Perform in the Festival Choir at The Berliner Dom (tbd) Individual Performances and Gala Concerts with JOHN DICKSON JUNE 2014 PROSPECTUS KIconcerts.com
FESTIVAL CHOIR - at BERLINER DOM with JOHN DICKSON TABLE OF CONTENTS Leader.... 2 Program.... 3 Package Details.... 7 Travel Insurance Plan.... 8 Producers.... 10 2
Perhaps the opportunity of international travel and musicmaking has shaped my life as a professional musician as much as any other experience. Yet seeing the world through other cultures and singing in some of the globe s great venues are life-changing experiences, whatever your career path. I hope you will consider singing with me while we explore three remarkable cities -- Berlin, Prague, and Leipzig. -John Dickson 1
LEADER John Dickson John Dickson is Director of Choral Studies and Chair of the Ensembles and Conducting Division in the College of Music and Dramatic Arts at Louisiana State University, where he conducts the LSU A Cappella Choir, teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and supervises the graduate program in choral conducting. He recently assumed the LSU choral post after a four-year tenure as Dean of the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, where he also served as Professor of Conducting in the graduate program. He will continue as the founding artistic director and conductor of Coro Vocati, one of Atlanta s newest and most accomplished professional chamber choirs. Internationally known as a conducting pedagogue, Dr. Dickson has presented master-classes before the Association of British Choral Directors and the Russian State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow, served as adjudicator for international choral festivals, and conducted workshops throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France, and Canada. He has served as conductor and guest clinician for numerous state, regional, and national ACDA conventions, All-State choruses, and choral festivals around the world. Prior to his Mercer appointment, Dickson was the Director of Choral Studies and Chair of the Conducting Division at Texas Tech University, where he conducted the University Choir, Madrigal Singers and the Lubbock Chorale, and supervised the graduate programs in choral conducting. During his eight-year tenure, his Texas Tech University Choir was regularly featured at outstanding choral venues -- the most recent being the 2008 Texas Music Educators Association conference in San Antonio. Notable composers Eric Whitacre and Stephen Paulus have featured the Choir in workshops. In January 2007, the Choir was selected for the National Endowment of the Arts American Masterpieces Music Festival Crossing the Divide: Exploring Influence and Finding Our Voice, in Austin, Texas. For the 2007 England tour the Choir presented evensong services at St. Paul s and St. Alban s, and was the service choir for the Cambridge choral workshop at St. John s College. Other significant performances include the 2005 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) national convention in Los Angeles, preceded by invitational performances for the TMEA conference in San Antonio and the ACDA Southwest Regional convention in Little Rock in 2004. In 2002, the Choir was the only American choir selected to perform for the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) national convention in York, England. Dr. Dickson was also the founder and musical director of Coro Favoriti, a twelve-voice professional chamber vocal ensemble based in Louisville, KY. The ensemble received notable plaudits for a recording of Leonarda Isabella s Missa Op. 16 with the highly acclaimed Baroque instrumental chamber ensemble, Ars Femina. Appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Dr. Dickson sang with Sir David Willcocks and The Bach Choir in London. A second post-doctoral fellowship allowed him to serve as David Hill s assistant conductor for The Bach Choir. Dr. Dickson s work as chorus-master with The Bach Choir chamber ensemble resulted in a recording of Handel s L Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato with John Nelson and his Ensemble Orchestral de Paris on EMI s Virgin Classics. As chorus-master, Dr. Dickson has prepared choirs for other distinguished conductors including Sir David Willcocks, Michael Tilson Thomas, Lawrence Leighton Smith, Max Bragado-Darman, and David Hill. He was the founder and Artistic Director for the Cambridge University, St. John s College /Texas Tech University Summer Choral Institute. Dr. Dickson is also the Founding Director of the C. S. Lewis Foundation s Oxbridge Choral Institute, a professional chorus serving the triennial symposium in Oxford and Cambridge. He served on the Editorial Board of The Choral Journal as editor of the sacred music column, Hallelujah. The Choral Journal and The Mastersinger have published several of his articles on conducting and church music. His most recent article, The Crossroads of our Calling, appeared in the April 2009 issue of The Choral Journal. He was a past Vice-President for the Texas Choral Directors Association. A strong advocate for church music, he championed artistic, graduate church music education for fifteen years as the Director of Choral Studies at the former graduate school of church music at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. He holds the D.M.A. degree in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, the M.M. degree in musicology from Baylor University, and has done post-doctoral study at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. GERMANY 2014: with John Dickson 2
CORE PROGRAM BERLIN Friday, June 6 Depart New York Saturday, June 7 Arrive in Berlin Meet KIconcerts Tour Manager Transfer to your hotel & check-in Welcome dinner Overnight Berlin Sunday, June 8 Breakfast (daily) Rehearsal Guided city tour of Berlin. See Alexanderplatz and the TV tower, Brandenburg Gate, Victory Column, Reichstag, Postdamer Platz, Unter den Linden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Kurfürstendamm Optional individual concerts Overnight Berlin 3
