Thursday, October 24, 2013

Passion of Italy - Henry Leck Choral Festival - summer 2015

KIconcerts: Passion of Italy, Henry Leck Choral Festival - summer 2015

Your invitation to perform in Italy!


I hope you might be in a position to consider this invitation to perform with me in Rome in late June/early July 2015.

Join with other fine young choirs as we meet in Rome to rehearse and then perform both individually and as a festival choir singing Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and in the festival gala concert. For those that wish it, travel with me to Tuscany for a further gala concert in Florence.

I am drawn once again to Italy, the land of the renaissance, of awe inspiring venues and the origin of so much of our music. The food, the extraordinary power of Rome, the endless Tuscan vistas, the thrill of Florence, …this is the tapestry upon which we weave our performances

Henry Leck

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Friday, October 11, 2013

♪ Italy’s Notes of Joy Festival – Rome, June 2015

KIconcerts: Italy's Notes of Joy Choir Festival - Rome, June 2015

An invitation to sing in the 

Rome Choir Festival!


When I was 16 years old, I had the privilege of traveling with my high school choral and instrumental ensembles to France, England and Ireland. It was a remarkable and life-changing journey.

Because of that opportunity in my youth, I learned to appreciate other cultures, to absorb the historic beauty of European cities and countryside, to make life-long friendships and to create music beyond anything I had ever experienced.

In part this is why I have accepted the invitation to lead the Notes of Joy festival - hoping to help make the same kind of opportunity available to other singers. Perhaps there is no-where better in the world to take our music than to Italy - the source of so much of our music and inspiration.

Traveling to Italy enables you to sing in glorious centuries-old cathedrals, see magnificent frescos by Michelangelo, savor the aromas of authentic Italian food, and hear the Italian language spoken - the operatic language of so many Verdi, Puccini and Mozart operas.

Join me in creating music and memories that will stay with you for a lifetime

Gregory Gentry




Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Choral Odyssey Greece June 2015 with Anna Hamre

KIconcerts' Choral Odyssey Greece June 2015 with Anna Hamre

An invitation to Choral Odyssey Greece!


Join us on our choral odyssey to the land of Homer and Euripides. Explore the land of Zeus, Apollo, and the other Olympian gods. View the structural perfection that defines the Parthenon. Imagine the ancient Colossus presiding over the harbor at Rhodes.

Greece is the culture that formed our understandings of democracy and our notions of civilization. Enjoy the beauty and cuisine of the Mediterranean while we explore the city of Plato and Aristotle. As we visit Delphi, recall the troubled warriors who journeyed there to consult the oracles. Wander with us as we evoke the words of the great Socrates, who said, “Wisdom begins in wonder.”

Artists remember that Greece is the home of the Muses: writers continually search for their muses, travelers visit museums, and those with free time amuse themselves. We will make music in the land of Orpheus!

Join us in Athens and on the Greek Islands Cruise in June, 2015!


Anna Hamre



Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Sing Austria Choral Festival June 2015 - with Karen Kennedy

An invitation to Austria


Please consider joining me for an incredible musical and cultural experience in Vienna, the European ‘cradle of culture’!

The history of the choral art form is replete with contributions from Austrian artists, including Mozart, Mahler, Haydn, and so many more. To sing the works of the great composers in the places in which they were originally performed is an unforgettable experience—one that will forever impact the way we interpret these masters’ musical legacies.

In addition to being transported musically, we will enter a world where old-world charm can be found on every street corner - in the cathedrals, shops, and museums of Austria. The cultural exchange between American singers and Austrian musicians brings a palpable energy, both on and off stage, and the best way to experience it fully is to engage on an artistic and personal level.

I look forward to the possibility of working with you and your singers to create a top-flight experience. Until we meet ...

Alles Gute! (All the Best!)

Karen Kennedy

Friday, September 20, 2013

France Choral Festival June 2015 - an invitation from Mary Breden

Singing in Paris ♪ Versailles ♪ Normandy

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KIconcerts: France Choral Festival June 2013 with Mary Breden
Touring and performing in the great cities of Europe creates wonderful lasting memories.

I would be delighted to have you join me in an incredible singing opportunity as we explore the sights of Paris, the magnificent City of Lights, as well as the charming town of Versailles, home of the famous palace of the French royalty.

We will present festive concerts in both Paris and Versailles. Hearts will be moved as we travel to Normandy to visit Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery overlooking the English Channel. Here we will remember and honor our fallen World War II heroes in a moving musical tribute.

A visit to Europe is incomplete without a visit to France.

How exciting it will be to share this visit with you!

- Mary Breden

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Rollo Dilworth invites you to sing in the Ireland Choral Festival - June/July 2015

Let’s sing together in Ireland in 2015!

