Let’s sing together in Ireland in 2015!
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I 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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
