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All Things Performance Tours & Travel

January 11, 2013     Tori Cook

Live in Musical Tours vs. Motion Pictures Follow-Up

Photo courtesy of the New York Daily News

I wanted to follow-up on my previous blog post regarding live entertainment versus motion pictures.

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December 21, 2012     Sabrina Nikolov

Holiday Performance Tours

The true spirit of Christmas

The holidays always tend to remind me of the Christmas seasons that I spent in Europe.

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December 14, 2012     Chris Keeling

Trying to Teach Music For the First Time

 

My friend recently asked me to teach him the piano.  I have been playing music most of my life, but I have never tried to teach someone how to play.

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December 5, 2012     Tori Cook

A Great Choir Concert with Perkins School for the Blind!

The Chamber Choir at Perkins

Each year my choir, Chorus pro Musica, performs a joint concert with the chamber choir at the Perkins School for the Blind in Water…

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November 19, 2012     Rebecca Ray

A Musical Memoir: The Importance of College Music Tours

With the holidays approaching, memories are flooding my head and are taking me back to the most memorable seasonal performances in which I have performed.

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November 15, 2012     Tori Cook

Live Entertainment in Musical Tours vs. Motion Pictures

In the early 2000’s we were seeing the reemergence of musicals turned motion pictures.

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November 14, 2012     James Knapp

One Fine Day and a Choir Tour to Europe!

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Madame Butterfly was the season opener for the Boston Lyric Opera.

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November 6, 2012     Chris Keeling

My First Experience Performing Music Overseas

(Photo Credit: Kanazawa)

I just wanted to share the first time I was able to perform overseas, and why I can’t wait to get back.  I went to visit my brother who lives in Japan.

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November 2, 2012     Sabrina Nikolov

The Music of Chopin & Debussy: A World of Colors

     Last night I had the pleasure of attending a beautiful piano performance at the French Cultural Center in Boston.

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