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KIconcerts' Rollo Dilworth Ireland Choral Festival 2015I wanted to let you know I’ve chosen Ireland as the location of my 2015 international festival. It is a land of magic, whimsy and history - a place that celebrates culture as an integral part of the spirit of its society.

Consider joining me as we meet and perform for the people of Dublin and Belfast. We will immerse ourselves in their culture and share the music of both lands in our gala and individual concerts.

International festivals of this nature are wonderful ways for singers to take the world stage, sing in grander combined festival choir venues and present their own choir’s gifts and talents.

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I look forward to working with you as we join leprechauns searching for a four leaf clover

Rollo Dilworth


Friday, September 6, 2013

2015 international choir concert touring updates


KI is proud to launch its 2015 programs! 

CUSTOM TOURS


All of our favorite destinations in Europe, Asia and the Americas are featured in 2015. There is renewed interest in Greece and Northern Ireland as well as Peru and Argentina (tour in the footsteps of Pope Francis). Don’t forget the extraordinary India and that Australia is becoming more affordable through exchange rate changes.
 

CHOIR FESTIVALS


KI is so honored to have many of our beloved festival leaders return in 2015: Leck Italy, Stroope Barcelona, Breden France, Kennedy Austria, Dilworth Ireland, Hamre Greece. We proudly present Conlon in Monteverdi's Mantua & Venice and introduce Gentry in Italy.

Our festivals are staged to encourage
  • individual performances
  • custom touring/performances (pre or post)
  • the participation of fully balanced choirs or groups of singers and their directors if the full choir cannot tour.

Some hallmarks of KI touring include: individual billing at no extra cost, breathtaking venues, warm appreciative audiences, head office support all the way through till the tour’s conclusion, sensational local tour managers and touring/bussing/accommodation/food that is inviting, comfortable and safe!

We look forward to discussing these and other options.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Z. Randall Stroope invites you to sing in Barcelona - 2014/15 New Year's Choir Festival

Join me for a once in a lifetime event to one of the world’s leading tourist, entertainment and cultural cities – BARCELONA, SPAIN. The timing is perfect – over New Year’s 2014! Barcelona enjoys a temperate climate, some of the most striking architecture in the world, breathtaking venues and a population that loves music and culture.

This festival is a chance for full choirs, or parts thereof, to combine for a gala concert which I am honored to be conducting. Of course, individual venues and performances can also easily be arranged. I will enjoy the chance to present some of my music, to work with your choirs, and hear you in concert.

Great location! Great time of year! Great venues!

I hope to see you there!

Z. Randall Stroope
Artistic Director & Conductor

Contact my friends at KIconcerts for tour details.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Arrangements confirmed for Frank Ticheli's 2014 London Festival

The Directors of the Los Gatos High School band and choir inspected facilities for my 2014 UK Festival with Oliver Scofield from KI in July.

They were as impressed as we are with the London Gala Concert venue Central Westminster Hall as well as the Royal Hall in Harrogate. The Director noted in his report:

  • Just about every aspect of the inspection exceeded my expectation.
  • The Performance Venues. - Outstanding!
  • The first place we toured was the Central Hall Westminster. The pictures we've seen do not really do it justice. It is a beautiful hall and located in an absolutely amazing location. It is literally across the street from Westminster Abby and just steps away from Big Ben, the houses of parliament, and several other London icons. The performance hall is beautiful and perfect for our type of performance.
  • Finally, we toured the "Royal Hall" in Harrogate. This was stunning. Again, the pictures don't do it justice.
I wanted to write now as you are coming back for the academic year to remind you that festivals are an ideal setting if your full band is not able to attend. We welcome groups of musicians from bands and their Directors. A group can be 20 or more made up of musicians and accompanying passengers.

This is going to be a wonderful musical and cultural experience.

Let Oliver at KIconcerts know if you have students interested in attending

Looking forward to exploring England with you all

Friday, May 24, 2013

Join Frank Ticheli in London – bands/choirs & smaller groups of musicians also welcomed in the 2014 Festival

I am excited to let you know my London/Harrogate International Festival in 2014 is welcoming full bands and choirs as well as smaller groups of instrumentalists and singers if your full ensemble cannot join us.

We depart North America on June 22, with our London Gala concert scheduled for the amazing Central Westminster Hall on June 26 (TBD - check out the virtual tour). Our Harrogate Gala concert on June 29 is the curtain raiser for the 2014 Harrogate International Festival! In between our great British touring and Festival Ensemble rehearsals there are opportunities for individual and shared concerts.

