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School of Music announces choral tours for 2008
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The School of Music has announced its choral tours for 2008. They are:
- May 11-23, 2008--An enjoyment of music and culture tour to Prague, Czech Republic, Dresden, Germany, Leipzig, Berlin and Amsterdam, Netherlands. This tour will include attendance at concerts in each of the cities in addition to guided tours, free time for shopping, exploring, and museum visiting. There will be a student group taking a class in music appreciation and the accompanying adults will join them in the activities. No required lectures, but all travelers free to attend. Tour leaders will be Larry Wyatt and Carol Krueger. Tour cost is $3350. The course (Music 300) will meet the fine arts requirement for all degree programs.
- June 9-18, 2008--The Concert Choir has been invited to participate in the cultural prelude to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Other choirs will join them for a performance of Vivaldi's Gloria with orchestra and soloists under the direction of Larry Wyatt. The tour is open to anyone as a singer in the Vivaldi or as a tourist. The itinerary includes all meals with visits to Beijing, Tian Anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, Beijing Opera, Shanghai, Shanghai Acrobats, and more. The cost of the tour--including hotels, ground transportation, guided tours, tips, taxes, security fees, and airfare round-trip from Atlanta--is $3700.
For a complete tour prospectus, contact Sara Beardsley at 7-5369 or SBeardsley@mozart.sc.edu.
9/07
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 Above, a scene from the Beijing Opera and, below, the Temple of Heaven. Both are on the itinerary for the June 2008 choral tour.
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