with Frank Ticheli in Austria Combined performances with Frank Ticheli Individual performances Prague & Vienna Optional extensions Mid Europe Festival, Schladming or Munich touring & performing JULY 2017 TOUR PROSPECTUS
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Dear Friends, What a pleasure it is to offer you two great performance options in Austria in 2017. In addition to the festival I will be leading in Vienna is the option to travel with me to Schladming to perform at the famed Mid-Europe Festival for bands. There will be optional individual performances as well as the combined rehearsals under my direction of around 30 minutes of combined repertoire and then the gala concert spotlighting individual ensembles before building to the combined band finale in Vienna. Bands then have the option to continue touring on their own through Salzburg to Munich for an additional individual performance or to come with me via Salzburg to Schladming. Schladming has hosted the Mid-Europe festival for many years and it is a renowned festival featuring wind bands. I am delighted to have been invited to guest conduct there again. Those ensembles that have traveled with me from Vienna will perform individually and again as the Festival combined band in the gala concert. In addition you will have the opportunity to hear many great ensembles from around the world while interacting with these fine musicians. Since I began working with KI, we have enjoyed sensational summer festivals in Australia at the Sydney Opera House, in Italy, and, most recently, in London and Harrogate, UK; our festival program in Austria promises to be equally thrilling. Almost nothing can match the excitement of taking your band abroad to perform in stunning international venues for wildly appreciative audiences. I want to share this rare experience with as many of you as possible. Full ensembles are encouraged, but smaller groups of selected musicians are also very welcome, focusing their performance on the combined literature. I urge you to consider my personal invitation to become a part of this tradition and to share in the wonderful history and culture of central Europe. - Dr. Frank Ticheli Artistic Director & Conductor Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 3
LEADER FRANK TICHELI Frank Ticheli s music has been described as being optimistic and thoughtful (Los Angeles Times), lean and muscular (New York Times), brilliantly effective (Miami Herald) and powerful, deeply felt crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Ticheli (b. 1958) joined the faculty of the University of Southern California s Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony, and he still enjoys a close working relationship with that orchestra and their music director, Carl St. Clair. Ticheli is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Beijing and Shanghai, London and Manchester, Rome, Singapore, Schladming (Austria), and numerous cities in Japan. Ticheli is currently composing THE SHORE, a choral symphony for the Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony. Their recording of the symphony will be released in 2014 on a Delos label CD featuring all of Ticheli s choral works. Other all-ticheli recordings are being released by the Dallas Wind Symphony (Reference) and Virginia Symphony (Naxos). Ticheli is the winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest for his Symphony No. 2. Other awards for his music include three awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Walter Beeler Memorial Prize, and First Prize awards in the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Competition, Britten-on-the-Bay Choral Composition Contest, and Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music. He is a national honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and he was named by the American School Band Directors Association as the 2009 recipient of the A. Austin Harding Award, bestowed to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the school band movement in America. Frank Ticheli received his doctoral and masters degrees in composition from The University of Michigan. His works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Delos, Klavier, Koch International, Mark Custom, Naxos, and Reference Recordings.3 Harrogate International Festivals Page 4
PRAGUE, VIENNA & SALZBURG & SCHLADMING MID EUROPE FESTIVAL MONDAY, 3 JULY Depart Australia TUESDAY, 4 JULY Arrive in Prague Meet KIconcerts tour manager Check into hotel WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY Breakfast daily Tour of Prague including the Old Town Square with Prague s Astronomical Clock and Charles Bridge THURSDAY, JULY 6 Visit St. Vitus Cathedral and see Prague Castle Dinner daily Overnight Prague Overnight Prague Optional individual concert Overnight Prague Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 5
FRIDAY, JULY 7 Transfer to Melk Tour the Melk Abbey Sail on the Danube towards Vienna SATURDAY, JULY 8 Guided city tour of Vienna passing Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, St. Stephen s Cathedral, Mozart s Figaro House, City Hall and the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, Lanner and Brahms) Board coaches to driver into Vienna Check into hotel Rehearsal Welcome dinner Page 6
SUNDAY, JULY 9 Rehearsal Vienna sightseeing including a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors MONDAY, JULY 10 Explore Vienna Dress rehearsal TUESDAY, JULY 11 Transfer to Salzburg Sightseeing tour of Salzburg including a visit to Mozart s Birthplace Transfer to Schladming Arrive Schladming Optional individual concerts Festival Gala Concert - individual and combined performances with Frank Ticheli Check into hotel Opening Ceremony - Mid Europe Band Festival Overnight Schladming Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 7
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Mid Europe Band Festival program Rehearsal THURSDAY, JULY 13 Mid Europe Band Festival program Sightseeing on the Top of the Mountain Festival gala concert with Frank Ticheli in Schladming Overnight Schladming Open Air Concert at Lange Nacht - in the Main square Overnight Schladming FRIDAY, JULY 14 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 Page 8
PRAGUE, VIENNA, SALZBURG & MUNICH MONDAY, 3 JULY Depart Australia TUESDAY, 4 JULY Arrive in Prague Meet KIconcerts tour manager Check into hotel WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY Breakfast daily Tour of Prague including the Old Town Square with Prague s Astronomical Clock and Charles Bridge THURSDAY, JULY 6 Visit St. Vitus Cathedral and see Prague Castle Dinner daily Overnight Prague Overnight Prague Optional individual concert Overnight Prague Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 9
FRIDAY, JULY 7 Transfer to Melk Tour the Melk Abbey Sail on the Danube towards Vienna SATURDAY, JULY 8 Breakfast daily Guided city tour of Vienna passing Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, St. Stephen s Cathedral, Mozart s Figaro House, City Hall and the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, Lanner and Brahms) Board coaches to driver into Vienna Check into hotel Rehearsal Welcome dinner Page 10
SUNDAY, JULY 9 Rehearsal Vienna sightseeing including a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors MONDAY, JULY 10 Explore Vienna Dress rehearsal TUESDAY, JULY 11 Transfer to Salzburg Sightseeing tour of Salzburg including a visit to Mozart s Birthplace Optional individual concerts Festival Gala Concert - individual and combined performances with Frank Ticheli Arrive in Munich Check into hotel Overnight Munich Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 11
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Walking tour of Munich city center THURSDAY, JULY 13 Option to tour Dachau concentration camp Tour Neuschwanstein Castle Optional individual concerts Overnight in Munich Time to explore Munich for individual sightseeing and shopping Overnight in Munich FRIDAY, JULY 14 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 Page 12
PACKAGE DETAILS INCLUSIONS Round-trip airfare from Australia, Professional tour escort throughout economy class tour Air taxes and fuel surcharges Private motor coach throughout with driver 3.5 star accommodations, based on double occupancy Breakfast and dinner daily All scheduled sightseeing and entrance fees Concert organization and promotion listed in itineraries Core travel insurance benefits Group tips EXCLUSIONS (optional) Single room supplements by check or Meals other than specified in the direct debit itinerary Travel insurance upgrades Instrument hire and air transport Allocation of specific seat assignments on flights Excess baggage Personal expenses, eg. drinks, laundry, phone calls Any other items not mentioned in inclusions above PRICE NOTES All prices are in AUD, projected for One free position is offered for each 2017 and are subject to change 20 paying passengers buying the full They are based on an exchange rate package outlined above, not including of $1AUD = 0.65EUR and a minimum the Exclusions outlined above of 40 paying travelers Once you have expressed your They may increase if there are interest in participating, we will significant changes in fuel surcharges/ provide you with a price based on air travel taxes travel from and to your preferred airport Frank Ticheli Festival Austria Page 13
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