It would be terrific if you might consider joining me for this great musical and cultural experience. The last two international festivals with KIconcerts were tremendous successes – the Sydney Opera House in 2008 where we premiered Angels in the Architecture commissioned by KI and in 2011 in Italy where the finale performance of Vesuvius in an ancient cloister was a triumph!

Feel free to be in touch with me about musical questions and with KIconcerts about the touring aspects.

Cheers


Frank



Thursday, May 16, 2013

Sing Mass at St Peter's Basilica & Vivaldi's Gloria in Rome with Dr. Eric Stark

KIconcerts Vivaldi's Gloria Choir Festival, Rome 2014 with Eric Stark

I wish to introduce you to the 2014 Chamber Choir Festival in Rome, Italy, featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s exuberant “Gloria” for orchestra and chorus! Our festival brings together one of the greatest works ever in one of the world’s most magnificent cities for a cultural and performance experience second to none. I look forward to sharing this unforgettable opportunity with you and your singers!

See below for more information and feel free to be in contact with me regarding the music and with KIconcerts for touring information.

I look forward to seeing you in Rome!

Eric Stark
Artistic Director, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir Professor of Music
and Director of Graduate Studies, Butler University

  

Chamber choirs are especially welcome. Often, the opportunity to sing a major work for chorus and orchestra is only available to large groups. However, we know that some of the very best choruses are smaller, often numbering 60 or less.

We hope our festival, culminating in June 2014, in one of the world’s most culturally and history rich cities, Rome, can be an exciting part of your 2013-2014 programming. Working on this amazing repertoire, perhaps even performing it at home with your own ensembles, will reward your singers with the wonderful exposure to the majestic sounds of voices combined with instruments, in one of the most timeless and thrilling works of all time.


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Z. Randall Stroope invites you to sing in Barcelona - 2014/15 New Year's Festival

Dear Friends

Join me for a once in a lifetime event to one of the world’s leading tourist, entertainment and cultural cities – BARCELONA, SPAIN. The timing is perfect – over New Year’s 2014! Barcelona enjoys a temperate climate, some of the most striking architecture in the world, breathtaking venues and a population that loves music and culture.

This festival is a chance for full choirs, or parts thereof, to combine for a gala concert which I am honored to be conducting. Of course, individual venues and performances can also easily be arranged. I will enjoy the chance to present some of my music, to work with your choirs, and hear you in concert.

Great location! Great time of year! Great venues!

I hope to see you there!

Z. Randall Stroope
Artistic Director & Conductor

Contact my friends at KIconcerts for tour details.


Monday, April 29, 2013

Band custom concert tours and 2014/15 festivals

Let's talk about your 2014 and 2015 touring plans.
 
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FESTIVALS
If you are thinking of a festival setting remember these great opportunities
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| April 14 | France
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Perform Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna in the Sydney Opera House with Dr. Heather J. Buchanan - July 2014


“This meditative and deeply moving celebration of illumination in all its meanings - spiritual, intellectual, artistic - has enthralled singers and audiences throughout the world since its premiere in 1997.

Based on timeless texts from the Latin liturgy, the Lux Aeterna reminds us of those things that ennoble us and give us solace and strength as we experience both sorrow and joy.

Come join Voices Across the Pacific for the unforgettable experience of performing this acclaimed choral cycle with Maestra Buchanan in Australia!”



Composer Morten Lauridsen and Voices Across the Pacific invite you to come sing his radiant Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light) in the Sydney Opera House led by distinguished conductor Heather J. Buchanan.

Sydney Opera House Performance
Brisbane Performance
Individual & Shared Concerts

Monday, March 25, 2013

Join Hilary Apfelstadt in Ireland

IRELAND CHOIR FESTIVAL

in Dublin & Belfast - June/July 2014

  • Combined rehearsals and gala concert
  • Individual concerts
  • Cultural immersion
  • Tour Dublin and discover Belfast
  • Experience the talent and experience of Hilary Apfelstadt
    Concurrent band festival led by Gillian MacKay
Your full ensemble, or 20+ interested performers and accompanying passengers, are welcome. (1 complimentary package for every 20) 

Join us for a uniquely Irish musical experience in the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland.

Hilary Apfelstadt 

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Frank Ticheli London Festival ♪ New 2014 dates

The KIconcerts team has announced new dates for my London/Harrogate International Festival in 2014.

We are traveling a week earlier which I know suits many ensembles better. We will now depart North America on June 22, with our London Gala concert scheduled for the Central Westminster Hall on June 26 (TBD - check out the virtual tour) and our final gala concert in Harrogate on June 29 as the curtain raiser for the 2014 Harrogate International Festival. In between the combined events will be opportunities for individual and shared concerts and of course lots of the great sightseeing that England is rightly famous for.

