with Heather J. Buchanan PASSION OF ITALY 2017 Individual concerts Combined Festival Concerts Sing Mass at St. Peter s Basilica Tour Rome Option to tour Florence and Venice JULY 2017 TOUR PROSPECTUS
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Dear Friends Imagine performing in Italy - the country with arguably the greatest Western musical heritage. Passion of Italy is a choral festival for fine singers to perform with their own choirs in individual concerts, as well as combining to form the Festival Gala Choir. Building on the tremendous success of the Sydney Opera House festival we staged in 2014, I am honored to lead this exciting Italian choral adventure. Be transported back in time by touring the Vatican, Coliseum and the Roman Forum as well as the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and the surrounding piazzas. You can also consider options to continue touring to Florence (birthplace of the Renaissance) and Venice. Your musicians will create a lifetime of musical memories by singing in St Peter s Basilica and in one of the great Rome cathedrals, as well as more intimate settings. I would love you to consider joining me in Italy in July 2017 along with other passionate and dedicated choristers. Please contact me for more information about the musical elements and my friends from KIconcerts regarding the tour aspects. I look forward to hearing from you, Heather J. Buchanan Artistic Director & Conductor Passion of Italy in 2017 with Heather J. Buchanan Page 3
LEADER HEATHER J. BUCHANAN www.heatherjbuchanan.com Australian born conductor Heather J. Buchanan is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA, where she conducts the 160-voice Chorale, 60-voice University Singers, and 24-voice Vocal Accord. Choirs under her direction have won critical acclaim for their heartfelt conviction, new-minted enthusiasm and vibrancy, being a marvel of diction, tuning and rhythm, impeccable dynamics and diction, vibrant sound, and for singing with the crispness and dexterity of a professional choir. Over the last decade the Montclair State choral program has developed an enviable reputation for artistic excellence and creative programming in the US and Europe. Dr. Buchanan s choirs have collaborated with a variety of renowned artists and composers including Meredith Monk, Mícheál ÓSúílleabháin, Joseph Flummerfelt, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Choir, the Studiochor of the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz, Austria, and composers Tarik O Regan, Robert Livingston Aldridge, Chen Yi, Sarah Hopkins and Martin Sedek. The MSU Chorale s masterwork performances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra include Verdi Requiem, Orff s Carmina Burana, Mahler Symphony No. 3; Beethoven s Ninth Symphony, and Howard Shore s Academy Award winning score The Lord of the Rings Symphony under the batons of Neeme Järvi, Jacques LaCombe, and John Maucceri. The University Singers recorded Songs of Ascension with Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble on the prestigious ECM label under legendary producer Manfried Eicher, released May 2011. This collaboration was included in the Producer of the Year section of the 2012 Grammy nominations. Dr. Buchanan holds degrees from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University (Australia), Westminster Choir College of Rider University (USA), and a PhD from the University of New England (Australia). A licensed Andover Educator, she specializes in the teaching of Body Mapping and somatic pedagogy for musicians. Her guest conducting highlights include the 2007 Dvorák Festival in Prague and Vienna, the World Premiere performance of Madison s Descent, preparing the opera chorus for the regional premier of Elmer Gantry, and the US premiere of a new production of A Ceremony of Carols with famed British choreographer Richard Alston and his dance company in December 2012 for Benjamin Britten s centennial. Dr. Buchanan s publications include co-editing the landmark GIA choral series Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, the DVD Evoking Sound: Body Mapping & Gesture Fundamentals, and octavos in the Evoking Sound Choral Series (GIA). A vibrant teacher, dynamic performer, and passionate musicians health advocate, Dr. Buchanan is in demand as a guest conductor, somatic educator, and choral clinician in the US and abroad. She resides in Princeton Junction, New Jersey with her husband Peter and daughter Paige. Page 4
ROME FESTIVAL PROGRAM SATURDAY, JULY 8 Departure SUNDAY, JULY 9 Land at Rome airport Meet your KIconcerts representative Introduction to Rome MONDAY, JULY 10 Breakfast daily Combined rehearsal Tour the breathtaking Colosseum and the Roman Forum Dinner daily Check in Overnight Rome Welcome Dinner Overnight Rome Passion of Italy in 2017 with Heather J. Buchanan Page 5
PROGRAM TUESDAY, JULY 11 Combined rehearsal Guided walking tour of the historical centre of Rome including Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Enjoy a day in Vatican City a city state in the center of Rome the heart of the Roman Catholic religion Tour the Vatican Museums highlight of which is the never to be forgotten Sistine Chapel with its breathtaking frescos by Michelangelo Navona and Piazza Campo de Fiori Individual concert options Overnight Rome Combined choir sings Mass at St Peter s Basilica (tbd) Overnight Rome Page 6
PROGRAM THURSDAY, JULY 13 Dress rehearsal Explore Rome Return to hotel, downtime, change FRIDAY, JULY 14 Transfer to airport and return home Arrive at gala concert venue Individual performances and Festival Gala Concert Overnight Rome or continue to Florence and Venice ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Passion of Italy in 2017 with Heather J. Buchanan Page 7
PROGRAM FLORENCE FESTIVAL FRIDAY, JULY 14 Travel to Florence Visit Academia to view Michelangelo s masterpieces including David SATURDAY, JULY 15 Tour the magnificent city of Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance. Visit the Piazza Del Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria SUNDAY, JULY 16 Transfer to Rome airport Depart for home or continue to Venice Check in Overnight Florence Explore Florence Individual performances and Gala Concert Overnight Florence Additional $350 for departure from Florence airport ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Page 8
PROGRAM VENICE EXTENSION SUNDAY, JULY 16 Transfer to Tronchetto Pier Sail to Venice Guided visit of the historical center of Venice including seeing the famed St. Mark s Basilica, the Doge s Palace decorated by 16th MONDAY, JULY 17 Return to Venice Explore the pathways, waterways and sights of this lagoon community from where the century artists such as Titian and Tintoretto, the Bridge of Sighs and Piombi Prison Transfer to Mestre Check in Overnight Mestre Venetians ruled the waterways for over a millennium Optional individual concert Overnight Mestre TUESDAY, JULY 18 Transfer to airport and return home ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Passion of Italy in 2017 with Heather J. Buchanan Page 9
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