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Festivals
Encore is pleased to provide the following festival opportunities:
Featured Festival! Alta Pusteria - Italy (June 22-26, 2011)
Harrogate International Youth Festival of Performing Arts - Great Britain (April 22-28, 2011)
Crescent City Choral Festival (June 16-21, 2011)
BAires CANTA - Argentina (June 17-20, 2011)
11th World Choral Festival Vienna with the Vienna Boys’ Choir (June 2011)
Cantus Salisburgensis - Austria (July 7-11, 2011)
Check back with us again as we add more festivals! If you're interested in participating in a festival, please contact us.
Alta Pusteria (Featured Festival!)
June 22-26, 2011
Val Pusteria, Italy
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The Alta Pusteria International Choir Festival is a non-competitive musical event that takes center stage in the 11 towns of the Val Pusteria region of Italy. Since 1998, nearly 800 choirs and 30,000 singers have performed at the renowned festival. The musical event includes 40 indoor venues and open air exhibitions. Ensembles will have the opportunity to perform in churches, concert halls, Alpine huts, pavilions, castles, historical centers of the valley, and town squares. Indoor concerts will have two to four choirs perform and outdoor concerts will have five to eight choirs perform.
The festival also includes Meeting Days, which are the concert highlights of the festival. Meeting Days are scheduled in the biggest venues in the valley, and each meeting day allows eight to twelve choirs to perform to large, enthusiastic audiences. Choirs are grouped together depending on their genre or section. Sections include:
- Sacred or religious repertoire
- Cultivated secular polyphony
- Folk choral music
- Opera singing
- Spiritual, Gospel, Jazz
- Original choral arrangements
Ensembles will get the opportunity to meet and mingle with other international choir groups during the festival's three feasts. On Friday, all choirs are invited to the Big Tyrolese Feast, an all-day event that takes place in Villabassa, a popular resort town in northern Italy. On Saturday, you'll have the opportunity to join other costumed ensembles in the Choir's Parade in San Candido and perform a masse concert. Lastly, you'll partake in the closing ceremony or Festa dell’Arrivederci in Sesto. To learn more about this festival, visit www.festivalpusteria.org.
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CHECK OUT THESE SAMPLE ITINERARIES. CONTACT ENCORE TOURS TO CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM TOUR:
- Alta Pusteria International Choir Festival and Salzburg - 8 days
- Alta Pusteria International Choir Festival with Venice, Salzburg and Vienna - 10 days
- Alta Pusteria International Choir Festival with Salzburg, Venice, Florence and Rome -
12 days
If you're interested in participating in Alta Pusteria or if you'd like to start a conversation about the festival, please contact Encore at 1-877-460-3801 or encoretours@acis.com.
Harrogate International Youth Festival of Performing Arts
April 22-28 , 2011
Harrogate, Yorkshire (Great Britain)
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The Harrogate International Youth Festival of Performing Arts has welcomed young musicians and ensembles from around the world for over three decades. More than 20,000 participants have shared performances with both international ensembles and appreciative audiences to create lifelong memories and experiences.
The Festival takes place annually each Easter and is recognized as a leading event in the international musical calendar. The Festival features prestigious venues situated in the historic spa town of Harrogate. Outstanding performance opportunities include the16th century Ripon Cathedral, Harewood House—home to the Queen’s cousin—and the splendid 19th Century Royal Hall.
A highlight of the Festival experience is the opportunity to perform as part of a massed choir, or massed band, while international guest conductors and optional workshops enhance the musical experience.
CHECK OUT THESE SAMPLE ITINERARIES. CONTACT ENCORE TOURS TO CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM TOUR:
- Harrogate International Youth Festival with London - 9 days
- Harrogate International Youth Festival with London and Edinburgh - 11 days
If you're interested in participating in the Harrogate International Youth Festival or if you'd like to start a conversation about the festival, please contact Encore at 1-877-460-3801 or encoretours@acis.com.
Crescent City Choral Festival
June 16-21, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana
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The festival offers young singers the opportunity to work with native New Orleans conductor Cheryl Dupont and a guest conductor and sing with other choirs in one of America’s most historic cities.
