Choral Festivals & Workshops

When making your festival and competition arrangements to Interkultur and other festival events listed below, please support these sponsors as they generously support ACDA.

ACDA provides a free listing of summer choral festivals and workshops annually in the March issue of the Choral Journal. The deadline for the March issue is the 5th of January of every year and can be submitted by going to the "Contact Us" page and choosing the "Festival & Workshop Listing" from the drop-down menu.

This web site is an extension and expansion of that listing provided free to its members.

Choral events listed on this web site include:

• choral festivals
• conducting workshops
• conferences
• continuing education opportunities
• ACDA conventions

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June 2011

June 1 – 5, 2011
3rd Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Linz, Austria

Info: Anton Bruckner, one of the greatest composers of the late Romantic period, spent long years of his career as cathedral organist and composer at the St. Florian Monastery near Linz. His works belong to the most important produced during the Romantic period. In particular, his motets and masses are towering examples of Catholic Church music of the second half of the 19th century and belong to the standard repertoire of numerous choirs all over the world. The choir competition will take place at the Brucknerhaus, with the Bruckner Hall and the Chamber Music Hall (1400 and 350 seats, respectively) the first address in the cultural and concert life of the city of Linz, the Ursulinenkirche in the centre of town, Linz Cathedral and the St. Florian Monastery. The International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition is both an international choir competition with various categories of different levels of achievement for amateur choirs and presents itself at the same time as a Festival of Choral Music in which choirs from all over the world can give concerts and make the most of the atmosphere of this international event. The attraction of this event consists of performing at a competition for a grand prix as a basic artistic component on one hand, and the possibility of participation in the encounter and gala concerts at St. Florian, Linz Cathedral and the inner city of Linz on the other hand. Of course, the city of Linz has the attraction of its wide variety of event offerings and as the point of departure for tourist excursions to interesting places in Upper Austria and beyond.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

June 2-4 2011
Chattanooga Symposium on the History of Music Education
Sponsors: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Mississippi, and the Music Educators National Conference
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Information: Scholarly conference concerning any historical aspect of music teaching and learning, including choirs. For details, see: www.GCSU.edu/srig <http://www.GCSU.edu/srig> Deadline for papers is February 21, 2011.

Contact: William R. Lee, william-lee@utc.edu

June 2-6, 2011
2nd Badenia Music Festival
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Baden-Baden, Germany

Info: 2nd International festival of choirs and orchestras in Baden (Germany)

BADEN-BADEN – a charming town in the heart of the Black Forest. Ancient Romans were the first to value the hot springs of Baden-Baden, and in the late 19th century the town became the summer capital of Europe. Whoever arrives in this place can immediately experience its sophisticated atmosphere and enjoy the reassuring joie de vivre it offers. Its unique surroundings – the Black Forest – numerous villas belonging to the rich and beautiful, hot baths, the largest opera theater in Germany as well as the spa house and the famous casino – they all exude the atmosphere of an
international resort.

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com

June 2-6, 2011
Harmonie Festival
Sponsor: Federal Republic of Germany

Info: The HARMONIE FESTIVAL, with its international choir and folklore events and competitions, is considered as one of the most outstanding music festivals in the world. In 2005, more than 230 choirs and folklore groups representing 46 countries came to the fifth HARMONIE FESTIVAL. Patron was the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gerhard Schröder. The Patron of the HARMONIE FESTIVAL 2011 is the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel. Artistic director of the HARMONIE FESTIVAL 2011 is Jan Schumacher. Honorary president is Jeroen Schrijner (former President of Europa Cantat).

Choirs can take part in 14 different categories. Their performances will be assessed by an international jury. Besides the HARMONIE Festival Prize, awarded to the choir with the highest score in each category, and various extra prizes for outstanding performances the Prize of the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Prize of the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany will be awarded in case. The international jury consist amongst others of the following members: Prof. Robert Sund (Sweden), Juergen Budday (Germany), Josep Prats (Spain), Prof. Theodora Pavlovitch (Bulgaria), Maris Sirmais (Latvija), Reijo Kekkonen (Finland).

Website: http://www.harmonie-festival.de

June 5th - 11th, 2011
Summer Choral Institute
Sponsor: Dr. Joshua Oppenheim and Dr. Julie Yu, Co-Directors of Choral Studies.
Location: Manhattan, Kansas

Information: For high school students. Every student accepted receives a full scholarship.

Contact Information: www.kstatechoirs.com

June 6-10, 2011
Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute at Georgia State University
Deanna Joseph, Director
Sponsor: Georgia State University
Location:
Fulton County Central Library Auditorium
One Margaret Mitchell Square 
Atlanta, GA 30303

Information:
"Mini-Masterworks"
High-quality literature appropriate for smaller choirs on a budget

Repertoire includes Beethoven's Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt and Opferlied, Schubert's Mass in B-flat, Haydn Te Deum in C, Lord Nelson Mass, and Little Organ Mass, and Mendelssohn's Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten. ASCI will also feature two reading sessions of octavos geared toward high school and church choral programs.

The Five-Day Institute will feature:
-Daily voice classes.
-Seminars on approaches to score study.
-Sessions on conducting gesture.
-Instruction on Alexander Technique for conductors.
-Daily podium time for every conductor with a professional choir.

-Slots available for both conductors and auditors.

Contact Name: Deanna Joseph
Contact Phone: 404-413-5939 (Email: djoseph@gsu.edu)
Website: http://www/cmp.music.gsu.edu/

June 8 -12, 2011
Swedish Summer Sing
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Smaland, Sweden

Revel in the endless daylight of Scandinavian summer as you visit Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, and the lush Southern Swedish province of Småland. Connect with other choirs from Scandinavia and around the world to celebrate midsummer and share your love of music.

Contact: Music Contact International
1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

June 9 - 12, 2011
Vermont International Choral Festival
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Stowe and Burlington Vermont USA

Info: Choirs have an opportunity to select from two great ways to participate in the Vermont International Choral Festival, The Massed Sing, under the direction of Mr. Robert De Cormier or The Concert Series.

Contact: Music Contact International 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

June 10 – 13, 2011
Festival Singers of Florida & Friends
Sponsor: Music Celebrations International
Location: New York City, New York

Info: The Festival Singers of Florida Festival Chorus is a program to provide singers with an opportunity to study the art of choral singing and to perform in a beautiful professional venue: Alice Tully Hall in New York City’s Lincoln Center. Participants will rehearse and perform prior to the festival with a professional-level mixed chorus and experience the excitement of "Engaging and Inspiring through Impassioned Singing," which is the mission of Festival Singers of Florida. The Festival Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Fenton and Dr. Craig Zamer, will perform several wonderful pieces, new and old, that support the theme of "Love and Romance."

Contact Name: Bill Bergeman
Contact Phone: 800.395.2036
Web site: www.musiccelebrations.com/festivals

June 10-15, 2011
12th International Chamber Choir Competition Merktoberdorf
Sponsor: Arbeits ge mein schaft Deutscher Chorverbände (ADC)
Location: Marktoberdorf, Germany

Info: The application information for the 12th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf is ready now!
We are waiting for the best choirs of the world!

The competition will take place in two categories
A    Mixed Choirs
B    Female Choirs

Deadline for application: October 15, 2010

Information and application form is available for download at www.modfestivals.org/iccc_ausschreibung_en.php

Contact Info:
Telefon: +49 (0) 8342 8964033 Telefax: +49 (0) 8342 40370 office@modfestivals.org www.modfestivals.org

June 11-15, 2011
Tuscany International Choir Festival
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Tuscany, Italy

Info: Choirs perform three concerts while participating in the festival; first at the Tettuccio Spa, then in the town’s main plaza, Piazza del Popolo, for a large local audience, and finally for a church congregation on Sunday morning. Between performances, choirs may visit the nearby towns of Florence, Pisa, or Lucca.

Contact: Music Contact International 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

June 11-20, 2011
ChorFreude International Music Festival
Sponsor: Incantato Tours; Charlotte International Cabinet; Ministery for Culture and Education
Location: German Baltic Coast; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Info: The Ministery of Culture and Education is rolling out the red carpet on the beautiful, historic, and musically rich German Baltic Coast in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Queen Charlotte’s coronation. You are invited to join other outstanding vocal ensembles to perform at this groundbreaking event. Invitation from the Ministery of Culture, Education and Economics, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mr. Staatssekretär Udo Michallik: “The German Baltic Coast is not well known internationally, but a hidden treasure: Fairy-tale castles with beautiful gardens, medieval cathedrals and churches, and spectacular ocean boardwalk will not only impress you, but provide a stunning backdrop for unforgettable concerts. The Ministery of Culture, Education, and Economics Mecklenburg-Vorpommern supports the 2011 International Choral Festival celebrating the 250th anniversary of Queen Charlotte’s coronation, who was originally from Mecklenburg-Strelitz. I look forward to welcoming many choirs… to this unique cultural event in the home of Sophie Charlotte: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.”

ChorFreude is a word play on the German words for choir (chor), and joy (freude), with the inspiration drawn from another German term, Vorfreude which can be loosely translated as happy anticipation. ChorFreude is also the title for a new international choral festival that showcases an unknown gem of Germany—the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. You may have heard of the rich natural beauty and cultural, as well as historical significance of the Baltic Coast, but people rarely make the connection that there is also a German Baltic coast with a very strong music-making tradition. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV) State boasts hundreds of choirs and choral organizations, with many of them celebrating Germany’s heritage and traditions.

In the summer of 2011, MV is looking forward to hosting international choral groups for the very first time in quite unique settings. Venues range from ancient churches and haunted castles, to elaborately decorated palaces and stunning cathedrals - all with wonderful acoustics and appreciative audiences that can’t wait to embrace singers from the new world. ChorFreude is an initiative that was born to reach out and start a friendship between musicians from both sides of the big pond. Supported by the MV State Ministery of Culture and Education, as well as the local tourism boards, ChorFreude2011 offers unique opportunities to connect through the universal language of music. Venues which are normally closed to performing groups or only available to professional ensembles will become available, such as the former residence of Queen Charlotte in the beautiful village of Mirow. Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg, consort of King George III, devoted much of her powers to the advancement of music in the kingdom. As a connoisseur and enthusiast of the great George Frideric Handel, Queen Charlotte displayed an avid interest in all German artists and composers. She often commissioned a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to perform for the royal court, and even employed the son of Johann Sebastian Bach as her personal music master. The ChorFreude International Music Festival honors the 250th anniversary of Queen Charlotte’s coronation, celebrating the legacy of one of Germany’s most dedicated musical advocates.  ChorFreude features •   Featured performances at magnificent venues such as the Schwerin Cathedral, the Landestheater, and Konzertkirche. •      Opportunities for exchanges with fellow musicians, German schools, and performing ensembles. • Participation at the official grand re-opening celebration of the Castle Mirow where Queen Charlotte was raised.  •       Personalized itinerary with various sightseeing options, such as a visit to the historic Schwerin Castle, swimming in the Baltic Sea, and a traditional Float Tour in the town of Neustrelitz.

Incantato Tours offers unique travel packages to accommodate the special needs of all festival attendees.
All packages include:
•       International economy-class round-trip airfare
•       Participation in the ChorFreude Festival (rehearsals, concerts, receptions, party)
•       Professional concert management and marketing
•       Bi-lingual tour manager and transportation
•       Educational and entertaining sightseeing with entrance fees to major sights

Contact Name: Courtney Williams; Sandra Weinacht
Contact Phone: 704.820.6223
Web site: http://chorfreude2011.blogspot.com/ ; http://www.incantatotours.com

June 13, 2011
National Children’s Choir Series at Lincoln Center
Sponsor: Manhattan Concert Productions
Location: Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Info:
Rehearse and perform with other children’s choirs from around the country
Emily Ellsworth, Conductor

Website: http://manhattanconcertproductions.com/public/performances/performanceseries/index.aspx#childrens 

June 14-20, 2011
Passion of Italy – St. Peter’s Basilica
(Rome with extensions of Venice and Florence)
Sponsor: KIconcerts
Location: Rome (or Venice, Florence, and Rome)

Info: Sing Mass in the glorious St. Peter’s Basilica led by Anna Hamre and Hilary Apfelstadt and perform individual concerts as well as in their combined gala concert. Experience ancient Rome with marvels that include the monumental Colosseum and the breathtaking Sistine Chapel. Consider extensions to the Italian cities of Venice, “The City of Water,” and Florence, “The Cradle of the Renaissance.”

Contact Name: Oliver Scofield
Contact Phone: 719-260-0200
Email: Info@KIconcerts.com
Web site: http://www.kiconcerts.com/choral/events/?id=123

June 15–21, 2011
Berlin with Z. Randall Stroope
Sponsor:  KIconcerts
Location:  Berlin, Germany (with extension opportunities to Desden, Prague, and Vienna)

Info:  Perform in a festival led by Z. Randall Stroope at the spectacular Berliner Dom (tbd) and immerse yourself in the culture and music of the historic cities of Berlin and Leipzig.  Enjoy individual concert opportunities and the option to extend your tour to Prague, Dresden, and Vienna.

Contact Name:  Oliver Scofield
Contact Phone:  719-260-0200
Email:  Info@KIconcerts.com
Website: http://www.kiconcerts.com/choral/events/?id=136

June 16 - 26, 2011
Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg & Game Park

Info: The Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival offers a one of a kind choral experience in dynamic settings like Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Soweto as well as a Scenic Game Park. Your choir will have the opportunity to perform with many excellent South African Choirs, as well as participate in workshops with famous Choral Conductors.  Multiple choirs in extraordinary venues and diverse and sizeable audiences. You will experience African rhythms, dancing, and their wonderful, unique singing.  This festival is different from our other festivals as it includes adult choirs, university choirs, as well as children’s and youth choirs, and if you take part in this festival your choir will have the opportunity to perform your own repertoire in several concerts, collaborating with excellent South African groups, each conducted by their own music director.  You will also have the opportunity to learn and perform brand new commissions by renowned South African composers.
http://classicalmovements.org/s_af.html

Future Dates:
2012: July 5 - 20
2013: July 4 - 19

Contact: Jayci Thomas, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: jayci@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

June 18th, 2011
Passion For Music Friendship Festival
Sponsor: Wens Travel, Netherlands
Location: Oberammergau, Bavaria. Germany

Info: On Saturday June 18, 2011 Wens Travel organizes for the third time the Passion for Music Friendship Festival, an international music festival in the Passion Play Theatre of Oberammergau. It is a non-competitive festival and is open to choral and instrumental ensembles. At our last festival, music groups from the United States, Germany, Austria, Hungary, South Africa, The Netherlands and Belgium came together to perform in a truly unique place! Each group gets the opportunity to perform for about 30 minutes. In the late afternoon all ensembles come together on stage for the so-called Grande Finale and perform Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. The festival comes to an end with a reception with drinks and snacks at the Ammergauer Haus. The festival will be led by a professional guest director. For this Friendship Festival no audition is needed. Marching bands can perform prior to the festival during the opening parade through the village. Upon request workshops and/or rehearsals take place on Friday June 17.

