10 reasons to choose Great Britain for your 2019/2020 concert tour destination

10 reasons GREAT BRITAIN should be your 
 2019/20 concert tour destination

1. See the iconic sights including: Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Big Ben
2. Join Rollo Dilworth for a gala concert in London and as part of the Harrogate International Festival in England’s North | June 29 – July 7, 2019
3. Be transported to the time of the Druids at Stonehenge
4. Walk through England’s ages – Bronze, Iron – the Celts, Romans, Saxons – the industrial revolution, the British Empire and the 2nd World War
5. Join the fun of Royal watching and congratulating England on the birth of the royal baby
6. Sing in venues that boast extraordinary history like Canterbury, Southwark, St. Paul’s, York, Bristol, St Martin-in-the Fields
7. Visit the Churchill War Rooms, ride the London Eye, sail the Thames
8. See the world through Shakespeare’s eyes: touring his Globe Theatre or visiting his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
9. Sip tea, wave the Union Jack, eat fish and chips and learn to speak British English
10. Feel the presence of Harry Potter at Kings Cross Station – Platform 9 3/4, in Oxford or at the Warner Bros. studios

These are just some of the reasons why Great Britain is one of our 10 most favored concert tour destinations – let us share our unique concert opportunities with you there!

10 reasons to perform in Canada - including Frank Ticheli's Toronto Festival 2019

10 reasons CANADA should be your 
 2019/20 concert tour destination

1. Familiar yet distinctive
2. Join Frank Ticheli's Toronto Festival, June 24-28, 2019
3. Enjoy short travel times and no jet lag
4. Individual concerts & the combined festival band concert
5. Affordable international travel
6. Toronto/Niagara Falls sightseeing
7. Exchange and collaboration opportunities
8. Montreal – a taste of Europe in North America
9. Hospitable, friendly and very welcoming
10. Vancouver/Whistler – on Canada’s Pacific West

These are just some of the reasons why Canada’s one of our 10 most favored concert tour destinations – let us share our unique concert opportunities with you there!

10 reasons to perform in Canada - including Leck/Poloz' Toronto Festival and Sharkova's Montreal Festival

10 reasons CANADA should be your 
 2019/20 concert tour destination

1. Familiar yet distinctive
2. Join Elena Sharkova’s Montreal Festival (SATB), June 16-20, 2019
3. Enjoy short travel times and no jet lag
4. Join Henry Leck & Zimfira Poloz’ Toronto Festival (treble voices), July 1-5, 2019
5. Affordable international travel
6. Toronto/Niagara Falls sightseeing
7. Exchange and collaboration opportunities
8. Montreal – a taste of Europe in North America
9. Hospitable, friendly and very welcoming
10. Vancouver/Whistler – on Canada’s Pacific West

These are just some of the reasons why Canada’s one of our 10 most favored concert tour destinations – let us share our unique concert opportunities with you there!

10 Reasons to choose COSTA RICA as your 2019 & 2020 concert tour destination

Join the performance adventure that 
 awaits you in COSTA RICA

1. Beautiful flora/fauna/vistas!!!
2. Affordable
3. Join the choir festival in May 2019 – Dr. Ian Loeppky with orchestral accompaniment and local musicians
4. No jet lag
5. Explore famous volcanos, waterfalls, lush rain forests, pristine beaches
6. Friendly welcoming people
7. Get adventurous! Options for ziplining, horseback riding or river rafting
8. Closer to home
9. Perform with locals in venues grand and intimate with city and rural immersion opportunities
10. Learn about Costa Rica’s finest exports: coffee & tropical fruits!

Share your ensemble’s musical talent & be adventurous with us in Costa Rica!

Join Michael McGlynn, Anúna singers and Henry Leck in Dublin for the June 2019 Choir Festival

I am pleased to announce the 2019 Choral Festival in Ireland will be co-conducted by Michael McGlynn and me. KIconcerts’ Oliver Scofield and I are just back from a meeting with Michael in Dublin at which he also accepted a commission to write a new piece for the Ireland Festival Combined Choir to premiere on June 28 in Dublin!

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The world premiere piece is being titled

“The Song of the Blackbird”

McGlynn proposes a simple text based on the ancient story of the Blackbird representing the voice of the natural world, with a song so pure and simple that it transcends the sound even of the monk's singing at prayer, or the matin bell.

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Michael McGlynn is one of Ireland’s finest contemporary composers and the choir he founded, Anúna, is one of the leading choral voices of Ireland. In addition to “The Song of the Blackbird” we will sing three other McGlynn pieces – “Dúlamán”, “Jerusalem” and “An Oíche” along with American repertoire I will select. I wonder if there is anything to compare with your singers working with a renowned composer to bring their new choral creation to life?

Is there another country as safe and comfortable that calls to us in the same way as does Ireland…its music, rolling hills, whimsical nature, shared ancestry, quaint towns, intense history, some of the most hospitable people you will ever meet not to mention the odd leprechaun and the elusive four leaf clover.

In addition to singing in the combined choir alongside Anúna Choristers, there is the opportunity for individual concerts, pre and post touring as well as a one-on-one workshop with singers from Anúna for those choirs registering early.

See you in Dublin!!!

Henry Leck
Co-conductor
KIconcerts Distinguished Music Advisor

Michael McGlynn/Anúna workshopping with 
Cherry Creek Girls’ 21/Adam Cave - March 2018

10 reasons to perform in China - including Eric Stark's 2019 Beijing/Hong Kong Festival

The TOP 10 REASONS you need consider China 

as your 2019 or 2020 concert tour destination

1. Become immersed in 5000 years of unique history
2. Savor the flavors and tastes of a distinctive cuisine
3. Sing in the 2019 Beijing/Hong Kong Choral Festival with Eric Stark - May 2019
4. Enjoy musical and cultural exchange with local singers
5. Climb (and sing at) the Great Wall of China - one of the “7 World Wonders”
6. Visit Shanghai seeing stunning tradition and modernity side by side
7. Tour Xian experiencing the thousands of breathtaking terra cotta warriors
8. Sing in venues such as the Forbidden City Concert Hall (tbd) for appreciative audiences
9. Tour Beijing’s Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven & take a historic rickshaw ride
10. Make new friends and create lifelong memories with the people of China!

These are just some of the reasons why China’s one of our 10 most favored concert tour destinations – let us share our unique concert opportunities with you there!