The final performance will take place at the nationally renowned St Louis Cathedral, located in the heart of the French Quarter. This festival is noncompetitive and focuses on the sharing of music making for youth.
Participating ensembles will enjoy individual and festival chorus performing opportunities. Join in for this life-changing experience as you join together through singing! Call 1-877-460-3801 for more information or encoretours@acis.com.
Day 1: Welcome Reception
New Orleans welcomes you as you arrive in this unique American city. After settling into your hotel you will have your first rehearsal of the festival. Late afternoon activities include a walking tour of the French Quarter. This evening is free to further explore and experience some of the culinary gems of Nawlins’!
Day 2: City Sightseeing and Rehearsal
After breakfast, start the day off with your second massed choir rehearsal. The afternoon is free for further exploration. Your activities could include a visit to the Aquarium of the Americas or the zoo. Round out the day by discovering one of the many beautiful parks or listening to live street jazz.
Day 3: Cajun Dancing and Rehearsal
After breakfast, join the other choirs for your morning rehearsal. During your free afternoon choose to take the St. Charles Streetcar through the Garden District or spend time in Jackson Square watching street performers and artist create their work. Tonight dinner and Cajun dancing is included at Michaul’s.
Day 4: St. Louis Cathedral Festival Concert
Enjoy breakfast before spending the morning exploring the Riverwalk. In the afternoon enjoy your final rehearsal at St. Louis Cathedral before your grand finale performance. After the concert celebrate your trip aboard a riverboat dinner cruise where you are able to bid farewell to the many new friends you’ve met.
Day 5: Departure
Set off on your return journey or decide to lengthen your stay with an additional night in New Orleans. Optional trips could include Louisiana Swamp Tours to see alligators and other wildlife, or an excursion to the capital city of Baton Rouge just to name a few. Call us at 877-460-3801 for additional touring ideas!
BAires CANTA
June 17-20, 2011
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Participate in a cultural exchange of international choral music throughout Buenos Aires as part of FUNDECUA´s (Foundation for Development, Culture, and Art) Bicentennial Concert season. Perform in magnificent Luna Park Stadium—a 6,000 seat arena and popular venue for world-class artists—collaborate with other choral groups from around the world, and partake in the beauty that surrounds Buenos Aires.
This festival is arranged under the direction of Grammy-award winning Andrea Merenzon. She is currently the General Director of the International Music Festival of Buenos Aires, which features renowned international professors, and the International Youth Orchestras Festival, which gathers 50 Youth Orchestras every year.
On Saturday and Sunday evenings, there will be simultaneous joint concerts at a variety of churches and concert venues throughout Buenos Aires. At each ‘friendship concert’ there will be no more than three festival choirs performing, allowing each choir the opportunity to sing for 30/40 minutes from your own repertoire. Some of the most beautiful churches of South America will host the joint concerts. Their beautiful décor, great acoustics and friendly audiences will make for a spectacular choral performance.
If you're interested in participating in BAires CANTA or would like to start a conversation about the festival, please contact Encore at 1-877-460-3801 or encoretours@acis.com.
Day 1 : Welcome Reception
Buenos Aires welcomes you as you arrive in this vibrant, elegant city—sometimes referred to as the Paris of South America. Today there is a Welcome Reception and Opening Concert for you to meet and greet other participating choral ensembles from around the world.
Day 2 : Sightseeing and Performance
This morning enjoy breakfast at your hotel before a sightseeing tour of Buenos Aires. The afternoon is yours to explore the city. Tonight, partake in a joint concert at one of the city's spectacular venues.
Day 3 : Camaraderie Lunch and Performance
After breakfast at your hotel, the morning is yours to sightsee, shop, or simply relax.
Join other performance groups this afternoon for a Camaraderie Lunch. This evening you will perform in a joint concert.
Day 4 : Master Class
This morning is a Master Class
with a local, renowned professor. The rest of the day is dedicated to a rehearsal and performance at Luna Park Stadium followed by an all-choir concert.
Day 5 : Departure or Continue Your Tour
Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the USA. This tour can be lengthened to add custom performances in Mar del Plata, La Plata, Rosario, Córdoba, Mendoza and/or Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay).