Contact Info: Wens Travel, Janneke Hoeberigs. Phone: 011 31 54 29 333. Email: festivals@wens.nl. Website: www.wens.nl

June 19, 2011
National High School Festival
Sponsor: American Federation Pueri Cantores
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Info:
Choirs participating in a regional festival will be given the first right of acceptance.
Dr. Paul Salamunovich, Conductor

Website: www.puericantores.com

June 23 – 26, 2011
Windy City Youth Choral Festival
Sponsor: Music Celebrations International
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Info: Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the third-annual Windy City Youth Choral Festival, June 23 - 26 2011. Treble-voice choirs are invited and selected based upon recommendation, and will join together to sing both individually – as well as en masse in one of America’s great concert halls – Orchestra Hall, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  The festival will be under the artistic direction of Dr. Lynne Gackle.

Contact Name: Luke Wiscombe
Contact Phone: 800.395.2036
Web site: www.musiccelebrations.com/festivals

June 23 - 26, 2011
Serenade! Washington, DC Choral Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Washington, DC

Info: As a participant of the Serenade! Washington, DC Choral Festival, youth and adult choirs will experience workshops with notable choral conductors, musical exchanges with festival choirs (many national and international choirs), concerts in prestigious venues all over the Washington, DC metro area and a chance for visiting choirs to explore the nation's capital, including sites such as the Smithsonian Museums, National Monuments, and the White House.
http://classicalmovements.org/dc.htm

Future Dates:
2012: June 28 – July 2
2013: June 27 – July 1

Contact Name: Yarina Conners, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: Yarina@classicalmovements.com
Web site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

June 23 - 27, 2011
Rome International Choral Festival
Location: Rome, Italy
Sponsor: Music Celebrations International

Music Celebrations is pleased to produce the 3rd annual Rome International Choral Festival under the direction of Dr. Z. Randall Stroope. The Festival Chorus will have the opportunity to participate and sing in a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Festival rehearsals and an additional performance will take place in Rome’s historic S. Maria Sopra Minerva, located near the Pantheon.

http://www.musiccelebrations.com/festivals/2011/rome_choral_festival.html

Contact info: info@musiccelebrations.com; www.musiccelebrations.com; 1-800-395-2036

June 26-July 1, 2011
University of Georgia Summer Choral Conducting Institute
Sponsor: The Hugh Hodgson School of Music and Dr. Daniel Bara
Location: The Hugh Hodgson School of Music at The University of Georgia - Athens, GA

Info:  The UGA Summer Choral Conducting Institute is an intensive, week-long series of seminars and master classes led by Dr. Daniel Bara that is geared for music educators, graduate-student conductors, church musicians, and other aspiring conductors who wish to grow as artists, teachers, musicians, and leaders.

Contact Name: Daniel Bara
Contact Phone: (706) 542-2797
Web site: www.music.uga.edu

June 29 – July 3, 2011
Mozart International Choral Festival
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Sponsor: Music Celebrations International

This spectacular four-day choral festival will culminate in a performance of Mozart's Mass in C "Coronation,” K.317, with accompaniment by full orchestra and European soloists in Salzburg’s historic Dom, under the artistic direction of Dr. Eph Ehly. In addition to the Festival performance, participating singers will also participate and sing in a Mass in the Dom.

http://www.musiccelebrations.com/festivals/2011/mozart_choral_festival.html

Contact info: info@musiccelebrations.com; www.musiccelebrations.com; 1-800-395-2036

July 2011

July 2011
Survey of LCI Practice: Studying Works of Art, Creating Curriculum, Exploring Imaginative Learning
Sponsor: Lincoln Center Institute
Location: Online

Information: A rigorous ten-week workshop that offers a complete introduction to Imaginative Learning: The Lincoln Center Institute practice.  Also available, is the Introduction to Lincoln Center Institute: Three Week Workshop, if you’re interested in learning about Lincoln Center Institute in a brief format. Graduate credit available.

Contact Information: www.lcinstitute.org

July 1 – 6, 2011
4th Musica Sacra a Roma
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Rome, Italy

Info: In the spirit of world peace the international choral and sacred music festival MUSICA SACRA A ROMA will again be held in the Italian capital. Lay choirs from all over the world focusing on sacred music are invited again to come to the eternal city in peace and friendship. In the tried-and-true tradition of competition performances and representative evening concerts in the magnificent churches of Rome, together with official events such as a Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral, for example, a festival is being organised which will further the comparison between choirs as well as making music together and spiritual encounters. And there’s the chance to experience Rome and the opportunity to witness the magic of the architectural, sculptural and painting master-pieces in St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums. Let the city enchant you, and enjoy the festival’s customised tourist services. The tours have plenty to offer any visitor, whether they already know Rome or are experiencing it for the first time.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

July 2-6, 2011
Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival
Sponsor: Presented by Via Musica
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: The annual Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival began in July 2007. Vienna’s global festival provides a platform for talented youth choirs, bands and orchestras to perform in Vienna’s magnificent Musikverein. In 2008, the Summa Cum Laude Festival program expanded to include both a Competition and Celebration. Where performing groups compete with their peers as well as the option to participate in the non-competitive “SCL Celebration.” The finalists perform in the Musikverein in Vienna, one of the world’s three finest concert halls. In addition, the Summa Cum Laude Festival offers all performing groups the opportunity to participate in workshops where the artists further develop their musical knowledge. Additional concerts take place where performing groups represent their home country and share its respective music with the Austrian public.

Contact Name: Bram Majtlis
Contact Phone: Toll free: 800-790-4682 - Phone: 404-240-0949
Email: bmajtlis@imtc-travel.com
Web site: http://www.sclfestival.org/
Festival Impressions: http://www.sclfestival.org/impressions.htm

July 3 – 16, 2011
Vocal Institute for High School Students
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, NJ

Info: Under the direction of Amanda Quist, an amazing young choral conductor and clinician, the two-week Vocal Institute draws more than 100 students from across the country and around the world.

• Focus on college-level choral singing of major choral works
• Daily voice classes with Westminster artist faculty Elem Eley, Tom Faracco, Julia Kemp,  Sharon Sweet and Elizabeth Sutton
• Audition to perform with the chamber choir or women’s choir
• Solo singing in music theater and performance classes
• Elective classes in Audition/Performance Techniques, Yoga, Choral Conducting, Music Theater, Music Theory, and Beginning Piano
• Perform in a voice class recital and the final choral concert at the Princeton University Chapel 

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Email: woce@rider.edu
Website: www.rider.edu/woce

July 3 - 24, 2011
SingDownunder, the New Zealand Schools Choral Festival
Location: New Zealand, Auckland and the South Island

Info: In Ackland 6 days including whole day Maori and Polynesian Choral Workshops, and a two day competition in the Holy Trinity Cathedral with immediate live feedback, massed choir rehearsal and perfomance, concert and recordings.  Subsequently touring and perfomances with local and other international choirs and groups in venues, some tiny, in the scenic South Island for 6 to 15 days.

Contact Name: Owen Sharpe
Contact Phone: +64211127077
Web site: www.singdownunder.com
Email: Owen@SingDownunder.com

Lilla Gábor, Director
In collaboration with:
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias

Info:
The program covers a wide range of repertoire, from Renaissance to the
20th century, with a special emphasis on Spanish and Latin-American choral
music. The theoretical and practical study of the works include stylistic
analysis as well as performance practice. In addition, the program
concentrates on the pedagogical aspects through  the practical realization
of Zoltán Kodály's principles in the context of choral music.
During the Summer Academy there will be a series of concerts offered by
distinguished artists and faculty members. Participants will also have the
opportunity to perform in concerts.
Faculty: Fernando Malvar-Ruiz (Spain)
Jeanette Massocchi (United Kingdom)
Dr. Sandra Mathias (USA)
Nauzet Mederos (Spain)
István Párkai (Hungary)
Dr. Marco Antonio da Silva Ramos (Brazil)
Lilla Gábor (Hungary)

Contact name: Lilla Gábor
E-mail: info@musicor.eu
Website: www.musicor.eu

July 5 – August 26 
Now Online!  Creative Practices in Choral Pedagogy
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location:  Online! via the Internet

Info: A perennial favorite course in the Westminster summer session, this course, now online, covers Dr. James Jordan’s unique and original approach to group vocal technique. Topics covered include the choral warm-up; specific techniques for teaching relaxation, alignment, inhalation and exhalation, support, opening the vocal tract, creating singing resonances, support and on-the-breath singing, leaps, crescendo/decrescendo, range extension, martellato, closed and open vowels, fundamentals of diction and conducing technique that supports the singing process. In total, these ideas empower singers of all ages and engage their musicianship in ways that are significant and meaningful.

Westminster Online, in conjunction with Westminster’s Office of Continuing Education, offers you an unprecedented opportunity to study with an expert faculty - with all the convenience and flexibility of online classes!  Our new Online Certificate in Critical Pedagogy for Music Education is ideal for busy music educators.  You can take classes whenever and wherever you like - and opt to take one, two, three or four classes.  While a four-part series of online graduate classes leads to a certificate in Critical Pedagogy for Music Education, students can take these courses for graduate credit and apply those credits toward a graduate program at Westminster.

$600 non-credit/$1,800 with 3 graduate credits

Contact Name: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Email: woce@rider.edu
Website: www.rider.edu/woce

July 6 – 10, 2011
7th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Wernigerode, Germany

Info: We cordially invite you to the International Johannes Brahms Choir Competition & Festival in Wernigerode. Since 1999 this INTERKULTUR event is a crowd-puller for choirs and music groups from all over the world. The man after whom the festival is named, Johannes Brahms, and the German Romantics of the 19th century, will be a focal point. This event offers interested choirs excellent opportunities to learn together and refine their specialist skills with coaching concerts and rehearsals with recognized international choral experts. We explicitly invite choirs and ensembles of all kinds who prefer not to take part in competition but like to give concerts in Wernigerode and other regional communities. The festival will provide ample opportunities for groups to perform their repertoires to an interested audience, whether they specialise in choral, orchestral or folk music. Wernigerode is a town with a very special flair. It is a gem of medieval architecture located on the foot of the low mountain range of the Harz. There is hardly any other town with so many magnificent semi-timbered houses – a feast for your eyes. And it is an excellent stage for the parade and opening ceremony and further open air events.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

July 7 – 10, 2011
29th International Choral Festival of Preveza – 17th International Choral Competition of Sacred Music
Sponsor: Choral Society “Armonia” of Preveza
Location: Preveza – Greece

Info: Open to all kind choirs. Competition for mixed, equal voices, children’s, chamber and youth choirs. The competitive programme must include: A piece of sacred music composed before 1800, a piece of sacred music composed between 1800 – 1950, a piece of sacred music composed after 1950, a folk song from the choir's country of origin and a compulsory piece which have been sent by the Artistic Committee of the Festival. Other events. Deadline for fill an application form: 1st April 2011.

Contact Name: Kosmas Koronaios, General Secretary
Contact Phone: 0030 2682 0 24915
Fax: 0030 2682 0 29852
Cell: 0030 6973 0 50626
E-mail: armonia4@otenet.gr, kkoroneo@otenet.gr
Web site: www.choralpreveza.gr

July 7-11, 2011
Celebrate Mozart In Vienna
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: The “Celebrate Mozart” Festival is intended not only to afford choirs an opportunity to perform together in St. Stephen’s, but also to help preserve this magnificent edifice that to locals and visitors alike signifies the ‘soul of the city’.
Contact: Music Contact International 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

July 7 - 11, 2011
Cantus Salisburgensis
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Salzburg, Austria

Info: Musicians from around the world come to Salzburg each year to perform massed sing selections under the direction of Salzburg Cathedral’s Music Director, János Czifra. The festival takes place each year in March and July.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

July 9-15, 2011
Crossroads Children’s Chorus Festival
Host Choir: West Tennessee Youth Chorus
Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Info: Prestigious classical children’s choir festival with a concert performance at the Grand Ole Opry House.  Stephen Hatfield will conduct the mass children’s choir and orchestra with a star-studded finale concert.  The Crossroads Children’s Chorus Festival, July 9-15, 2011, will be held at the luxurious Gaylord Opryland Resort.  There is nothing like it!  Meet us at the Crossroads as we explore the common roots of music!

Contact: Martha  Wright
Phone: 1-800-2-CROSSROADS
Email: info@CrossroadsChildrensChorusFestival.com
Website: <www.crossroadschildrenschorusfestival.com>

July 9-16, 2011
Le Chant des Oyseaux Summer Choral Workshop
Sponsor : Le Chant des Oyseaux
Location : Arradon (Brittany - France)

Info : Le Chant des Oyseaux offers a choral workshop with Franck Pellé-Rolland, choral conductor. The workshop is open to amateur choral singers aged 18 years and over with a good choral background.

Repertoire : Treasures of German music by Johann Kuhnau, Gottfried August Homilius, Felix Mendelssohn and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Free brochure available.

Contact name : Franck Pellé-Rolland, artistic director
Contact phone : +33 977 649 906
Web site : http://choral-workshops.monsite-orange.fr

July 10-16, 2011
Rutter’s Mass of the Children – Sydney Opera House
Sponsor: KIconcerts
Location: Sydney, Australia (with extensions to Melbourne, Gold Coast, Cairns or New Zealand)

Info: Join the North American Festival Chorus & Orchestra led by Eric Dale Knapp and the Festival Youth Chorus led by Stephen Roddy for a performance on a grand scale in the magnificent Sydney Opera House. See koalas and kangaroos while enjoying the landmarks of this beautiful harbor city. Possible extension tours include Melbourne, Gold Coast, Cairns and New Zealand.

Contact Name: Oliver Scofield
Contact Phone: 719-260-0200
Email: Info@KIconcerts.com
Web site: http://www.kiconcerts.com/choral/events/?id=134

July 10 – 22, 2011
Westminster’s Summer Choral Festival
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, NJ

Info: Westminster Choir College's Summer Choral Festival focuses on the study, preparation, and performance of major choral-orchestral masterworks.  Joe Miller, Director of Choral Activities at Westminster Choir College, continues the tradition of summer study and performance established by the legendary Robert Shaw.  Dr. Miller is joined by Associate Conductor, Dirk Garner, and Conducting Fellows Mitos Andaya, Amanda Quist, John Russell and Eugene Rogers to lead the two-week festival. 