CORE PROGRAM Monday, June 9 Rehearsal Transfer to Oranienburg Visit the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. This camp was one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis when they gained power in 1933 Return to Berlin for further sightseeing Overnight Berlin Tuesday, June 10 Dress rehearsal Gala concert with John Dickson Overnight Berlin Wednesday, June 11 Depart for home or for extension tour **Itineraries subject to change. **Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire GERMANY 2014: with John Dickson 4
EXTENSION TOUR LEIPZIG, PRAGUE Wednesday, June 11 Travel to Leipzig Guided tour of Leipzig including St. Thomas and St. Nicholas Church, the Gewandhaus, the old and new city halls and the houses of Felix Mendelssohn, Robert & Clara Schumann and J.S. Bach Continue to Prague Overnight Prague Thursday, June 12 Guided city tour of Prague including Prague Castle with St. Vitus Cathedral, Lesser Town Square and St. Nicolas Church, Charles Bridge over Vltava river and Prague s Old Town Square Optional individual concerts Overnight Prague 5
EXTENSION TOUR Friday, June 13 Tour St. Vitus Cathedral and view Prague Castle Exchange program Concert Overnight Prague Saturday, June 14 Depart for home **Itineraries subject to change. **Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire GERMANY 2014: with John Dickson 6
TRAVEL INSURANCE PLAN KIconcerts announces expanded coverage & new lower premiums to increase your travel protection The coverage in the policy is set out fully in the full Travel Insurance Certificate that can be seen online at www.tripmate.com/wpf390v or that KIconcerts can send you. SOME HIGHLIGHTS: CANCEL FOR ANY REASON BENEFIT If You cancel Your Trip for any reason not otherwise covered by this policy, We will reimburse You for 75% of the unused non-refundable prepaid expenses for Travel Arrangements You paid for Your Trip, provided: 1) payment for this plan is received by KIconcerts within 14 days of Your initial deposit/payment for Your Trip; and 2) You cancel Your Trip two (2) days or more before your Scheduled Trip Departure Date. This Cancel For Any Reason Benefit does not cover: 1) penalties associated with any air or other travel arrangements not provided by KIconcerts; or 2) the failure of KIconcerts to provide the bargained-for Travel Arrangements due to cessation of operations for any reason. OTHER REASONS FOR CANCELLATION If you cancel your Trip for a covered reason, you will be reimbursed for the amount of the unused non-refundable prepaid expenses for Travel Arrangements you paid for your Trip. They will pay your additional cost as a result of a change in the per person occupancy rate for prepaid travel arrangements if a Traveling Companion s Trip is canceled for a covered reason and your Trip is not canceled. TRIP INTERRUPTION The company will pay benefits if you have to interrupt your trip for covered reasons. TRAVEL DELAY If your trip is delayed for 12 hours or more for covered reasons, the company will reimburse you up to $150 per day up to a maximum of $750 for reasonable accommodation expenses incurred by you for hotels, meals, telephone calls and local transportation while you are delayed. Subject to certain conditions, the company will reimburse you, less any amount paid or payable from any other valid and collectible insurance or indemnity, up to $1,500 for direct loss, theft, damage or destruction of your Baggage, passports or visas during your Trip. The company will reimburse you, less any amount paid or payable from any other valid and collectible insurance or indemnity, up to $150 per day to a maximum of $300, for the cost of reasonable additional clothing and personal articles purchased by you, if your Baggage is delayed for 24 hours or more during your Trip. GERMANY 2014: with John Dickson 8
TRAVEL INSURANCE PLAN MEDICAL EXPENSE/EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE Accidental Death and Dismemberment........................ $25,000 Medical Expense/Emergency Assistance Accident & Sickness Medical Expenses..................... $25,000 Emergency Medical Evacuation......................... $50,000 Repatriation of Remains............................. Included WAIVER OF THE PRE-EXISTING CONDITION EXCLUSION The Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion is waived if payment for this plan is received by KIconcerts within 14 days of your initial deposit/payment for your Trip. Please Note: This policy may not be purchased after you have made final payment for your Trip. ONE CALL A 24-hour worldwide service for medical emergencies, transmitting emergency messages, arranging emergency cash transfer, replacing lost travel documents including tickets and passports. CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS Certain exclusions and limitations apply and are detailed in the Travel Insurance Certificate. For example, coverage does not apply to: any Sickness or condition of you, a Traveling Companion or an Immediate Family Member traveling with you that existed during the 60 days prior to the effective date of the coverages (this exclusion is waived if your premium is received within 14 days of your initial deposit/payment for your Trip.) COVERED REASONS Other Covered Reasons, as defined, includes the following events or their consequences: Cancellation or Interruption of your Trip due to: Inclement Weather, unannounced Strike, mechanical breakdown that causes complete cessation of services of Your Common Carrier for at least 12 consecutive hours; a documented traffic accident while enroute to departure; being hijacked or quarantined; jury duty; destruction of your home or destination by fire, flood, burglary or natural disaster; being called to the emergency service of government to provide aid or relief in the event of a natural disaster; a documented theft of passports or visas or a transfer of employment of 250 miles or more; Involuntary Job Termination (must be employed with same employer for 1 year); a Terrorist Incident which occurs in your departure city which is a scheduled destination for your Trip provided the Terrorist Incident occurs within 30 days prior to the Scheduled Departure Date for your Trip or Revocation of military leave due to war. The Travel Protection Plan is underwritten by: US Fire Insurance Company, Eatontown, NJ. Benefits are administered by: Trip Mate, Inc.* 9225 Ward Parkway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri, 64114, 800-888-7292 (*In CA, dba Trip Mate Insurance Agency). KIconcerts Plan F390v. www.tripmate.com/wpf390v 9
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