with Sandra & Timothy Peter NOTES OF JOY for Women s, Men s & Mixed Choirs Individual & Festival Concerts VIENNA & SALZBURG JUNE 2017 TOUR PROSPECTUS
Your World of Music
Join us in two of the great cities of culture in Europe; Vienna and Salzburg. We love our work with students of all ages and know the value of intercultural and international experiences in travel and music! We welcome women s ensembles, men s ensembles as well as mixed choirs utilizing our work with female and male voices separately and together. We will present individual choir concerts and we will combine to sing as a festival choir - our echoes will join those from across the ages. We ll walk in the footsteps of the masters, we will immerse ourselves in the world from which much of our great music springs and we will enjoy the appreciation of warm audiences in commanding venues. Austria is not to be missed by any musician and this will be a great experience for all of us! We are very excited about this and hope that you will consider summer of 2017! Sandra & Timothy Peter Artistic Directors & Conductors Notes of Joy with Sandra & Timothy Peter Page 3
LEADERS SANDRA PETER Dr. Sandra Peter is active as a choral conductor and guest clinician throughout the United States and abroad. She recently completed 22 years of teaching at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where she conducted Aurora (select first-year women) and Cathedral Choir (select second-year students, mixed voices). She is a contributor to Conducting Women s Choirs: Strategies for Success, released by GIA Publications. She is also a published choral arranger with the Neil Kjos Company and MorningStar Music and co-editor of Morning Star s Luther College Music Series. Dr. Peter is an active member of American Choral Directors Association, the College Music Society, National Association for Music Education, and a charter member of The National Collegiate Choral Organization. She has been invited to speak at national meetings of both NCCO and ACDA and several of her choirs have performed at regional ACDA conferences. Her experience includes many years conducting church choirs of all ages for congregations in Minnesota, Iowa and Arizona, most recently as the Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in DeLand, Florida. She was also a founding member of the National Lutheran Choir. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Dr. Peter holds degrees from Concordia College (Moorhead), University of Arizona and the University of Iowa. In the spring of 2016 she will serve as a Visiting Professor of Music at Macalester College in St. Paul, conducting the Macalester Concert Choir and Macalester Chorale. Page 4
LEADERS TIMOTHY PETER Timothy Peter is director of choral activities at Stetson University. He is a native of Minnesota, received his undergraduate degree from Luther College and completed his doctorate of musical arts degree at the University of Arizona. Before coming to Stetson University, he was professor of music at Luther College and served as the head of the music department. He has been a high school choral director and church musician in Minnesota, Iowa and Arizona. Having joined the faculty of the Stetson University School of Music in the fall of 2012, Peter conducts the Stetson Concert Choir, which is the university s touring SATB ensemble, comprised of select upper-class singers. In addition, he conducts the Stetson Men and teaches choral conducting and choral repertoire courses. He is involved in the National Collegiate Choral Organization and the American Choral Directors Association, having held positions as the divisional chair for repertoire and standards for college and universities and the state and divisional chair for men s choirs. His choirs have been selected to perform at the 2011 National ACDA Conference in Chicago and at four Divisional NC-ACDA conventions held in Minneapolis, Minn., Sioux Falls, S.D. and Madison, Wis. His off-campus teaching, adjudicating and conducting includes numerous appearances as a convention presenter, festival clinician and all-state conductor in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. He has prepared choirs and orchestras for performances at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Orchestra Hall and Rockefeller Chapel in Chicago, the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, the Holland Center in Omaha, the TWA Center in St. Louis, the Overture Center in Madison, the Alamodome in San Antonio and the Seoul Foreign School Center for the Performing Arts. He has conducted in Germany, Namibia, Oman, South Africa and South Korea. Notes of Joy with Sandra & Timothy Peter Page 5
PROGRAM SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Departure VIENNA & SALZBURG SUNDAY, JUNE 11 Arrive in Vienna Meet KIconcerts tour manager Introduction to Vienna MONDAY, JUNE 12 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 Check into hotel Dinner daily Overnight Vienna composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, Lanner and Brahms) Rehearsal Welcome dinner Overnight Vienna Page 6
PROGRAM TUESDAY, JUNE 13 Rehearsal Vienna sightseeing including a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 Explore Vienna Dress rehearsal THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Transfer to Salzburg Enjoy the Sound of Music tour. See the Mondsee Kirche where the Von Trapp wedding took place, Nonnberg Abbey, St. Gilgen and more Optional individual/exchange concerts (tbd) Overnight Vienna Festival Gala Concert - individual and combined performances Overnight Vienna Check in Overnight Salzburg Notes of Joy with Sandra & Timothy Peter Page 7
PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Sightseeing tour of Salzburg including a visit to Mozart s Birthplace Dress rehearsal SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Transfer to airport and travel back home or continue on to Festival Gala Concert - individual and combined performances Overnight Salzburg Munich or to Prague ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Page 8
PROGRAM MUNICH TOUR SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Transfer to Munich Walking tour of Munich city center SUNDAY, JUNE 18 Tour Neuschwanstein Castle Time to explore Munich for individual sightseeing and shopping Check in to hotel Overnight in Munich Optional individual concerts Overnight in Munich MONDAY, JUNE 19 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 Notes of Joy with Sandra & Timothy Peter Page 9
PROGRAM PRAGUE TOUR SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Arrive in Prague Check in SUNDAY, JUNE 18 Visit St. Vitus Cathedral and see Prague Castle Time to explore Prague for individual sightseeing and shopping Night time tour of Prague including the Old Town Square with Prague s Astronomical Clock and Charles Bridge Overnight in Prague Optional individual concerts Overnight in Prague MONDAY, JUNE 19 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 10
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