Along with a focus on the choral-orchestral masterwork, festival participants benefit from sessions in pedagogy and performance practice, conducting master classes, and other activities of interest to singers, conductors, and educators. This program is designed to bring together a larger community of choral artists to study and sing together.  These engaging and inspirational experiences culminate in a performance of Maurice Duruflé's Requiem with the Westminster Festival Orchestra at Princeton University's Richardson Auditorium on Friday, July 22. 
No audition is required to participate in the festival. Applications for the Summer Choral Festival are available online.

Tuition:
$750 (non-credit)
$1250 (2 graduate credits)

Contact Name: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Email: woce@rider.edu
Website: www.rider.edu/woce

July 10 – 17, 2011
2nd Grand Prix of Choral Music
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Graz, Austria

Info: The best choirs of the world of any age meet here to determine the winners of the Grand Prix in eight categories. The Grand Prix of Choral Music is a highlight for choirs which have been demonstrating a high artistic level for a long time. Choirs which are singing on a high level but don’t have a long lasting experience in competitions or haven’t taken part in international competitions for a long time, get the chance to give a concert on the spot to qualify for the Grand Prix. The best choir of each category is the “Champion of the Grand Prix of Choral Music” and will be awarded with prize money. Apart from a parade of the choirs, open air concerts in the city centre, daily performances of prize winners, gala concerts in a great atmosphere and the international choir show “We are the world” on Friday evening there will be many possibilities to hear choirs from all over the world. This will make the whole city of Graz as well as Styria resound!

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

July 10 – 17, 2011
1st WORLD CHOIR CHAMPIONSHIPS for Youth and Young Adults
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Graz, Austria

Info: You always wanted to be the winner of a World Championship? We make it possible: INTERKULTUR organises the first World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in cooperation with the city of Graz and the Province of Styria and makes your dreams come true. Celebrate the biggest party of the year for people under 30 at the international choir show “We are the world”! Apart from the competitions many general programmes will be offered: The parade of the choirs, open air concerts in city centre, daily performances of prize winners and gala concerts in a great atmosphere.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

July 11 - 15, 2011
Somerset International Children’s Choir Festival
Location: Sherborne & Wells, England
Sponsor: Music Celebrations International

The fourth-annual Somerset International Children's Choral Festival will take place in the quaint English town of Sherborne, with the opportunity for individual choirs to be featured in the stunning Sherborne Abbey in performances for the local residents, as well as in England’s Historic Wells Cathedral – which has maintained a choral tradition virtually unbroken for over 800 years. Children’s choirs will join together to make up an outstanding festival chorus of 225 singers.

http://www.musiccelebrations.com/festivals/2011/somerset_youth_choral_festival.html

Contact info: info@musiccelebrations.com; www.musiccelebrations.com; 1-800-395-2036

July 11-15, 2011
LCI InEW: World Class Professional Development
Sponsor: Lincoln Center Institute
Location: various host sites nation-wide

Info: Professional artists and educators offer high-quality instruction in the development of skills of imagination, creativity, and innovation as part of LCI’s rigorous approach, known as imaginative learning.
Any pre-K through grade 12 teacher, school and/or arts administrator, teaching artist, curriculum developer, or college/university professor may attend; in-service and graduate credit available.  Workshops will take place July 11-15 and July 18-22, 2011 and on other dates at sites around the country. Visit www.lcinstitute.org for a complete listing of host sites and workshops.

Contact Information: www.lcinstitute.org

July 11-15, 2011
Teaching and Learning Music Institute
Sponsor: Fitchburg State University
Location: Fitchburg State University, 160 Pearl Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Information: This intensive, one-week residential graduate institute centers on skill development through quality music literature study, discussion, and presentation. Singing, performing, composing, analyzing, and relating music to history and other arts will be explored, reflecting the national standards in music categories.

Classes, workshops, projects and seminars focus on choral, chamber, instrumental, jazz, and band works. Technology, special workshops on singing and percussion, and concert attendance complete the week-long experience. Three graduate credits are awarded for successful completion of the institute requirements.

This institute is ideal for musicians, music educators, directors, conductors, composers, and graduate students in music programs. An ability to read music is required, and some knowledge of instruments and voices is recommended.

REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 11, 2011 - SEATING IS LIMITED, REGISTER BY JUNE 24

Visit our web site, www.fitchburgstate.edu/gce/musicinstitute for more information.

Contact Information:  Dr. Michele Caniato, mcaniato@fitchburgstate.edu, 978-665-3278

July 11-15, 2011
Eastman Choral Institute
Choral Conducting: Artistry, Vocal Pedagogy, Musicianship
Sponsor:  Eastman School of Music
Location:  Rochester, NY

Information:  Faculty:  William Weinert, Robert McIver, and Monica Dale

This dynamic team of choral/vocal faculty members will offer a week-long workshop focused on topics that choral directors and accompanists address in the context of choral singing. This course will involve daily sessions in conducting, singing, musicianship, class performance, vocal pedagogy, repertory selection, and movement-oriented Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Each participating conductor will conduct Voices, the professional chamber chorus in residence at the Institute. Enrollment is limited to 14 conductors.

Contact Name:  Donna Mero
Contact Phone:  585-274-1403
Website: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/summer/institutes.php#Choral_and_Vocal

July 14 - 25, 2011
Rhapsody! Children’s Music Festival Vienna, Salzburg and Prague
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Vienna, Salzburg and Prague

Info: Participants of Rhapsody! Prague Children’s Music Festival Vienna Salzburg and Prague perform individually and as a combined ensemble in three of Europe’s most musical and historical cities. Past Performance venues have included St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna, St. Andrä Church in Salzburg, and St. Simon and Judah Church and Tyn Church in Prague.  The festival is highlighted by a Grand concert in Praque with a professional orchestra. Choirs will enjoy a workshop, musical exchanges and sightseeing tours.

2011 Guest Conductor: Joan Gregoryk.

http://classicalmovements.org/rhap.htm

Future Dates:
2012: July 12-23
2013: July 11-22
Contact: Zhongjie Shi, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: zs@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

July 20 - August 1, 2011
UMBRIAN SERENADES: Choral & Cultural Tastings in the Green Heart of Umbria with JOSEPH FLUMMERFELT
Sponsor:  UMBRIAN SERENADES, LLC.
Location:  SPOLETO, SPELLO, NORCIA, MONTEFALCO, UMBRIA, ITALY

Info:  UMBRIAN SERENADES is a life-transforming choral program that brings together passionate singers from all over the U.S. who seek opportunities to perform exquisite a cappella repertoire within a small vocal chamber ensemble. These choral enthusiasts come together to enhance their vocal, musicianship, and ensemble skills, as well as savor all that small medieval hilltop towns in the heart of Italy can offer culturally, be it wine, olive oil, cooking, and the like. This select chamber ensemble performs sacred a cappella vocal works, spanning from Renaissance to Gospel, Spiritual and contemporary repertoire in unique spaces throughout the lush and breathtaking hills of Umbria.  For the 2011 session, Umbrian Serenades is happy to announce that DR. JOSEPH FLUMMERFELT, Musical America 2004 Conductor of the Year, will return to the program and conduct the ensemble.

Graduate Credit (1 unit) available through Westminster Choir College/Rider University. Dates: July 20-August 1, 2011.  Umbrian towns of SPOLETO ,
NORCIA, SPELLO, MONTEFALCO, ITALY.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 21, 2011 (postmarked)

Contact Name:  Paulo Faustini, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Contact Phone:  (888) 664-2355
Web site:  http://www.umbrianserenades.com/

Date:  July 20-22, 2011
Title:  WA-ACDA Summer Institute
Sponsor:  WA-ACDA, University of Puget Sound, J.W. Pepper
Location:  University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Info:  Headliner Hilary Apfelstadt presents interest sessions on designing warmups, elements of a successful rehearsal, leadership from the podium, a reading session, and a conducting masterclass.  Other interest sessions are planned as are reading sessions for all types and levels of school, church, and community groups featuring repertoire selected by the 20 different presenters.  This workshop offers 19 clock hours, free to WMEA members.  The famous Salmon Dinner on Wednesday night is included in the registration fee, and housing is available on campus if reserved by July 15.
Pre-registration discounts and guaranteed music packets end June 15.
Download the brochure from our website, where you may also register and pay online or by check.  No purchase orders.

Contact Name:  Lori Wiest
Contact Phone:  (509) 334-6127
Contact Email:  lwiest@wsu.edu
Web site:  waacda.org

July 21 - August 2, 2011
Melodia! South American Music Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires

Info: The Melodia! South American Music Festival in Brazil and Argentina features performances by individual choirs with their own directors in Brazil, as well as combined choir performances with orchestra conducted by the Guest Conductor in Argentina.  Other activities include cultural exchanges with local students and music ensembles, a Latin American music workshop, and exceptional sightseeing and outreach opportunities in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.  Applications are accepted from youth and children's choirs (treble and mixed voices), as well as youth orchestras.

2011 Guest Conductor: Francisco Nuñez.

http://classicalmovements.org/s_am.htm

Future Dates:

2012: July 18 - 30
2013: July 17 - 28

Contact: Alessandra D'Ovidio, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: alessandra@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

July 21-25, 2011
Belgian Summer Sing
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Ghent, Belgium

Info: Bring your choir to perform as part of Europe’s largest open air cultural & artistic festival, “The Ghent Arts and Music Festival”! The Belgian Summer Sing Festival is over 150 years in the making, and brings together diverse music, theater, and dance performance groups.

Contact: Music Contact International 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

July 23-30, 2011
Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop with Simon Carrington, Bronislawa Falinska and Brian O'Connell
Sponsor: Amministrazione Comunale di Sarteano
Location: Sarteano, Italy (Tuscany)

Info: This intensive and supportive conducting workshop is geared for 26-30 choral conductors and music educators with strong vocal ability, who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber choral music. In addition, we heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. Up to two graduate credits are available through The Boston Conservatory. There are three possible tiers of participation: Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor and Singer. The afternoon sessions will consist solely of daily conducting master classes with Simon Carrington.

Each Full Conductor will conduct in every master class. The two-part morning sessions will consist of Vocal Pedagogy ensemble work with Bronislawa Falinska utilizing the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining, a vocal technique not commonly found in the USA, and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir, with Brian O'Connell. We are also delighted to again offer a Q&A/Dialogue interest session with Simon. For a detailed description of the workshop and an online application form, please visit our website.

Contact: Gail Leicher
Phone: + 1 781.652.0158
Email: sarteanochoral@rcn.com
Web Site: www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com

July 24-27, 2011
Conductor's Seminar
Sponsor: American Federation Pueri Cantores
Location: University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein (Chicago), IL

Info: TBA
Website: www.puericantores.com

July 27 - August 8, 2011
IHLOMBE South African Choral Festival
Sponsor: Classical Movements
Location: Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg & Game Park

Info: Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival, Cape town, Pretoria, Johannesburg & Game Park, South Africa. Festival in association with the Choral Institute of South Africa and CHORISA. Travel to Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg & Game Park. Concerts, individual and shared with top South African Choirs, Workshops with famous Choral Conductors, African drumming, dancing, and singing.
Contact: Jayci Thomas, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Phone: +1-703-683-6040
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: jayci@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

July 28 - 1 August 2011
3rd Toscana Music Festival
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Florence, Pisa, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Info: 3rd International festival of choirs and orchestras in Tuscany (Italy)

TUSCANY – The land of cypresses and rolling hills Italy's most popular holiday region is known for its zest for life, its culinary delights and its rich culture. Approximately half of the world's
artistic treasures are found on Italian soil, and Tuscany is certainly home to a goodly part of these. Florence is the region's capital and, thanks to
its strong concentration of cultural artifacts, counts as one the world's most interesting cities. Pisa, whose leaning tower must be famous throughout the world, is also strongly popular amongst tourists. Other
cities of interest are Lucca - home of Giacomo Puccini - and Siena, held by many to be Tuscany's most beautiful city.

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com

July 29 - August 3, 2011
IX International Festival of Choral Art “The Singing World”
Location: St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Information: St. Petersburg welcomes the choirs from all over the world to perform the best pieces of choral art, to share professional experience and to sing together to the thankful audience. The Festival is held by the Committee for Culture, St. Petersburg City Administration, and “Inter Aspect” Art Association, with support from the State Capella of St. Petersburg. You are also welcome to make your choice as to take part in the VII International Choral Competition “The Singing World”. We are confident that, apart from your interest as singers, you will find St Petersburg the place worth visiting.

DEADLINE FOR SENDING IN APPLICATIONS FOR THE FESTIVAL IS APRIL 1, 2011

Contact Information:
www.singingworld.spb.ru
www.interfestplus.ru
singingworld@mail.ru

July 30 - August 6, 2011
Le Chant des Oyseaux Summer Choral Workshop
Sponsor : Le Chant des Oyseaux
Location : Abbey of Caunes-Minervois (Languedoc-Roussillon - France)

Info : Le Chant des Oyseaux offers a choral workshop with Franck Pellé-Rolland, choral conductor. The workshop is open to amateur choral singers aged 18 years and over with a good choral background.

Repertoire : Sacred Spanish music of the sixteenth century by Tomas Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero. Free brochure available.

Contact name : Franck Pellé-Rolland, artistic director
Contact phone : +33 977 649 906
Web site : http://choral-workshops.monsite-orange.fr

August 2011

August 1 - 5, 2011
Choral Conductors Workshop with Rod Eichenberger
Sponsor: George Fox University
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon - (at the Cannon Beach Elementary School)

Info: This 5-day professional development workshop, designed for conductors of choirs at all levels, gives special emphasis to the important role non-verbal skills can play in rehearsal and performance.
• Explore movement activities designed to improve intonation, timbre, rhythmic accuracy and to expand dynamic range.
• Examine the effect of the conductor's posture and gesture on vocal production and choral tone.
• Experience how effective pacing and affirmative instruction improves both focus and retention in the choral rehearsal.
• Enhance practical conducting skills during daily master classes.
• Enjoy daily reading sessions from a large packet of octavos personally selected by Rod Eichenberger.

Contact Name: Debbie Hawblitzel, managing director
Contact Phone: 503-554-2620
Web site: www.choralconductorsworkshop.com

August 7-13, 2011
Le Chant des Oyseaux Summer Choral Workshop
Sponsor : Le Chant des Oyseaux
Location : Abbey of Caunes-Minervois (Languedoc-Roussillon - France)

Info : Le Chant des Oyseaux offers a choral workshop with Franck Pellé-Rolland, choral conductor. The workshop is open to choral conductors, music students or amateurs singers from good chamber choirs.