I hope that you can consider joining me for this great musical and cultural experience. The last two international festivals with KIconcerts were tremendous successes – the Sydney Opera House in 2008 where we premiered Angels in the Architecture commissioned by KI and in 2011 in Italy where the finale performance of Vesuvius brought the house (cloister) down!

Feel free to be in touch about musical questions and with KIconcerts about the touring aspects.

Cheers
 
 




Frank

Friday, February 8, 2013

An invitation from Joshua Habermann: Italy 2014

Rome, Italy - St Peter's Basilica
I’d like to invite you to consider joining the Passion of Italy Festival I am leading in summer 2014. The festival will bring together fine singers from around the U.S. to perform in Rome, a city steeped in ancient history, and home to such sights as the Colosseum, one of the architectural wonders of the world.

We invite full ensembles or groups of singers (and their friends) to join us. In addition to singing for mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and a combined gala concert, choirs will also have the opportunity to give individual concerts, and even to expand their tour to such cities as Florence or Venice.

I will craft a program that is especially suited to the American choirs that will form the festival choir, and acoustically tailored to the glorious spaces in which we will perform. I know this will be a joyous celebration of the power of singing together, and I invite you to be in contact with KIconcerts for more information.

I hope to have the opportunity to explore glorious Rome together with you!

Kind regards,

Joshua Habermann

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Berlin with John Dickson - June 2014

Berliner Dom
In June 2014 I will lead a choral festival in central Europe and invite you to consider joining me.

Our individual performances and gala concert will be staged at the Berlin Dom with other concert opportunities for those that seek them in Berlin and in Prague.

Perhaps the opportunity for international travel and music-making has shaped my life as a professional musician as much as any other experience. Seeing the world through other cultures and singing in some of the globe’s great venues are life-changing experiences, whatever your path in life.

Bring your full or touring choir if you can – or bring singers to join in the combined performances if the full choir is not able to come with us.

I hope you will consider singing with me while we explore Europe.

John Dickson


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Saturday, January 19, 2013

2014 Bavarian Youth Choral Festival

Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner, Haydn
Dear friends

My musical colleagues in Southern Germany have invited U.S. choirs to return to Bavaria for an outstanding youth choral symposium in June 2014.

The Bavarian Invitational Youth Choral Festival will again be hosted by the historic village of Altötting and singers from Maria Ward Schule. The symposium features the study and performance of works by the major composers of this culturally rich region - Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner and Haydn!

You are invited to join other U.S. High School, Collegiate and Community Choirs and scholars from the Hochshule für Musik und Theater München (University of Music and Performing Arts Munich) and the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg (the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg) as we immerse ourselves in the works and lives of these famed composers.

The visiting choirs and host choir will join with the festival orchestra to learn and perform a representative work from the repertory of each master. The festival will culminate in a gala concert in Altötting and feature tour extensions to the concert halls and churches where these pieces were originally performed!

I am pleased to share this invitation to Altötting…to Bavaria…and to the Bavarian Invitational Youth Choral Festival with you.


Dr. Kevin Meidl

The Bavarian Invitational Youth Choral Festival was created in 2008 as a choral symposium for American conductors interested in a distinctive experience for their singers…one that is able to provide a deeper exploration of Europe’s foremost composers. Alötting is ideally located to host the festival as it rests directly between Munich, Passau and Salzburg…and is only a short drive to such major destinations as Prague, Budapest and Vienna. Altötting is home to the renowned Gnadenkapelle (Chapel of Grace- the most visited shrine in Germany) and the final resting place for the heart of each Bavarian king including “mad” King Ludwig II.



Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Craig Hella Johnson – Barcelona Festival – from December 27, 2013

KIconcerts: Barcelona, Spain - Park Güell
Park Güell, Barcelona

Año Nuevo Festival in Barcelona

December 27, 2013 to January 4, 2014
with Craig Hella Johnson
  • Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Spain
  • Combined rehearsals and gala concert
  • Individual concerts
  • Cultural touring
  • Explore the city of Columbus and Gaudi in Catalonia’s capital city
  • Work with the immensely talented Craig Hella Johnson
We welcome your full ensemble or 20+ interested performers and accompanying passengers (1 complimentary package for every 20).

This is a truly unique experience in a city of compelling culture with one of America’s great conductors.

Join us

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Friday, January 4, 2013

♫ World Choir Games – Riga, July 2014

Riga, Latvia - Central Square

A number of our ensembles have asked for information about a concert tour that incorporated the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga next year.


We have created a concert program with Tallinn and Helsinki or St Petersburg as pre/post festival options.

Riga has been declared the 2014 European Capital of Culture in recognition of its rich and long unique cultural history.

Join us in Northern Europe for concert tours featuring the 2014 World Choir Games.
 

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