the world. Catherine John, ACFEA Tour Administrator, talks about getting to know a new place by learning about its music, from its people. *** In faraway lands, North American musicians encounter instruments that they have never seen or heard at
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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 ultimately hopeful concert tour.
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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, fun-filled, performance-richadventure. We kicked
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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, 12:00pm
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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 Sydney, Australia in the Starlight
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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 of our largest groups over
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