Repertoire : American music of the twentieth century by Randall Thompson. Free brochure available.

Contact name : Franck Pellé-Rolland, artistic director
Contact phone : +33 977 649 906
Web site : http://choral-workshops.monsite-orange.fr

August 10 - September 18, 2011
LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer
Sponsor(s): Resident Sponsors: Credit Suisse | Nestlé S.A. | Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.;
Main Sponsors and Foundations: Andermatt Swiss Alps AG | Artephila Foundation | Audi, Official Car Carrier | Clariden Leu AG | Franke | KPMG | Montres Breguet S.A. | Siemens Building Technologies / Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr | UBS; Partners: Casino Luzern | DRS 2 | Interbrand, Partner in Communication | Palace Luzern | SBB, Official Rail Carrier | Swiss International Air Lines, Official Air Carrier | Top Events of Switzerland; Friends and Supporters: American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL | Dr. Dr. Herbert Batliner | Freunde LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Freunde LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer | Freunde LUCERNE FESTIVAL Deutschland | Japanese Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL | UK Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland

Information:    http://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/festivals/festival_in_summer_2011/

September 2011

September 29 - October 3, 2011
3rd Cracovia Music Festival
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Cracow, Poland

Info: CRACOW – one of the world’s twelve most important cities The both past and present secret capital city of Poland is one of Europe’s last undiscovered travel destinations. It was here that His Holiness Pope John Paul II worked for twelve years as a bishop. The centre point of the old city is the Rynek (main market square), one of the biggest and most beautiful market squares in Europe. The market square is shared by the cloth halls and the Gothic St. Mary basilica. At the southern edge of the old city the Wawelberg stands, with its famous royal castle. In 2000, Cracow was the European Capital of Culture.

Conditions of participation:

- performance of a free program 30-45 min. (performances of symphonic and oratorio works without time limit)
- minimum 25 persons (incl. participants and attendants)

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com

October 2011

October 13 – 17, 2011
9th “In…Canto sul Garda”
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Riva del Garda, Italy

Info: Riva del Garda is a charming destination for choirs every two years in October with the event "IN... CANTO SUL GARDA". The INTERKULTUR choir competition and festival takes into account the growing interest of choirs in jazz, spiritual and gospel singing. However, emphasis is also put on sacred music and the strongly differentiated categories for folklore. In the framework of the festival encounter concerts take place at selected locations in the region. The traditional opening of the event is a colourful choir parade through the picturesque old town of Riva with all participants. Riva and surroundings offer a great variety of sight-seeing and excursions for your choir. Apart from visiting the 12th century fortress of Rocca di Riva you should also take an excursion to Monte Brione or the Varone waterfall into account.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

October 13 - 17, 2011
Istra Music Festival
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Opatija, Croatia

Info: ISTRIA – the land on the sea
Situated between Trieste and Rijeka, this biggest peninsula on the Adriatic is the most popular holiday destination in Croatia. Although Istria covers a relatively small amount of space, visitors can expect an incredibly varied and impressive landscape.  Described as the “Adriatic Nice”, the city of Opatija is one of the best-known holiday resorts in the area. What is truly magical here is the combination of nature in all its beauty with the healing qualities of the air, the sun and the sea and the hospitality of the local population. As well as magnificent parks, a picturesque rocky coast and long beaches, this fairy-tale health resort on the Croatian Riviera also offers some first-class cultural highlights.

Conditions of participation:
- performance of a free program 30-45 min. (performances of symphonic and
oratorio works without time limit)
- minimum 25 persons (incl. participants and attendants)

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com

October 14-18, 2011
Cantate Barcelona
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Barcelona, Spain

Info: The highlight of your tour will be performing at well known venues such as Pueblo Espanol and Girona’s premier cultural and performing arts center, the Auditori Palau de Congressos. We invite your choir to join us in this exciting opportunity to experience the vibrant music of Catalonia!

Contact: Music Contact International 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

November 2011

November 3 – 7, 2011
4th International Choir Competition and Festival Malta
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Malta

Info: The festival invites choirs of different styles and levels of achievements as well as ensembles and music groups. Get to know people from countless nations, cultures and religions and experience unforgettable times as you sing or make music together or meet in peaceful competition. The festival programme includes an ecumenical service for "Peace on Earth". Other attractions include workshops with recognised choral experts, offering all participating choirs fresh ideas to help develop their skills. Meet music lovers from all over the world at encounter concerts! You will experience unforgettable concerts in some of the 365 churches in Malta. Due to its location, Malta used to be a central traffic junction of the then known sea routes for thousands of years. Today Malta is still a connecting link between the orient and the occident. With its Mediterranean charm and its unique blend of English and Arabian culture, the island is well worth visiting.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

November 4-6, 2011
7th International Warsaw Choir Festival VARSOVIA CANTAT
Sponsor: LIRA CHORAL SOCIETY
Location: Warsaw, Poland

Info:  Festival for a cappella choirs in 4 categories. International Jury. Head of the Jury composer Romuald Twardowski. Festival takes place in CHOPIN HALL

Contact Name: Maciej Przerwa
Contact Phone: 00486416157, 0048603361616
Web site: www.varsoviacantat.pl

November 16 - 20, 2011
Leipzig Massed Sing 2011
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Leipzig, Germany

Info: Choirs from around the globe come together to perform concerts culminating in a Massed Sing performance in the historic city of Leipzig.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com 

November 24 - 28, 2011
Advent Choral Festival in Prague
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Info: Choirs perform in such esteemed venues as Martinu Hall of the Liechtenstein Palace, the venue for the Academy of Performing Arts, and Hlahol Concert Hall. Choirs have the opportunity to form relationships and to share music unique to their backgrounds.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

November 25 - 28, 2011
3rd Advent Music Festival in Prague
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Info: PRAGUE - one of the most beautiful European cities. Whether you want to follow the footsteps of Mozart or discover the mystery of Czech beer, we will try to unveil different sides of the city located on the river Vltava before you. Now you have the opportunity to visit the famous Prague castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge or the Golden Street and more, as you wish. Amidst these delightful places, in this festively adorned Golden City.

Condition of participation: - choir - performance of a sacred music program 30-45 min. or - orchestra - performance of classical music program 30-45 min.  (performances of symphonic and oratorio works without time limit) - minimum 25 persons (incl. participants and attendants)
Proposal for the travel course:
1st day:  arrival and overnight in the hotel
2nd day: breakfast, a trip, meeting with conductors, rehearsal, festival
concert, overnight
3rd day: breakfast, a trip, departure
it's possible to prolong the stay

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/amf.phtml

November 24 - 28, 2011
Advent Sing Vienna 2011
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: While in Vienna, listen to and perform for a host of international choirs. Adult choirs may wish to sing for Senior Citizens as part of their Advent Celebration, while student choirs perform at an Austrian school and enjoy a cultural exchange with the Viennese students.
Peruse the old world Christmas Market and enjoy traditional Viennese fare on a visit to the Gumpoldskirchen, an 800 year old wine village! Visit the city of Melk along the Danube river. Sing a concert in Melk Abbey's stunning Baroque Church for an enthusiastic audience and perhaps, perform during a Sunday worship service at a local church.

Contact: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 2011

December 1 - 5, 2011
Advent Choral Festival in Prague
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Info: Choirs perform in such esteemed venues as Martinu Hall of the Liechtenstein Palace, the venue for the Academy of Performing Arts, and Hlahol Concert Hall. Choirs have the opportunity to form relationships and to share music unique to their backgrounds.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 1 - 5, 2011
Advent Sing Vienna 2011
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: While in Vienna, listen to and perform for a host of international choirs. Adult choirs may wish to sing for Senior Citizens as part of their Advent Celebration, while student choirs perform at an Austrian school and enjoy a cultural exchange with the Viennese students.
Peruse the old world Christmas Market and enjoy traditional Viennese fare on a visit to the Gumpoldskirchen, an 800 year old wine village! Visit the city of Melk along the Danube river. Sing a concert in Melk Abbey's stunning Baroque Church for an enthusiastic audience and perhaps, perform during a Sunday worship service at a local church.

Contact: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 8 - 12, 2011
Advent Sing Vienna 2011
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: While in Vienna, listen to and perform for a host of international choirs. Adult choirs may wish to sing for Senior Citizens as part of their Advent Celebration, while student choirs perform at an Austrian school and enjoy a cultural exchange with the Viennese students.
Peruse the old world Christmas Market and enjoy traditional Viennese fare on a visit to the Gumpoldskirchen, an 800 year old wine village! Visit the city of Melk along the Danube river. Sing a concert in Melk Abbey's stunning Baroque Church for an enthusiastic audience and perhaps, perform during a Sunday worship service at a local church.

Contact: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 8 - 12, 2011
Advent Choral Festival in Prague
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Info: Choirs perform in such esteemed venues as Martinu Hall of the Liechtenstein Palace, the venue for the Academy of Performing Arts, and Hlahol Concert Hall. Choirs have the opportunity to form relationships and to share music unique to their backgrounds.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 9-11, 2011
2nd Krakow Advent & Christmas Choir Festival
Sponsor: Artistic Agency MELODY
Location: Krakow, Poland

Info:  Festival for all kinds of choirs presenting advent and christmas music (carols), piano allowed. 5 categories. International Jury. Gala Concert in World Famouse Mariacki Church

Contact Name: Maciej Przerwa
Contact Phone: 00486416157, 0048603361616
Web site: www.christmasfestival.pl

December 15 - 19, 2011
Advent Sing Vienna 2011
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: While in Vienna, listen to and perform for a host of international choirs. Adult choirs may wish to sing for Senior Citizens as part of their Advent Celebration, while student choirs perform at an Austrian school and enjoy a cultural exchange with the Viennese students.
Peruse the old world Christmas Market and enjoy traditional Viennese fare on a visit to the Gumpoldskirchen, an 800 year old wine village! Visit the city of Melk along the Danube river. Sing a concert in Melk Abbey's stunning Baroque Church for an enthusiastic audience and perhaps, perform during a Sunday worship service at a local church.

Contact: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 15 - 19, 2011
Advent Choral Festival in Prague
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Info: Choirs perform in such esteemed venues as Martinu Hall of the Liechtenstein Palace, the venue for the Academy of Performing Arts, and Hlahol Concert Hall. Choirs have the opportunity to form relationships and to share music unique to their backgrounds.

Contact Info: 1-800-624-0166
travel@music-contact.com

December 27, 2011 – January 3, 2012
Handel’s Coronation Anthems with Simon Carrington
Sponsor:  KIconcerts
Location:  London, England (with extension opportunities to southern England, Ireland, Scotland, and Paris)

Info:   Join renowned conductor Simon Carrington for a unique opportunity in London to celebrate the dawn of the Olympic year.  Perform in a gala festival concert in the stunning and historic Southwark Cathedral and explore the sites of England.         

Contact Name:  Oliver Scofield
Contact Phone:  719-260-0200
Email:  Info@KIconcerts.com
Website:  www.KIconcerts.com

January 2012

Application Deadline: January 30, 2012

The I-Park Foundation, Inc., a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in East
Haddam, CT (U.S), announces its twelfth season hosting its
multi-disciplinary residency program.  Self-directed artists’ residencies
will be offered from May through November 2012, with off-season sessions in
April and December.  Most residencies are four weeks in duration.
Residencies are offered to creative individuals working in the following
disciplines: Visual (including Environmental) Art, Music Composition/Sound
Sculpture/Design, Moving Image, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden
Design.  Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process.

For music composers and sound artists, I-Park has a studio set out with an
acoustic piano, numerous digital keyboards, MIDI interface and synthesizer
modules, simple studio and field recording equipment and a basic selection
of percussion and other audio toys.

A $30 application fee helps defray the cost of the independent jury
panels.  Accepted artists are responsible for their own work materials as
well as transportation to and from the area.  The program is otherwise
offered at no cost to accepted artists, including a basic meal program
where most of, though not all, the food is provided.

Accommodations at I-Park include comfortable private living quarters in an
1850’s era farmhouse and a private studio space.  An abundance of tools,
equipment, musical instruments and peripherals, site materials, an electric
kiln, wireless internet and library facilities are provided. 
International applicants are welcome.  To defray the cost of travel, four
$750.00 grants will be awarded to international artists whose work is held
in particularly high regard by the Grant Committee.

Application materials are available online at
http://www.i-park.org/residency.html.

For more information, contact Brad Tuggle, Residency Program Director, by
e-mail: applications@i-park.org or by phone: 860-873-2468.

February 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012
Soaring Leap – A Workshop and Q&A with Eric Whitacre
Sponsor:  California State University - Fullerton
Location: Recital Hall, California State University – Fullerton; Fullerton, California

Info: Eric Whitacre is thrilled to host Soaring Leap, a dynamic, one-day workshop for singers, conductors
and composers. The day will including reading, rehearsing and performing several of Eric’s works for chorus
(a cappella and accompanied). Singers will be invited to explore the music, digging deep into the poetry and
compositional tools. Soaring Leap will be a challenging, inspiring, exhilarating day, filled with laughter and passion.

When you have signed up you will receive a pack which includes Lux Aurumque, Sleep, A Boy and a Girl,
Animal Crackers, The Seal Lullaby, Five Hebrew Love Songs and I Walked the Boulevard.

