Vienna New Year Choral Festival

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1 in Vienna Vienna New Year Choral Festival WITH DR. JERRY McCOY President of the American Choral Directors Association DEC 27, 2012 JAN 3, 2013 Festival Concert Optional individual concerts in Salzburg & Vienna

2 WITH DR. JERRY McCOY in VIENNA TABLE OF CONTENTS Destination Leader Highlights Program Package Details Travel Insurance Plan Producers Austria in

3 DESTINATION AUSTRIA Austria has been the birthplace of many famous composers including Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Strauss, Jr. as well as members of the Second Viennese School such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, then an independent Church Principality, though one that was culturally closely connected to Austria, and much of Mozart s career was spent in Vienna. In the mid-20th century, Salzburg was the setting for parts of the musical and film The Sound of Music, which also features famous landmarks in Austria Vienna has long an been especially important centre of musical innovation. 18th and 19th century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs, making Vienna the European capital of classical music 3

4 LEADER DR. JERRY MCCOY Dr. Jerry McCoy is in his eleventh year as Director of Choral Studies and Professor of Music at the University of North Texas where he conducts the A Cappella Choir, the North Texas Chamber Choir and the Grand Chorus, teaches graduate choral conducting and advanced choral techniques, and guides the choral studies program consisting of nine performance choirs. He is also Music Director of Schola Cantorum of Texas, one of the foremost volunteer choruses in Texas. He is national president of the 18,000-member American Choral Directors Association, a member of the INTERKULTUR international music advisory board (the administrating entity for the World Choir Games), and a member of the editorial board of the Choral Scholar. For six years he was founder/music director of the Texas Choral Artist, a professional chamber choir based in Dallas, Texas. In 2009 he served as chorus master for the Dallas Wind Symphony performances of Orff s Carmina Burana (with Schola Cantorum of Texas and two UNT choirs). The Dallas Morning News ranked the performances in the top 10 concerts of the year. In 2006, he served as conductor of Bach s Mass in b Minor with Texas Camerata and Texas Choral Artists, a performance that was hailed as one of the top three classical performances of the year by the Fort Worth Star Telegram. In 2008 he served as chorus master for performances of the Mozart Requiem performed by the Texas Ballet Theatre, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the Schola Cantorum of Texas. The concerts were hailed as artistic triumphs. Dr. McCoy has been a guest conductor for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the New England Symphonic Ensemble, the Texas Camerata, the renowned Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Incheon City Chorale (South Korea s foremost professional choir), the Daegu (Korea) City Choir, the Wichita (Kansas) Chamber Chorale, and the Wichita Falls (Texas) Symphony Orchestra. He sang and recorded with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers in New York City and throughout southern France, and with the Banff (Canada) Festival Chamber Choir led by distinguished Swedish conductor Eric Ericson. His Choirs have given concerts with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Abilene Symphony Orchestra, the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, the Schola Cantorum Festival Orchestra, and numerous university and contract orchestras. Dr. McCoy is one of America s most well-respected choral conductors, having conducted all-state, regional, festival, and performance clinics in thirty-six states across the nation. He has served as guest clinician/conductor in Austria, China, England, Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, and Venezuela. Guest engagements for include appearances in China, South Korea (Bucheong and Incheon), Taiwan (Taipei, Jung-Li and Tou-Fen), Colorado, Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. VIENNA NEW YEAR CHORAL FESTIVAL: with Dr. Jerry McCoy 4

5 HIGHLIGHTS NEW YEARS, 2013 Tuesday, December 27 Wednesday, December 28 Thursday, December 29 Friday, December 30 Saturday, December 31 Sunday, January 1 Monday, January 2 Tuesday, January 3 Departure from New York Arrive in Munich Sightseeing tour of Munich Continue to Salzburg Tour of Salzburg Sing Mass or Concert Welcome dinner Travel to Vienna Concert Festival rehearsal Tour of Vienna New Year s Eve dinner celebration Festival rehearsal Sing Mass Visit the Schönbrunn Palace Explore Vienna Gala concert Depart for home 5

6 PROGRAM NEW YEARS, 2013 Tuesday, December 27 Departure from New York Wednesday, December 28 Arrive in Munich Meet your KIconcerts tour manager Sightseeing tour of Munich Continue to Salzburg Arrive at the hotel for check in Dinner Overnight Salzburg Thursday, December 29 Breakfast (daily) Enjoy a guided walking tour of Salzburg including a visit to Mozart s Birthplace. Here you can see the violin he played when he was five. You will also see the Fortress Hohensalzburg, Mirabell Gardens and Salzburger Dom Sing Mass or Concert Welcome dinner Overnight Salzburg VIENNA NEW YEAR CHORAL FESTIVAL: with Dr. Jerry McCoy 6

7 PROGRAM Friday, December 30 Travel to Vienna. Vienna s many charms are hidden in narrow side streets and ancient courtyards. There are 17th-century houses and quaint baroque squares in all corners of the city. Every district boasts houses where Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler or one of the Strausses lived Arrive at the hotel for check in Concert Dinner Overnight Vienna Saturday, December 31 Festival rehearsal Guided city tour of Vienna including Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, St Stephen s Cathedral, Mozart s Figaro House, City Hall and the Burgtheater Continue to Belvedere Palace, the former summer residence of Prince Eugen, which houses the largest and the most precious Gustav Klimt collection in the world New Year s Eve dinner celebration Overnight Vienna 7

8 PROGRAM Sunday, January 1 Festival rehearsal Sing Mass Visit the Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors. Here Marie-Antoinette lived as a young girl. The rococo interior is recreated as it was at its zenith. The six year old Mozart played for the empress inside the Palace. Stroll through the beautiful gardens filled with flowers and statues Dinner Overnight Vienna Monday, January 2 Free time to explore Vienna for individual sightseeing and shopping Gala concert Farewell dinner Overnight Vienna Tuesday, January 3 Transfer to airport and travel back home ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire VIENNA NEW YEAR CHORAL FESTIVAL: with Dr. Jerry McCoy 8

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