SING TO THE LORD

CLASSICAL SINGING IN EUROPE 2012.

June 20 - July 2nd

When amateur singers go on a singing tour they usually do so as members of an existing ensemble. However, many singers are members of church and community choirs which do not travel. This program allows individual singers to make the decision to tour. Participants arrange and pay for their own transport to and from the Czech Republic as they would for any individual vacation. They arrange surface transport to a designated hotel, at which accommodation has been booked for them to their specifications. At this point, they become members of a touring musical ensemble, joining other singers from various Canadian communities who share a love of choral music.  Spouses and children are welcome as well but on the understanding that the tour is built around the rehearsal and performance schedule of the choir. Every effort will be made to plan complementary events for non-singers during the time that the singers are rehearsing.

MUSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

There are no auditions. All who register as singers are members of the choir. However, in order to achieve the musical objectives of the director and to ensure personal satisfaction, those enrolling as singers should be able to read music, have current or recent choral or solo singing experience, and be comfortable singing serious sacred music in Latin and German.

REPERTOIRE, REHEARSALS, & PERFORMANCES

This year, the major work will be the MISSA BREVIS  by F.H.Haydn. The program will also include the Motel by  J.S. Bach ‘Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren‘ and a major work of Felix Mendelssohn. The final selection for repertoire is dependent upon the registrations.

The music for the tour is distributed in advance; the cost is included in the registration fee. Singers are expected to do extensive individual preparation prior to starting the trip. Each morning choir members rehearse the repertoire for a minimum of 3 hours.

This year's tour will begin in Prague and performances, either concerts or worship services, are scheduled there, in Marienbad, Leipzig  and Berlin. All performances will be in churches and cathedrals. The venues and performance dates are guaranteed; the size of the audience is not.  Once the first performance is given, shorter additional rehearsals will be scheduled at the discretion of the Musical Director.

The afternoons and evenings are given over to sightseeing. During the tour, participants will have a chance to hear many fine free or modestly priced concerts in the locales visited. Transportation between the cities and countries is by bus. At the end of the tour, people overnight in Prague for the last evening and depart the following day to return home, to continue their vacation to locations of their choice, or to participate in the optional tour offered by Club Tours Agentur.

DATES & COST:

June 20, 2012 - July 2, 2012

Payments to be made by cheque to: Vision 2000 Travel. Credit card payments subject to a 2% surcharge.

ITINERARY

A detailed itinerary is available here.

To register, please send or email a completed registration form available here (pdf file) together with your deposit no later than April 15, 2012 to:

MARTINA PELADEAU
TRAVEL COUNSELOR
VISION 2000 TRAVEL
203-4488 West Saanich Rd,
Victoria, BC V8Z 3E9

TEL: 250 412-1888 or Toll free 1-877-412-1887
Direct line: 250 412-1883
EMAIL: mpeladeau@vision2000travel.ca
WEBPAGE: www.vision2000.ca/martinapeladeau 

Should there be insufficient enrollment, your deposit will be returned to you in its entirety.

Dec 24/2011