To reserve your space and find out more information visit www.ericwhitacre.com/soaringleap

Contact: Jeni Paulson (Jeni@CopyCatLicensing.com)
Phone: 608-788-1630
Website: www.ericwhitacre.com/soaringleap

February 17 - 18, 2012
Title:  American Music Performance Invitational for Mixed Choirs - South Region
Sponsor:  Choirs of America
Location:  Dallas, TX

Contact Name:  Geoff McQueen, Executive Director
Contact Phone:  (800) 284-2177
Website:  www.choirsofamerica.org

Date:  February 23 - 27, 2012
Title:  Happy Birthday Händel International Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Halle, Germany

Info:  By invitation of the City of Halle, celebrate the birthday of one
of Germany’s most famous sons, George Frideric Händel. Perform as part
of a 450 voice choir during the Massed Sing under the esteemed director
Proinnsías Ó Duinn. Additionally, sing individual concerts and enjoy the
rich musical history of the city of Halle and nearby Leipzig.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

February 29 - March 3, 2012
Middle School/Juior High Conference
Sponsor: American Choral Directors Association and Cambiata Institute of American for Early Adolescent Vocal Music
Location: Booker T. Washington School for the Performaing and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas

Info: CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact: ms.jh.conference@unt.edu
Phone:
Website: www.music.unt.edu/cambiata

March 2012

March 2 – 3, 2012
Title:  American Music Performance Invitational for Mixed Choirs - North Region
Sponsor:  Choirs of America
Location:  Chicago, IL

Contact Name:  Geoff McQueen, Executive Director
Contact Phone:  (800) 284-2177
Website:  www.choirsofamerica.org

Date:  March 8 - 13, 2012
Title:  African Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Accra, Ghana

Info:  By invitation of the Commission on Culture of Ghana, travel to
Africa as honored guests. Perform in villages and local churches before
vibrant audiences. Experience Ghanaian hospitality first-hand and have the
opportunity to meet and perform with choirs and performing arts ensembles
from around the world.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date:  March 15 - 19, 2012
Title:  Festival of Peace and Brotherhood
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Rome, Italy

Info:  Perform in breathtaking venues in the quaint towns surrounding
Rome, Italy. Sing together with local choirs and others from around the
world at the Mariapoli Center, situated within the summer residence of the
Pope. The festival facilitates a deep sense of respect and understanding
between cultures through the common language of music.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date:  March 16 - 19, 2012
Title:  Discover Puerto Rico and its Choral Music!
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Ponce, Puerto Rico

Info:  The University of Puerto Rico, The Catholic University of Ponce,
and the City of Ponce invite choirs to discover Puerto Rico! Work with the
island’s most famous composers and directors. Exchange with choirs from
the region. This is a unique opportunity to experience the time-honored
choral traditions of Puerto Rico and to share your music with the people of
Ponce.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date:  March 16-18, 2012
Title:  Alice Parker at Saint Francis - A Community SING and ChoralWorkshop
Sponsor:  Saint Francis United Methodist Church, Cary, North Carolina
Location:  Saint Francis UMC, 2965 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC 27518

Info:  On March 16-18, 2012 Alice Parker, world-renowned choral music
conductor, arranger, and composer, is staging a one-of-a-kind choral
workshop weekend for Triangle-area singers at Saint Francis United
Methodist Church in Cary, North Carolina. On Friday, March 16, 7:00 PM she
will lead one of her community SINGS, open to all. On Saturday, March 17,
she will lead a choral workshop for conductors, choirs, singers, teachers,
pianists, and organists. The theme will be "Go to the heart of Song - Sing
the Gospel of Peace", and Ms. Parker will work with participants on the
workshop repertoire and have participants sing and learn concepts from her
book, The Anatomy of Melody. The day will culminate in a 3:00 PM
concert/vespers service featuring Ms. Parker’s own compositions and
arrangements. On Sunday, March 17, Ms. Parker will lead congregational
singing during the 8:30 and 11:00 AM worship services. A score study
session from 1:00-3:00 PM will conclude the workshop. Registration for the
workshop will begin October 24, 2011. Contact Name:  Liz Wilson, Lay Co-chair of the Music Ministry

Contact Phone:  919-747-9935
Web Site:  http://www.saintfrancisumc.org/content/view/590/

Date:  March 22 - 26, 2012
Title:  Cantus Salisburgensis Spring Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Salzburg, Austria

Info:  Perform at the spectacular Salzburg Cathedral and beautiful
Mirabell Gardens, the backdrop to scenes from the “Sound of Music”. The
Massed Sing performance is under the direction of János Czifra, the
Salzburg Cathedral’s Music Director. Discover Salzburg’s picturesque
Old Town and its towering castle, and share your music with choirs from
around the world.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

March 23 – 24, 2012
Title:  American Music Performance Invitational for Mixed Choirs - West Region
Sponsor:  Choirs of America
Location: San Francisco, CA

Contact Name:  Geoff McQueen, Executive Director
Contact Phone:  (800) 284-2177
Website:  www.choirsofamerica.org

Date:  March 28 - April 1, 2012
Title:  Young Prague Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Prague, Czech Republic

Info:  This culturally diverse festival and competition for youth choirs,
bands and orchestras is in its ninth year. Over one thousand participants
travel to Prague from around the world for this festival to perform in
venues such as St. Nicholas’ Church and the National House. Enjoy a
culturally rich and educational experience while you meet and perform with
youth ensembles from across the globe.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date: March 29 - April 2, 2012
Title: 2nd International Istra Music Festival of choirs and orchestras 2012
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Porec, Croatia
Info: ISTRIA - the country by the sea
The largest peninsula of the Adriatic is Croatia’s most popular holiday
destination. Despite the relatively small surface of Istria it offers an
unbelievable multitude of impressive sceneries to be discovered. The
combination of natural beauties, the healing powers of air, sun and the
ocean, as well as the hospitality of the local inhabitants are like magic.
Besides gorgeous parks, a picturesque stone coast and long beaches the
Croatian Riveria provides many superb cultural events, such as the Istra
Music Festival with performances from choirs and orchestras from all over
the world.
Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: +49 (0) 7221 / 967 696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/imf.phtml

March 30 - 31, 2012
Title:  American Music Performance Invitational for Mixed Choirs - East Region
Sponsor:  Choirs of America
Location:  Washington, DC Area

Info:  Taking place over 2 days in Washington, DC area, the AMP Invitational - East Region promises to be a highly memorable experience for all invited choirs!
Day One Events will take place at the University of Maryland.  After their adjudicated performances in the Main Chapel, each participating Choir will go with one of our nationally-recognized AMP Invitational Master Clinicians for a full ONE-HOUR clinic based specifically on the performance.  Jerry Blackstone, Karen Kennedy, and Jameson Marvin will be there as adjudicators / clinicians.  Each Choir will also benefit from a number of workshops running throughout the day... including What Now? Music After High School; Broadway 101 – What It Takes; and Just Sing! A Motto for Life.
Day Two will be the AMP Invitational’s Massed Choir Rehearsal and Performance at the wonderful Dekelboum Concert Hall (in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)... with AMP Invitational Master Conductor, SIMON CARRINGTON.  Net proceeds from ticket sales to the Massed Choir Performance will go to benefit The Harmony Project in their mission to bring music education and programs to at-risk youth.
Space is limited to 12 top high school-level mixed choirs.

Contact Name:  Geoff McQueen, Executive Director
Contact Phone:  (800) 284-2177
Website:  www.choirsofamerica.org

April 2012

April 1 - 5, 2012
Concorso Corale Internazionale
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Riva del Garda, Italy

Info: Concorso Corale is one of the most traditional choir competitions of INTERKULTUR. Alternating with the International Choir Competition Budapest, it takes place every two years in the Holy Week before Easter. There are categories in different levels of difficulty with or without compulsory piece.  Experience four days of choir music and be thrilled until the final event. The category winners selected by the jury present their skills again when singing for the best evaluation in the Grand Prix Competition. The prize is endowed with 1,500 Euro.  The events take place in the church Sta. Maria Assunta, in the fascinating round audition of Chiesa San Giuseppe, and in the Palazzo dei Congressi only a few steps away from the promenade of Lake Garda. Explore the charming cities round Lake Garda or make a day trip to Venice, Verona or into the Dolomite mountains.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

Date: April 11 - 15, 2012
Title: Days of International Choir Music in Verona
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Verona, Italy

Info:  Sponsored by the Association of Choirs of Northern Italy, this
festival offers an adjudicated performance for an international panel of
choral experts. Enjoy a friendly competition and the opportunity to receive
informed feedback by the knowledgeable judges. Exchange with a local
Italian choir, sing at a school or senior center, and meet choirs from
around the world.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date:  April 12 - 15, 2012
Title:  Charleston International Festival of Choirs
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Info:  Over the course of three days, choirs will perform individual
concerts in stunning venues while enjoying a one-on-one workshop and group
rehearsals with Mr. Jeffery Redding in preparations for a grand Massed Sing
performance.  Discover incredible sights, warm hospitality, and a deep
local appreciation for choral tradition in charming South Carolina.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date: April 17-21, 2012
Title: 3rd International Children’s Choir Choral Competition “Il Garda in Coro”
Sponsor: Association Il Garda in Coro
Location: Malcesine-Lake Garda, Italy

Info: The Third Edition of the International Children’s Choir Competition will be held in Malcesine on Lake Garda, acknowledged to be the world capital of Children’s Choir competitions.
The invitation to be part of the Competition is made to enrich national and international performance and cultural awareness. The participating Choirs will be part of an unique experience:
The Third Edition of the International Children’s Choir Competition “Il Garda in Coro”, has been created for the particular possibilities of children within their own cultural and social experiences.
We look forward to sharing this project with you, set against a background of the sounds, tastes and images of one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Possibility of private meeting with the jury members, non-competitive special concerts and special trips to Venice, Verona and Garda Lake.

Contact Phone: +39 045 6570332
Email: info@ilgardaincoro.it OR renata.peroni@email.it
Web site: www.ilgardaincoro.it

April 29 - May 3, 2012
"Venezia in Musica" Int. Choir Competition and Festival
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Venice, Italy

Info: This INTERKULTUR event combines the joys of an international choral competition with the outstanding facilities for concerts in one of the leading musical metropolises. The international choir competition with its broad range of categories for different standards, types of choirs and musical genres offers every choir the opportunity to present its current qualities on the international stage. The competition will be held in Jesolo, the resort on Venice's doorstep. Friendship concerts take place in selected churches as well as on the campi (squares) of Venice. The event has been consciously designed to combine competitions and concerts in harmony.

Venice is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Its former wealth is reflected by countless palazzi, churches and other prestigious monuments, by the vibrant artistic and cultural scenes between St. Mark's Square, Lido, Biennale and the reopened opera house, La Fenice. Gain impressions of Venice’s glorious history with selected tours and excursions. Come and experience the unique atmosphere of the enchanting lagoon city.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com 

May 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012
Soaring Leap – A Workshop and Q&A with Eric Whitacre
Sponsor:  Capital University
Location: Mees Hall, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio

Info: Eric Whitacre is thrilled to host Soaring Leap, a dynamic, one-day workshop for singers,
conductors and composers. The day will including reading, rehearsing and performing several of
Eric’s works for chorus (a cappella and accompanied). Singers will be invited to explore the music,
digging deep into the poetry and compositional tools. Soaring Leap will be a challenging, inspiring,
exhilarating day, filled with laughter and passion.

When you have signed up you will receive a pack which includes Lux Aurumque, Sleep, A Boy and a Girl,
Animal Crackers, The Seal Lullaby, Five Hebrew Love Songs and I Walked the Boulevard.

To reserve your space and find out more information visit www.ericwhitacre.com/soaringleap

Contact: Jeni Paulson
Phone: 608-788-1630
Website: www.ericwhitacre.com/soaringleap

May 5-13, 2012
European music competition City of Filadelfia (Italy) Paolo Serrao Special Award

A  male or female voices
B mixed voice
C children’s or youth ( max. 20 years of age. Max. 10% singers may exceed age limit but no singer may exceed 24 years of age. The organisers may check dates of birth and assess individual cases on their merits.)
D popular or spiritual/gospel (male, female or mixed)

Contact Information: www.associazione-melody.com or associazione.melody@libero.it

May 10 - 13,2012
International Choral Competition Ave Verum
Sponsor: Ave Verum
Location: Baden/Austria

Info: Time of application has just started, for further details go to www.aveverum.at or contact office@aveverum.at.

Date:  May 17 - 21, 2012
Title:  Cantate Adriatic
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Republic of San Marino

Info:  Europe’s oldest republic, San Marino, welcomes choirs from around
the world. Perform in the beautiful churches and classic theaters of the
region. Enjoy stunning vistas surrounding the Adriatic Coast. The strong
cultural traditions and heartwarming citizens will provide a lifetime of
memories.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

June 2012

Date: June 4-8, 2012
Title: Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute
Sponsor: Georgia State University School of Music
Location: Rialto Center for the Arts
80 Forsyth Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Info: The five-day institute will feature:

-Daily voice classes
-Seminars on approaches to score study
-Sessions on conducting gesture
-Daily podium time for every conductor with a professional choir

Repertoire Includes:

Josquin: Ave Maria
Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Palestrina: Kyrie from the Pope Marcellus Mass
Tallis: A new commandment

Telemann: Laudate Jehovam
Bach: Cantata 61

Mozart: Solemn Vespers, K. 339
Haydn: St. Nicholas Mass

Brahms: Lass dich nur nicht dauren
Brahms: Two Part-sings:  Sehnsucht and Nachtens
Brahms: Zigeunerlieder 1-4

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Faure: Requiem

-Slots available for both conductors and auditors.

Contact Name: Dr. Deanna Joseph
Contact Phone: 404-413-5939 or 404-413-5927
Website: http://www.cmp.music.gsu.edu/SummerConductingInstitute.htm

Date: June 8-9, 2012
Title: Sacred Music Summer Workshop
Sponsor: Church Music Institute
Clinician: Dr. Michael Burkhardt and others TBA
Location: Dallas, Texas
Info: CMI summer workshops combine worship, access to some of the best thinkers and
practitioners in worship and church music, presentation of recent compositions and practices,
discussion of topics of pressing concern to leaders of worship, and resources for church music
leaders and worship planners.

Contact Name: Dr. Charlotte Kroeker
Email: Ckroeker@churchmusicinstitute.org
Contact Phone: 214/751-7669
Web site: www.churchmusicinstitute.org

June 13 - 17, 2012
Sing’n’joy Vienna 2012 · 1st Choirfestival & 28th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Vienna, Austria

Info: "Sing’n’joy Vienna" – Singing and joy is the slogan of the 28th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition taking place from 13.-17. June 2012. With this name INTERKULTUR concurrently presents a new event concept which includes the traditional Schubert Competition as the central part of the event but also allows concerts and manifold encounters between the participating choirs. The competitions will be taking place in the famous Viennese concert hall. Another highlight: Participants have the possibility to get involved in the performance of the Coronation Mass by Mozart. In order to inspire even more choirs for this competition we also changed the event date. Instead of taking place in November the event will be in spring as this will be the best time to enjoy the Vienna, the capital city of music.
Now then: Sing’n’joy Vienna. – Welcome to the 28th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition!

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com

Date:  June 20 – June 30, 2012
Title:  Conducting Institute

Sponsor:  Westminster Choir College’s Office of Continuing Education
Location:  Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Info:  One of the leading summer choral conducting programs in the United
States, the popular Westminster Conducting Institute is housed on the
campus of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. With one of the most
distinguished conducting faculties in the nation, this renowned Institute
offers conductors of all levels a chance to study with and observe five
major conductors in addition to master classes on specific special topics.
The Institute is open to all levels of conductors; techniques taught in the
Institute are applicable to all ages and performance level choirs.
Available for credit or non-credit.