11th Annual 11th World Choral Festival Vienna with the Vienna Boys’ Choir
June, 2011
Vienna, Austria
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This festival was started in the year 2000 and takes place in the world’s most famous concert hall, the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. This venue is known worldwide as the annual New Year’s Eve concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. This festival offers the opportunity to perform individually and to appear with the world famous Vienna Boys’ Choir. You will rehearse with them daily under the direction of Martin Schebesta.
This prestigious festival is attended by musical ensembles from Asia, the United States, South America, Britain and throughout Europe, using the power of music to be ambassadors of global harmony.
If you're interested in participating in this once in a lifetime opportunity, please contact Encore at 1-877-460-3801 or encoretours@acis.com.
Day 1: Rehearsal at the Palais Augarten-Home of the Vienna Boys’ Choir
Welcome to Vienna! Today begin your musical journey with a combined rehearsal with the Vienna Boys’ Choir under the direction of Martin Schebesta. After lunch, you will have an opportunity to rehearse your ensemble for the following evening’s Gala Concert. This evening is free to enjoy all the highlight of this magnificent European capital.
Day 2: Gala Concert
Following breakfast, dress rehearsal in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. Ensembles will have the opportunity to rehearse with the Vienna Boys’ Choir and a sound check for individual performances. After lunch, enjoy a walking tour of sights of Vienna’s most famous classical musicians and concert halls. This evening’s Gala Concert will be participating choirs and orchestras performing with Vienna Boys’ Choir under the direction of Martin Schebesta. Your group will also have the opportunity to perform individually for a vast audience. Following the concert, enjoy a Gala Dinner at City Hall.
Speak with your Encore Performance Tour Consultant for an expanded concert itinerary. Call us today at 877-460-3801.
Cantus Salisburgensis
July 7-11, 2011
Salzburg, Austria
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Celebrate music in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart with the Cantus Salisburgensis Summer Festival in July 2011. Perform at the city's most prestigious and awe-inspiring venues like the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Salzburg and gather with other musicians from around the world.
Salzburg is a city known worldwide for its musical heritage. It's the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of Austria’s greatest sons, and the home to many great masters of the classical era.
This festival is conducted under the direction of Professor Janos Czifra, Salzburg Cathedral’s music director, and is a wonderful opportunity to perform in breathtaking venues such as Salzburg’s Kollegienkirche, Collegiate Church and Salzburg Cathedral.
Participating ensembles will enjoy individual and en masse performing opportunities. Join us for this life-changing experience as we join together with other nations through music! Call 1-877-460-3801 for more information or encoretours@acis.com.
Day 1: Ecumenical Service / Collegiate Church
Austria welcomes you as you arrive in this musical city. After settling into your hotel, take time to relax from your travels or go exploring. This evening, each group is asked to prepare one piece for the opening ecumenical church service. After the service, enjoy a buffet-style meal at a local restaurant to get acquainted with the other musicians. Tonight, there is a meeting for Directors and Conductors to discuss the upcoming festival days.
Day 2: Concert of the Nations - Mozarteum Great Hall
After breakfast, the morning is yours to explore Salzburg. In the afternoon, you'll gather with other groups to rehearse for this evening's concert. Each group is asked to prepare a program of secular or folk music of not more than 12 minutes. Compulsory pieces will be sung by all the beginning and end of the concert.
Day 3: A Firework of Choral and Orchestra Music
Today, you will perform a 40-minute concert. Afterwards, you are free to listen to other groups perform. Dinner will be served at a local restaurant followed by a rehearsal for the Passion Sunday Mass under the direction of the music director for the Salzburg Cathedral, Professor Janos Czifra. Return to your hotel.
Day 4: High Mass Salzburg Cathedral
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then make your way to the Salzburg Cathedral where you'll have one last rehearsal before your performance. Today you'll perform pieces by Bach under the direction of Professor Janos Czifra. The afternoon is yours to explore. This evening, enjoy a Closing Ceremony, which includes a buffet and Austrian folk music and dancing. Groups are invited to perform one or two "fun" numbers of their choice.
Day 5 : Departure
Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the USA. This tour can be lengthened to add custom performances in Austria, Italy, Switzerland or Central Europe – call us today at 877-460-3801 for additional touring ideas!