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.
 
CUSTOM TOURS
Stunning classical and trailblazing performance tour destinations
Italy
| UK/Ireland | Spain | Central Europe  | France | Northern Europe
China | Australia/New Zealand  | South Africa | Closer to Home
South America | Greece  | Croatia/Slovenia | India

FESTIVALS
If you are thinking of a festival setting remember these great opportunities
Glenn D. Price
| April 14 | France
Frank Ticheli | June 2014 | England
Gillian MacKay | June/July 2014 | Ireland
Matthew George | June 2014 | Costa Rica
Matthew George | June 2015 | Costa Rica
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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
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