Contact Name: Kimberly Pacheco
Contact Phone: (609) 924-7416
Web site:  www.rider.edu/woce

Date:  June 21 - 25, 2012
Title:  Tuscany International Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Montecatini Terme, Italy

Info:  By invitation of the City of Montecatini Terme, in the heart of
Tuscany, join choirs from around the world to perform in venues throughout
the region. Hear the other guest choirs sing at the Tettucio Spa and
exchange with Italian choirs during Friendship Concerts in churches and
theaters. Explore Florence, Pisa and Lucca during an amazing four days of
Choral music in the rolling Tuscan Hills.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Date: June 23-July 1, 2012
Title: Summer Choral Composers Forum
Sponsor: Lehigh University Choral Arts & American Choral Directors Association

Location: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Info: Composers work with mentors Steven Sametz and Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Stucky
to develop new compositions, workshopping daily with The Princeton Singers.
Works premiered at Lehigh University and the American Composers Symposium in Washington, DC

Contact: Steven Sametz (steven.sametz@gmail.com)
Phone   610 758 3833
Website lehighchoralarts.com/composersforum

June 24-28, 2012
Conducting Workshop with Dr. Jerry Blackstone

Sponsor: The Princeton Festival
Location: Princeton, NJ
Info: Held June 24-28, 2012, this 5-day professional conducting workshop will offer practical rehearsal strategies,
choral warm-up ideas, and sessions on performance issues, score study and preparation,
creating compelling performances, and readings of new and recently published choral literature for choirs of all levels.
Conductors and auditors will participate in daily conducting masterclasses with Dr. Blackstone and each conductor
will conduct the Festival chorus twice daily. The workshop will culminate in a public performance led by the
participant conductors. Enrollment is limited to 8 conductors, with no limit for auditors or singers.
Information about fees, auditions, applications, and deadlines can be found on the Princeton Festival's website.

Contact: Robin Freeman
Phone: 609.759.0379
Website: http://www.princetonfestival.org/events/2012/choral-workshop.php

June 24-30,2012
Conducting Institute with James Jordan
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: A leading summer choral conducting program in the United States, now in its 11th year, the popular
Westminster Conducting Institute is housed on the campus of Westminster Choir College in Princeton,
New Jersey. With one of the most distinguished conducting faculties in the nation, this renowned Institute
offers conductors of all levels a chance to study with and observe five major conductors in addition to
master classes on specific special topics. It is a special opportunity to experience the work of some of
America's and Europe’s master teachers in one seminar at one location. The Institute is open to all levels of
conductors. Techniques taught in the Institute are applicable to all ages and performance level choirs.

The Institute introduces conductors of all levels to new choral literature through intense study and lectures
by composers. Conceived by Westminster faculty member James Jordan, the Institute offers innovative
conducting study for all levels of conductors. This year’s faculty includes: James Jordan, director; Marilyn
Shenenberger, coordinator and principal accompanist; guest artists; Charles Bruffy, Bruce Chamberlain,
Sabine Horstmann, Weston Noble, Dennis Shrock.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

June 24- July 7, 2012
Solo Pianist (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Now in its 10th year, this workshop offers the serious young pianist an enriching and inspiring
musical experience, exposing each participant to the artistic and practical aspects of solo performance.
Program highlights include daily private lessons, studio classes and lectures with Westminster artist faculty,
Ena Bronstein Barton, James Goldsworthy and Phyllis Alpert Lehrer.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

June 24 – July 7, 2012
Organ Institute (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Join Matthew Lewis, acclaimed organ faculty member at Westminster and the Pre-College Division
of Julliard; Princeton University Organist Eric Plutz; Alan Morrison, Chair in Organ Studies at Curtis
Institute of Music; Paolo Bordignon, organist at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City; and organist,
Ken Cowan for a two-week course offering young organists a unique opportunity combining rigorous
organ study with an engaging vocal/choral experience. Highlights of this year’s institute will be an organ
recital on the Westminster campus and a trip to Philadelphia to hear and play some of the region’s most
noted organs. Students will experience choral activities and rehearsals with Westminster’s renowned choral
and vocal faculty while absorbing Westminster Choir College’s expertise in preparing students for career
opportunities in church music.

One of the premier schools for organ study in the United States, Westminster features a collection of 15
pipe organs by major builders, including recital instruments by Aeolian-Skinner, Casavant and Fisk, as well
as practice instruments by Noack, Beckerath, Flentrop, Holtkamp, Möller, Phelps and Schantz.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

June 24 – July 7, 2012
Vocal Institute (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Under the direction of choral conductor and clinician, Amanda Quist, the two-week Vocal Institute
draws 100 students from across the country and around the world. Program highlights include a focus on
college-level choral singing of major choral works; daily voice classes with Westminster artist faculty Elem
Eley, Tom Faracco, Julia Kemp, Sharon Sweet and Rochelle Ellis; audition to perform in the Chamber
Choir, or Women’s Chorus or Men's Chorus; solo vocal training in classical performance and musical
theater classes; opportunities for private lessons; elective classes; and perform in the final voice class
recitals in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus, and choral concert at the Princeton University
Chapel.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

June 24 – July 8, 2012
Music Theatre Workshop (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Now in its 16th year and expanded to two weeks, the summer High School Music Theater Workshop
is for high school performers who are Broadway-bound. Westminster faculty member Frank Abrahams is
workshop coordinator and musical director. Faculty members including, Mariann Cook teach voice. Every
participant performs in the concert version of a Broadway musical and many also perform in a showcase
review.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

June 25 – 29, 2012
Beginning Choral Conducting with James Jordan
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: This is a beginning course in choral conducting jointly taught by James Jordan and Amanda Quist.
Dr. Jordan’s conducting text, Evoking Sound, was named one of six books that are a “must read” for choral
conductors. Participants experience a unique team-teaching format for this course. All participants study
and receive feedback from both instructors.

Also, during this course, participants are taken through the new second revised edition of the Evoking
Sound textbook. This is a unique opportunity to study with the author of one of the leading conducting texts
in the country. Early enrollment is encouraged to guarantee a place in the class.

This course teaches the fundamental concepts and skills of choral conducting. It is designed for the
musician with some prior choral conducting exposure but little formal training. Workshop participants
focus on the relationship between music, gesture and communication, coupled with basic musicianship
skills and vocal issues unique to the choral ensemble. These skills are learned through conducting, singing
and observing the preparation and performance of compositions from various style periods.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

Date: June 26-29, 2012
Name of Festival: Perspectives 2012: A Choral Workshop

Location:La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sponsor: Alliance Music Publications, Hinshaw Music, Inc.,
Oxford University Press, Walton Music, Boosey & Hawkes
Presenters: David Childs, Peter Hunt, Doreen Rao, Jo-Michael Scheibe, and Betsy Cook Weber
Info: Perspectives is an exciting program of choral workshops and reading sessions
specifically designed for choral directors.

* Participate in workshops led by nationally acclaimed choral clinicians
* Discover new repertoire for your choir; sing new music from well-known choral music publishers
* Interact with like-minded choral specialists from across the US
* Enjoy the local culture and atmosphere: visit Santa Fe's famous Plaza,
the Palace of the Governors, Loretto Chapel, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, and enjoy performances by Santa Fe Opera

Phone: 800-568-7805 or 800-350-7750
Website:www.perspectiveschoralworkshop.com

June 28 - July 2, 2012
Serenade! Washington, DC Choral Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Washington, DC

Info: As a participant of the Serenade! Washington, DC Choral Festival, youth and adult choirs will experience workshops with notable choral conductors, musical exchanges with festival choirs (many national and international choirs), concerts in prestigious venues all over the Washington, DC metro area and a chance for visiting choirs to explore the nation's capital, including sites such as the Smithsonian Museums, National Monuments, and the White House.
http://classicalmovements.org/dc.htm

Contact Name: Yarina Conners, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: Yarina@classicalmovements.com

June 29-July 15, 2012
Title:Oregon Bach Festival
Eugene, Portland, and other cities in Oregon

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, his Goldberg Variations, and the connections they forged form the bedrock
of the Oregon Bach Festival’s 42nd season. Based in Eugene with a four-concert series in Portland,
the University of Oregon also performs in five other Oregon cities with a lineup that includes
keyboardist Angela Hewitt, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and pop orchestra Pink Martini. In his
penultimate season as artistic director, Helmuth Rilling will conduct the St. Matthew as the
grand finale in Eugene, and as an extesnions of the Festivla’s conducting master cass, lead four
lecture-concerts that fully explore the monumental work.  Opening weekend performances to be conducted
by Rilling June 29 in Eugene and June 30 in Portland will spotlight masterworks by Mendelssohn,
the composer who spurred Bach interest with his revival of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829.
More than two hundred years after the St. Matthew Passion, British composer Michael Tippett translated
its structure and emotional impact into the modern classic A Child of Our Time. British conductor Matthew Halls,
who succeeds Rilling as the Festival’s artistic director after the 2013 season, will conduct.
Halls will open the concert with Bach’s celebratory G major Lutheran Mass. Bach’s Goldberg Variations
is the other thread to weave through the fabric of the 2012 Festival, in a year that marks major birth
and death anniversaries of Glenn Gould, the enigmatic genius closely associated with the work. Events
include a four-city tour by Monica Huggett and the Portland Baroque Orchestra, performing a string
orchestra arrangement of the variations; showings of two award-winning films based on Gould’s life;
and the acclaimed pianist Hewitt performs the set on piano July 14. Tickets are on sale March 21.

Contact: George Evano
Phone: 800-457-1486
Website: http://oregonbachfestival.com

July 2012

Date:  July 1 – July 7, 2012
Title:  Choral Pedagogy Institute

Sponsor:  Westminster Choir College’s Office of Continuing Education
Location:  Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Info:  Westminster Choir College has been at the forefront of choral
pedagogy in the United States and the world since the founding of the
college by John Finley Williamson.  Dr. James Jordan of the Westminster
faculty has carried on that leadership in choral pedagogical thinking,
teaching and learning through his many books and recordings.  For the first
time, using the model of the renowned Westminster Conducting Institute,
conductors and teachers alike can attend a one-week institute to not only
sharpen their rehearsal technique skills, but gain insight into a variety
of pedagogical areas of study.  Available for credit or non-credit.

Contact Name:Kimberly Pachec

Contact Phone:(609) 924-7416
Web site:  www.rider.edu/woce

July 1 – 7, 2012
Composition Week (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Composition Week provides aspiring young composers with concentrated study in the fundamentals
of composition. Through individualized attention, students of all levels of proficiency - from beginner to
advanced - work with Westminster faculty members, Stefan Young and Ron Hemmel. Students are taught
and encouraged to expand their creativity and technique in Westminster’s Music Computing Center with
access to their own personal work stations. Classes in style, 20th-century music and musical analysis focus
on works by major composers. After a week of daily private lessons and numerous compositions, students
perform and record their newly composed pieces in a final concert.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 2 – 6, 2012
Choral Pedagogy Institute with James Jordan
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Westminster has been at the forefront of choral pedagogy in the United States and the world since
the founding of the College by John Finley Williamson. James Jordan of the Westminster faculty has
carried on that leadership in choral pedagogical thinking, teaching and learning through his many books
and recordings. For the first time, using the model of the renowned Westminster Conducting Institute,
conductors and teachers alike can attend a one-week institute to not only sharpen their rehearsal technique
skills, but gain insight into the following areas of study. Each day is organized into a series of intensive
and focused classes, culminating in a rehearsal at the end of the day where participants experience the
principles that faculty are teaching in the daily seminars. Each participant will receive a music packet of 40
pieces for study and use.

The Choral Pedagogy Institute brings together in one location for intensive study and experience, many
of the most important and inspirational teachers in America in this unique and multifaceted seminar. The
Institute may be taken for credit or non-credit.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 4 – 14, 2012
7th World Choir Games
Sponsor: Interkultur
Location: Cincinnati, USA

Info: For the first time, the World Choir Games will take place in the USA. From July 4 - 14, 2012 choirs from all over the world will gather again at the 7th World Choir Games (WCG) in Cincinnati to contribute their share to international understanding and peace among nations.
Together you are going to celebrate a great festival of music, song and joie de vivre and Cincinnati will be a prestigious host city for the 7th World Choir Games. Participating in The Games will inspire and encourage international interaction that can forge lifelong friendships and the cultural understanding of many nations.
To be a participant of the World Choir Games is the most important and of the highest honor. To ensure your participation will be an artistic success, INTERKULTUR consultants are available to assist your organization from your first contact through registration and on-site at The Games.

Contact: Hugh Ballou
Phone: 888-398-8471
Website: www.interkultur.com  

Date:  July 5 - 9, 2012
Title:  Cantus Salisburgensis Summer Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Salzburg, Austria

Info:  Perform at the spectacular Salzburg Cathedral and beautiful
Mirabell Gardens, the backdrop to scenes from the “Sound of Music”. The
Massed Sing performance is under the direction of János Czifra, the
Salzburg Cathedral’s Music Director. Discover Salzburg’s picturesque
Old Town and its towering castle, and share your music with choirs from
around the world.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

July 5-15, 2012
Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg & Game Park

Info: The Ihlombe! South African Choral Festival offers a one of a kind choral experience in dynamic settings like Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Soweto as well as a Scenic Game Park. Your choir will have the opportunity to perform with many excellent South African Choirs, as well as participate in workshops with famous Choral Conductors.  Multiple choirs in extraordinary venues and diverse and sizeable audiences. You will experience African rhythms, dancing, and their wonderful, unique singing.  This festival is different from our other festivals as it includes adult choirs, university choirs, as well as children’s and youth choirs, and if you take part in this festival your choir will have the opportunity to perform your own repertoire in several concerts, collaborating with excellent South African groups, each conducted by their own music director.  You will also have the opportunity to learn and perform brand new commissions by renowned South African composers.
http://classicalmovements.org/s_af.html

Contact: Jayci Thomas, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: jayci@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com

Crossroads Children's Chorus Festival
July 7-13, 2012
Location: Nashville,TN

Info: Crossroads Children's Chorus Festival is pleased to announce Dr. Sandra Snow as clinician.
Dr. Snow will conduct the festival chorus and members of the Grammy award-winning Nashville
Symphony for the finale concert held at the historic Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN.
Crossroads was delighted to have participation from the Firefly Children's Chorus from Chongqing,
China this past summer. The festival is expected to host more groups from Asia in 2012.
Guest celebrity artists to be announced in the Spring 2012. Past artists include recent 2-time
Tony award winner Sutton Foster, operatic soprano, Kallen Esperiena, Broadway star
Lawrence Hamilton, and country legends Ronnie Milsap and Collin Raye.

For more information www.CrossroadsChildrensChorusFestival.com or
call 1800-2-CROSSROADS (1-800-227-6777) or
visit our facebook page: Crossroads Children's Chorus Festival/Crossroads Celebrity Concert

Date:  July 8 – July 21, 2012
Title:  Westminster Chamber Choir

Sponsor:  Westminster Choir College’s Office of Continuing Education
Location:  Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Info:  Westminster Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Joe Miller,
is a two-week program providing young professionals in the field of choral
music an opportunity to perform and study the art of choral singing in the
Westminster Choir College setting.  Spend two weeks living, singing, and
studying in a professional-level mixed choral ensemble that brings together
the highest level of choral and vocal artists to explore new works, as well
as focusing on a cappella repertoire.  Singers also receive private
conducting lessons.   Available for credit and non-credit.

Contact Name: Kimberly Pacheco
Contact Phone:  (609) 924-7416
Web site:  www.rider.edu/woce

July 8 – 20, 2012
Chamber Choir
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Westminster Chamber Choir is a two-week program providing young professionals in the field
of choral music an opportunity to perform and study the art of choral singing in the Westminster Choir
College setting. Live, sing, and study in a professional-level, mixed choral ensemble that brings together
the best of choral and vocal artists to explore new works, as well as focus on a cappella repertoire.
Singers also receive private conducting lessons and take part in conducting master classes. This year, the
choir's rehearsal process will focus on the Bach Mass in B minor, and the choir will perform the piece in
concertato style with the Westminster Summer Festival Choir in Richardson Auditorium on the campus of
Princeton University on Friday, July 20, 2012.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 8 – 13, 2012
Piano Camp (middle school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: In response to requests for a program for younger pianists, Westminster is pleased to offer the Middle
School Piano Camp. Now in its 11th year, this residential program offers young musicians the opportunity
to develop their playing skills, learn more about the fundamentals of music theory, composition and
history, and share in the joy of making music together. Participants will be coached in solo and ensemble
repertoire in master classes and supervised practice sessions. All students will participate in a composition
recital as well as a joint solo and ensemble concert.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 9 – 13, 2012
Conducting Technique Intensive with James Jordan
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Led by one of the country’s leading teachers of conducting, this innovative and groundbreaking
workshop will provide deep insights into conducting technique and its direct influence on choral sound.
Workshop participants, regardless of experience, will be taken through a detailed process to either rebuild
their conducting technique, or learn new conducting technique for the first time through a new pedagogy
developed by James Jordan and detailed in his new book with Giselle Wyers and Meade Andrews, The
Conductor’s Gesture. Taught by master teachers, the course is designed for in-depth exploration of what is
at the root of a conductor’s gesture, and to give participants the tools to effect immediate change through
expressive gesture in their ensembles.

The week is planned to re-build (or build) conducting technique from the “ground up” through a series of
different instructional sessions each day. Participants will acquire conducting skills sequentially through

intense group instruction with the acclaimed master teachers for this course.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 12 - 23, 2012
Rhapsody! Children’s Music Festival Vienna, Salzburg and Prague
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Vienna, Salzburg and Prague

Info: Participants of Rhapsody! Prague Children’s Music Festival Vienna Salzburg and Prague perform individually and as a combined ensemble in three of Europe’s most musical and historical cities. Past Performance venues have included St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna, St. Andrä Church in Salzburg, and St. Simon and Judah Church and Tyn Church in Prague.  The festival is highlighted by a Grand concert in Praque with a professional orchestra. Choirs will enjoy a workshop, musical exchanges and sightseeing tours.

http://classicalmovements.org/rhap.htm

Future Dates:
2013: July 11-22
Contact: Zhongjie Shi, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: zs@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com 

Date:  July 15 – July 21, 2012
Title:  Summer Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Westminster Choir College’s Office of Continuing Education
Location:  Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ

Info:  The Westminster Summer Choral Festival 2012 is a week-long program
that focuses on the study and preparation of the Bach B-minor Mass and
provides important opportunities for singers, conductors, and educators at
a variety of levels.  Festival participants enjoy a rigorous schedule that
includes classes on pedagogy and performance practice, conducting master
classes, round-table discussions with conducting faculty, observation of
Westminster Chamber Choir rehearsals followed by question and answer
sessions, and culminates in a performance of the Bach b-minor Mass at
Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.  No Audition
Required.  Available for credit and non-credit.

Contact Name: Kimberly Pacheco
Contact Phone:  (609) 924-7416
Web site:  www.rider.edu/woce

July 15 – 20, 2012
Summer Choral Festival
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: The Westminster Summer Choral Festival Choir is a week-long program focusing on the study
and preparation of a major choral-orchestral work. Festival participants enjoy a rigorous schedule that
includes classes on pedagogy and performance practice, conducting master classes, round-table discussions
with conducting faculty and observation of Westminster Chamber Choir rehearsals, culminating with a
performance of Bach's Mass in b minor at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University
on Friday, July 20, 2012. It is an exciting opportunity for singers, conductors and educators to experience
the joy of making music together in a supportive and encouraging environment. No Audition Required.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

Date: July 16-21, 2012
Title: Coastal Song Children's Choir Festival
Sponsor: Coastal Song
Location: Savannah and Charleston

Info: Join us at the inaugural Coastal Song Children’s Festival in the
gracious elegance and rich history of Savannah and Charleston. The
Coastal Song Children’s Festival invited children’s treble choirs from
across the United States to share their music. During the week, choirs
will perform concerts in beautiful and exciting venues, such as on the
Aircraft Carrier Yorktown at Patriot’s Point. Festival Artistic
Director Joshua Pedde and Festival Co- Director Director Robyn Lana, National
Chair for Children’s Choirs, will host private clinics.

Contact Name: James DiBlasio
Contact Phone: 317-218-0832
Web site:  www.coastalsong.com

July 16 – 20, 2012
Piano Camp for Teachers
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: This popular adult seminar returns in summer 2012. Don’t miss it! Study with Westminster’s
distinguished faculty and guest artists. Daily schedule includes pedagogy sessions on a wide variety of
topics, technique classes at all levels, teaching demonstrations with works in progress, and master class
ensemble opportunities.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 16 – 20, 2012
Teaching AP Music Theory
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Each year the College Board sponsors a course called the Advanced Placement Course in Music
Theory that culminates in a national examination in the spring. This course permits young musicians to take
college-level work while in high school. Students who perform well on the examination may earn credit
and advanced standing in college programs - both an academic and financial advantage for these students.
This course is open to people who have never taught the AP course before as well as those who have
experience in teaching the course and would like new ideas and insights.

Most AP music teachers are musicians who received training in music theory only as part of their own
college study. Besides giving these teachers the skills and strategies they need to teach music theory to high
school students and discussing the examination’s content and scoring, emphasis is on how to approach the
subject material with confidence. The course is presented by Westminster faculty member Joel Phillips,
who was the Chief Faculty Consultant for the AP Examination in Music Theory. In addition to sitting with

the committee of examiners that creates these tests, he was responsible for setting the scores, reviewing
the applications of those who wish to be readers for the examination and managing the scoring of the
examination each summer. Dr. Phillips, Elizabeth West Marvin and Jane Clendinning are authors of The
Musician’s Guide to Aural Skills, W. W. Norton.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 16 – 27, 2012
Kodály Certification I-IV
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Westminster Choir College, one of the first institutions in the country to offer teacher preparation
courses in the Kodály approach, continues to provide opportunities for teachers to develop their personal
musicianship, along with practical applications for the classroom. The Organization of American Kodály
Educators (OAKE)–endorsed Westminster Choir College Kodály Institute offers instruction by an
internationally respected faculty in the areas of solfège and musicianship, methodology and curriculum
development, and folk and art music collection, analysis and retrieval. Students have opportunities to
explore special topics in music education, such as the application of Kodály’s principles with children’s
choirs, the use of technology in collection and retrieval, instrumental application, and studies in the music
of selected regional and cultural groups and their music. Additionally, students enhance their own musical
skills through daily participation in a choral ensemble, along with daily solfège classes at their own levels.

To earn Westminster’s OAKE-endorsed Kodály certificate, participants must complete 240 hours of course
work. The certification program requires students attend four, two-week courses in four summers. Levels
I, II, III and IV are taken in sequence, with pedagogical topics and musicianship building upon content
and skills explored and developed in each previous level. Additionally, participants must complete a
one-week conducting class and a one-week chamber ensemble class, selected from Westminster’s many
unique and available summer course offerings. (The two classes may be taken within the four summers
or in a fifth summer, or through Westminster’s Saturday Seminars during the school year.) This option
provides an opportunity to study with some of the most well-respected and cutting-edge guest conductors
and lecturers in the world, and to experience a wide variety of ensemble experiences, from handbells to
masterwork chorales. Other requirements include the completion of a song collection and retrieval system
and videotaped teaching assignments.

Placement in levels is based on previous Kodály training. Due to the sequential nature of the instruction
and assignments, students who have taken Level I, II or III at an institution other than Westminster Choir
College should consult the faculty and course director for approval before enrolling in a specific level.
The faculty and staff wish to ensure that each student’s musical and intellectual needs are met in the most
effective manner, and all decisions regarding enrollment are made with consideration of the student’s best
interest. A certificate of attendance is issued upon satisfactory completion of each level. Students who
complete Level IV coursework and requirements are awarded Certification by the Westminster Choir
College, Kodály Institute, endorsed by the OAKE.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 18 - July 30, 2012
Melodia! South American Music Festival
Producer: Classical Movements
Location: Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires

Info: The Melodia! South American Music Festival in Brazil and Argentina features performances by individual choirs with their own directors in Brazil, as well as combined choir performances with orchestra conducted by the Guest Conductor in Argentina.  Other activities include cultural exchanges with local students and music ensembles, a Latin American music workshop, and exceptional sightseeing and outreach opportunities in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.  Applications are accepted from youth and children's choirs (treble and mixed voices), as well as youth orchestras.

http://classicalmovements.org/s_am.htm

Future Dates:
2013: July 17 - 28

Contact: Alessandra D'Ovidio, Classical Movements, Inc., 319 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
Phone: +1 (800) 882-0025
Fax: +1-703-683-6045
Email: alessandra@classicalmovements.com
Web Site: www.ClassicalMovements.com 

Date:  July 19 - 23, 2012
Title:  Belgian Summer Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Ghent, Belgium

Info:  The city of Ghent welcomes choirs from Europe and North America to
perform in the stunning St. Michael’s Cathedral. Celebrate choral music
as part of the “Ghent Arts and Music Festival,” Europe’s largest
open-air cultural festival. Visit and perform in the capital city of
Brussels and the beautiful and historic city of Bruges.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

July 22 – 27, 2012
Piano Camp (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Now in its 27th year, Piano Camp is a unique and exciting musical experience for high school
students. Led by Professor of Piano, Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield, the outstanding faculty includes Donald
Smith, Todd Simmons, Radek Materka, Shannon Hesse, Heather Atagan Thorarinson, Kristen Watkins
Topham, Angela Meyers, Lauren Kooistra, Ryan Brechmacher and Rose McCathran. The faculty will
present lecture/demonstrations, master classes and group discussions, which allow campers the opportunity
to explore, in a supportive environment, the many facets of playing the piano. Ideas on efficient practice
techniques, stylistic interpretation, memorization and dealing with performance anxiety will be presented.
By reviewing videotapes of their playing and coachings, pianists will be able to study technique,
performance choreography, develop poise and strive for a polished performance.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 22 – 28, 2012
Flute Camp (high school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Info: Master classes, taught by Gerald Carey, will focus on solo repertoire. Participants will be selected
to perform in daily master classes with accompaniment. Each will be assigned a standard piece from the
solo repertoire that will be performed on the final camp recital. Selection is based on a playing audition
during the first day. Ensemble classes, taught by Sandy Olson and Sue Gillio, will focus on flute literature
for small ensembles such as trios and quartets and will address specifics of tone, rhythm, intonation,
balance, etc. Additional activities will emphasize good warm-up procedures, the importance of scales in
daily technique classes, flute choir reading, and special events relating to all aspects of the flute and flute
playing. High School Summer Flute Camp students work alongside the Middle School Summer Flute
Camp students during the day in a wide variety of activities. In the evening, special activities are added to
the schedule.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 22 – 28, 2012
Vocal Camp (middle school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Modeled after Westminster’s highly acclaimed High School Vocal Institute, the middle school
program provides students with an opportunity to study and learn from some of the country's leading
educators in the field of children’s music. Middle School Vocal Camp, under the direction of Patricia Thel,
is a week-long camp designed as a complete program of carefully supervised musical and social activities.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of music through classes in basic theory and music reading. Daily
voice classes help to expand their personal potential. Students personalize their program by choosing from
elective classes in conducting, art and drama. Choir rehearsals are held several times throughout the day.
Rochelle Ellis, vocal instructor at Westminster Choir College and Princeton University; Lucy Strauli, a
singer who has sung with the New York City Opera; and Patricia Thel will direct the students in a final
staged and abridged production of an operetta. Campers audition at the beginning of the week and are cast
into lead roles for the production. The final program includes choral music, music from voice class and the
operetta.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 23 – 27, 2012
Intermediate Choral Conducting
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: This course is designed for conductors who have had previous experience in the practice of the

choral art. Class members must demonstrate a grasp of the basic skills of conducting technique and musical
understanding if they are to be a part of this class. This is a “doing” class, and participants are expected to
advance their abilities during this intense week of study. The greatest amount of attention is given to the
development of conducting skills. Rehearsal technique, vocal style and choral performance practice are also
discussed. All members are involved in the conducting, singing and musical preparation of compositions
from various historic style periods.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 23 – 27, 2012
YogaVoice
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Classical hatha yoga is an ancient system of personal growth and self-discovery. It is both a science
and an art and as such, has many benefits for the singer. As a science, it teaches and provides tools for
clear, unencumbered mind/body action. As an art, it provides a paradigm for authenticity in artistic
expression.

The YogaVoice Intensive is a week-long course designed to explore the “eight-limbed” approach of
classical hatha yoga as set forth in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (yama, niyama, asana, pranayama,
pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi) and to make application of these principles to the lives and
work of classical singers and performing artists. Lectures and discussions compliment daily practice
in yoga postures, breathing techniques, and concentration/meditation techniques. While the topics are
directed toward yoga’s application for singers, participants in other disciplines (e.g., conductors, pianists,
pedagogues) may also benefit from the program.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 24-29, 2012
Sponsor: LABORATORIOS BAGO - Y.P.F. - SECRETARIA CULTURA DE LA NACION - GOBIERNO CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES and others.
Location:  Buenos Aires - Argentina
Info: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL - BUENOS AIRES 2012 ( July 24-29)
Contact: Lic. Miguel Enrique Moreso - Festival General Director - e-mail: m.moreso@summitmp.com.ar
Phone: (54-11) 4788-1047 - mobile: (54-911) 4914-9170
Website: www.summitmp.com.ar

Dates: July 26 through August 7, 2012
SPOLETO, TODI, MONTEFALCO, ASSISI, ITALY
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, JANUARY 3rd, 2012 (postmarked)

UMBRIAN SERENADES is a life-transforming choral program that brings
together passionate singers from all over the U.S. who seek opportunities
to perform exquisite a cappella repertoire within a small vocal chamber
ensemble. These choral enthusiasts come together to enhance their vocal,
musicianship, and ensemble skills, as well as savor all that small medieval
hilltop towns in the heart of Italy can offer culturally, be it wine, olive
oil, cooking, and the like. This select chamber ensemble performs sacred a
cappella vocal works, spanning from Renaissance to Gospel, Spiritual and
contemporary repertoire in unique spaces throughout the lush and
breathtaking hills of Umbria.

For the 2012 session, Umbrian Serenades is happy to announce that DR.
JOSEPH FLUMMERFELT, Musical America 2004 Conductor of the Year, will once
again conduct the ensemble of participants.

For more details and application procedures visit:
http://www.umbrianserenades.com/

Date: July 26-30 2012
Title: 4th Toscana Music Festival (Italy)

Sponsor: MusikReisenFaszination
Location: Montecatini terme, Italy
Info: International festival of choirs and orchestras in Tuscany (Italy)
TUSCANY – country of cypress trees and soft hills
Italy’s most popular holiday region is renowned for its joy of life,
culinary delights and rich culture. About half of the world’s art
treasures can be found in Italy, a great part of them in the Tuscany.
Particularly famous are Florence, the region’s capital, but also Pisa,
Siena, and Lucca – the home of Giacomo Puccini. The concerts of the
Toscana Music Festivals are arranged in the classy ambience of the Spa of
Montecatini and the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta.

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967764
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/tmf.phtml

July 29 - August 5, 2012
Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop with Simon Carrington, Bronislawa Falinska and Brian O'Connell

Sponsor: Amministrazione Comunale di Sarteano Location: Sarteano, Italy (Tuscany)
Info: This intensive and supportive conducting workshop is geared for 26-30 choral conductors
and music educators with strong vocal ability, who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber
choral music. In addition, we heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the
workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are
very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. Up to two graduate credits are
available through The Boston Conservatory.

There are three possible tiers of participation: Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor and Singer.
The afternoon sessions will consist solely of daily conducting master classes with Simon Carrington.
Each Full Conductor will conduct in every Master Class. Enrollment is limited to 10 Full Conductors.
Conducting Auditors are scheduled for a private conducting lesson with Simon.

The two-part morning sessions will consist of Vocal Pedagogy ensemble work with Bronislawa Falinska
utilizing the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining, a vocal technique not commonly found in the
USA, and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir, with Brian O'Connell. We are also delighted to
again offer a Q&A/Dialogue interest session with Simon. For a detailed description of the workshop and
an online application form, please visit our website.

Contact: Gail Leicher Phone: + 1 781.652.0158  Email: sarteanochoral@rcn.com                                                     Web Site: www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com 

July 29 – August 4, 2012
Music Theatre Camp (middle school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Now in its seventh year, the popular summer Middle School Music Theatre draws campers from
across the country. Students have a dance/movement class and study and perform in a showcase led by
music director, Derek Cressman; stage director, Jason Vodicka; and choreographer, Sara Accardi. Program
highlights include learning acting, movement and character-building techniques; voice classes with
Westminster voice faculty; and perform in the final Musical Theatre Showcase.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 29 – August 4, 2012
Music Theatre Camp (middle school)
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Now in its seventh year, the popular summer Middle School Music Theatre draws campers from
across the country. Students have a dance/movement class and study and perform in a showcase led by
music director, Derek Cressman; stage director, Jason Vodicka; and choreographer, Sara Accardi. Program
highlights include learning acting, movement and character-building techniques; voice classes with
Westminster voice faculty; and perform in the final Musical Theatre Showcase.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

July 30 – August 3, 2012
Music Literacy through Solfège
Sponsor: Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Info: Participants will come away with increased skill and confidence in using solfège (do-based major,
la-based minor) to help students hear, read, notate, harmonize and improvise music with harmonic
understanding. This popular workshop is relevant to all music-teaching settings and is designed to
accommodate teachers with varied solfège experience. In a supportive environment, participants will
develop their own musicianship while learning tried and proven solfège pedagogical practices.

Contact: Westminster Office of Continuing Education
Phone: 609-924-7416
Website: www.rider.edu/summerarts

August 2012

Date: August 3-4, 2012
Name of Festival:Celebration XXXVIII

Location: Durham Convention Center, Durham, North Carolina
Sponsor: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Presenters: Bill Carroll, Allen Pote, John Rutter
Info:  Since 1975, this two day workshop has provided school
and church musicians the best that Hinshaw Music has to offer,
both new works and old favorites, and the chance to work with nationally,
and internationally known composers and clinicians.
The highlight of CELEBRATION is the gala concert on Friday evening,
this year at beautiful Duke University Chapel, featuring The Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham,
Rodney Wynkoop, director, and John Rutter, guest conductor.

Phone: 800-568-7805
Website:www.hinshawmusic.com

August 5-10, 2012
Tuning @ Tahoe
A Church Choir Professional's Summer Seminar
Conducting Track headliner - Charles Bruffy
Ministry Track headliner - Ken Medema
Vocal Pedagogy Track headliner - Katharin Rundus
Dean - Allan Petker
20 publishers in 10 reading sessions
Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center

775.588.6759 opt. 1 - email: program@zephyrpoint.org
www.ZephyrPoint.org/Tuning-Tahoe

August 5-11, 2012
Choral workshop for conductors
Le Chant des Oyseaux
Caunes-Minervois (France)

Le Chant des Oyseaux offers a choral workshop for conductors and a few
very experienced amateur singers with Franck Pellé-Rolland. Repertoire :
Sacred music of the Baltic States - PÄRT, SISASK and DUBRA.

+33 977 649 906
http://choral-workshop.monsite-orange.fr

Date: August 14, 2012
Title: Music and Worship Summer Workshop
Sponsor: Church Music Institute
Location: Portland, Oregon
Info: CMI summer workshops combine worship, access to some of the best thinkers and
practitioners in worship and church music, presentation of recent compositions and practices,
discussion of topics of pressing concern to leaders of worship, and resources for church music
leaders and worship planners.
Contact Name: Dr. Charlotte Kroeker
Email: Ckroeker@churchmusicinstitute.org
Contact Phone: 214/751-7669
Web site: www.churchmusicinstitute.org

Date: August 30 - September 3,2012
Title: Paris Music Festival - 2nd International festival of choirs and orchestras in Paris (France)
Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Paris, France

Info: PARIS - city of love, dreams and senses
Nobody can think of Paris without various associations and a multitude of
pictures crossing their mind: the river Seine, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame,
Napoleon, the Arc de Triumphe, the Champs-Elysees. No other city exalts the
imagination like this metropolis, which is also particularly popular for
its musical events. As of late these also include the Paris Music Festival.

Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: +49 - 7221 - 967764
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/pmf.phtml

September 2012

Date:September 27- January 10,2012
Title: 4th Cracovia Music Festival 2012 (Cracow, Poland) - International festival of choirs and orchestras

Sponsor: MRF MusicFestivals
Location: Cracow, Poland
Info: CRACOW – one of the twelve most important towns in the world
The former capital of Poland is one of Europe’s last undiscovered                                                           destinations. Here the Holy Father Pope John Paul II served as a Bishop for
more than twelve years. Centre of the old town is Rynek (main market
place), one of Europe’s most beautiful and largest market places. This
market place is divided by huge cloth halls as well as the gothic St.
Mary’s Basilica. At the south edge of the old town rises the Wawelburg
with the famous King’s castle. In these historic surroundings, in the
renowned churches of Krakow as well as in the concert hall with its
appealing acoustics, the festival concerts take place.
Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: +49-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/cmf.phtml 

October 2012

Date: October 16-21, 2012
Title: Choral Workshop "Stabat Mater" - International Oratorio Choir
Sponsor: MusikReisenFaszination
Location: Lake Garda, Italy
Info: Who is the International Oratorio Choir?
International Oratorio Choir (Artisitc Director Peter Laskowski) is a
great international choir participating in music projects, with which you
may again perform the oratorios you know in an international lineup.

Who can take part in the project?
Whole choirs or parts thereof with at least 10 singers

What are the terms and conditions for singers?
- own choral scores (published by Kalmus Music) of Stabat Mater (G.
Rossini), you can order it from us
- some rough knowledge of the piece (e.g. having worked through it
yourself or indeed having performed it on a previous occasion)
- commitment to attend all the rehearsals throughout the project phase

Which piece will be worked on together?
Gioacchino Rossini’s Stabat Mater is the central piece of church music
written by this Italian opera composer. It is based on a mediaeval poem
called Stabat Mater Dolorosa. Following Italian traditions of church music,
Rossini divided the mediaeval sequence in Stabat Mater into clearly
separated solo and ensemble movements. The care with which he undertook
this task is reflected in the fact that he used no material from earlier
works whatsoever. Stabat Mater contains both operatic elements and features
of church music: lively melodic patterns and dynamic rhythms can be found
alongside contrapuntal sections composed in the old style.

Where will the rehearsals be held?
On Lake Garda in Italy the International Oratorio Choir will be using the
rehearsal rooms.
The lake presents a wonderful spectacle of natural luminescence and
colours for an unforgettable musical event.

Where and when the concert will take place?
The oratory will be held at the Concert Hall in Riva del Garda (Italy) on
20 October 2012 at 20:00 hrs
within the context of he Lago di Garda Music Festival.
Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.oratorio-choir.com/

Date: October 18-22, 2012
Title: 6th Lago di Garda Music Festival (Italy)
Sponsor: MusikReisenFaszination
Location: Riva del Garda (Italy)
Info: International festival of choirs and orchestras on Lake Garda (Italy)

LAKE GARDA (Italian: Lago di Garda) - the most Mediterranean lake of all
Italian Alpine lakes.
To the alert eye the lake offers a spectacle of natural brightness and
colours which makes this place a unique holiday destination for all
seasons. Visitors are impressed by places and villages with historic
buildings and ancient traces of old Roman settlements as well as by
imposing palaces and patrician villas that create a fascinating surrounding
area for the Lago di Garda Music Festival. This magnificent backdrop
provides the opportunity for amateur choirs and orchestras to experience an
unforgettable touristic-musical event.
Contact Name: Gregor Laskowski
Contact Phone: 0049-7221-967696
Web site: http://www.mrf-musicfestivals.com/lgmf.phtml

Date:  October 19 - 23, 2012
Title: Cantate Barcelona
Sponsor: Music Contact International
Location: Barcelona, Spain

Info: Choirs from across the globe participate in this annual festival.
Share music in Barcelona and towns throughout Spain’s Mediterranean Costa
Brava region during an evening of music with a Spanish choir, sing at the
stunning museum in Barcelona and at the monastery of Montserrat. Taste the
local Paella and enjoy the rhythms the region is famous for at the festive
Closing Ceremony!

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

November 2012

Thursday, November 22 - Monday, November 26, 2012
Title:  Prague Advent Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Prague, Czech Republic

Info: By invitation of the City of Prague, join choirs from Europe and
North America to sing in this magnificent city during Advent season. Share
your music with local choirs at the beautiful Liechtenstein Palace and the
Christmas Market Stage in the Old Town Square.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com 

Thursday, November 22 - Monday, November 26, 2012
Title:  Vienna Advent Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Vienna, Austria

Info:  By invitation of the Cultural Affairs Dept., Vienna welcomes choirs
from around the world to share their voices in the music capital of Europe.
Sing at venues such as the magnificent City Hall and breathtaking Melk
Abbey. Enjoy the festive pre-holiday atmosphere in this enchanted city!

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Thursday, November 29 – Monday, December 3, 2012
Title:  Prague Advent Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Prague, Czech Republic

Info: By invitation of the City of Prague, join choirs from Europe and
North America to sing in this magnificent city during Advent season. Share
your music with local choirs at the beautiful Liechtenstein Palace and the
Christmas Market Stage in the Old Town Square.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Thursday, November 29 – Monday, December 3, 2012
Title:  Vienna Advent Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Vienna, Austria

Info:  By invitation of the Cultural Affairs Dept., Vienna welcomes choirs
from around the world to share their voices in the music capital of Europe.
Sing at venues such as the magnificent City Hall and breathtaking Melk
Abbey. Enjoy the festive pre-holiday atmosphere in this enchanted city!

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

December 2012

Thursday, December 6 – Monday, December 10, 2012
Title:  Prague Advent Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Prague, Czech Republic

Info: By invitation of the City of Prague, join choirs from Europe and
North America to sing in this magnificent city during Advent season. Share
your music with local choirs at the beautiful Liechtenstein Palace and the
Christmas Market Stage in the Old Town Square.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com 

Thursday, December 6 – Monday, December 10, 2012
Title:  Vienna Advent Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Vienna, Austria

Info:  By invitation of the Cultural Affairs Dept., Vienna welcomes choirs
from around the world to share their voices in the music capital of Europe.
Sing at venues such as the magnificent City Hall and breathtaking Melk
Abbey. Enjoy the festive pre-holiday atmosphere in this enchanted city!

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Thursday, December 13 – Monday, December 17, 2012
Title:  Prague Advent Choral Festival
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Prague, Czech Republic

Info: By invitation of the City of Prague, join choirs from Europe and
North America to sing in this magnificent city during Advent season. Share
your music with local choirs at the beautiful Liechtenstein Palace and the
Christmas Market Stage in the Old Town Square.

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

Thursday, December 13 – Monday, December 17, 2012
Title:  Vienna Advent Sing
Sponsor:  Music Contact International
Location:  Vienna, Austria

Info:  By invitation of the Cultural Affairs Dept., Vienna welcomes choirs
from around the world to share their voices in the music capital of Europe.
Sing at venues such as the magnificent City Hall and breathtaking Melk
Abbey. Enjoy the festive pre-holiday atmosphere in this enchanted city!

Contact Phone:  1-800-624-0166
Email:  travel@music-contact.com
Web site:  http://www.music-contact.com

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