2/22/2013
Full house in UBC University Singers and Orfeón Universitario de Valencia joint concert
Incantato
proudly presented yesterday UBC University SIngers and Orfeón Universitario de
Valencia Joint concert, at 8 pm in the beautiful San Esteban Church Auditorium,
belonging to the Professional Conservatory of Valencia complex.
The
audience reached 180 people, over
the full house seats capacity (150 seats), to enjoy and applaud the performance
of the artists.
The UBC
University Singers started with their 35 minutes concert, in which they reached
a great quality, even after these days of travelling and fun.
After the
UBC, the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia performed some works by Piazolla,
with lyrics written by the Argentinian famour writer J.L. Borges.
The great finale was really warm, with both choirs
together on stage, to perform two works they have prepared during the exchange:
Fair in face, by the famous Canadian
composer Willan, and Jacinto Chiclana,
another Piazolla work.
At the end
of the concert, the singers and members of the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia
presented an orange scarf to Director Graeme Langager, as a sign of gratitude,
as this is the very “distinctive” object they use in their performances and
tours. Maestro Langager gave a
present to the Director of the Orfeón, Alvaro Bañó, as well.
After the
concert the UBC University Singers were taken to a cocktail, in which Incantato
gave some presents to the Orfeón and the Conservatorio of Valencia, as a
remembering from this wonderful Exchange and Concert experience.
2/21/2013
Incantato presents UBC University Singers in Valencia: Joint concert with the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia, Thursday 21 Feb, at 8pm
After a full-room success in Toledo, the UBC University Singers will be presenting their second concert in the Performance Tour to Spain in the very new Auditorium of the Conservatory of Valencia, on Thursday, Feb.21, at 8pm.
This will be a wonderful finale to the 2-days Exchange Program that the UBC University Singers and the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia are celebrating, including visits to the historical sites, Welcome Reception by the Conservatory, Official Reception at the University Vice-rectorate, Vocal Masterclass and rehearsal.
The joint concert program includes a wonderful selection of pieces by the UBC University Singers: Bach, Pärt, Lauridsen, Estévez, Guerrero and Hogan. The Orfeón Universitario de Valencia will perform 4 works by Piazolla and one by Haendel. And they will close this very special concert together, with two wonderful pieces: Fair in face, (Willan) and Jacinto Chiclana (Piazolla).
The Orfeón Universitario de Valencia is very famous in Spain and internationally. It started on 1947, and has been awarded with the 1st price in all the editions of the University Choirs Contest in Spain, as well as in the International University Choirs Contest more than 10 times. They have toured over 15 different countries, and has received 5 different national honours for their labour in the culture and music.
References:
Orfeón Universitario de Valencia
The concert in the choral and choirs news in Valencia
The concert in the official page of the Valencia State Department
The concert event in the Orfeón facebook
This will be a wonderful finale to the 2-days Exchange Program that the UBC University Singers and the Orfeón Universitario de Valencia are celebrating, including visits to the historical sites, Welcome Reception by the Conservatory, Official Reception at the University Vice-rectorate, Vocal Masterclass and rehearsal.
The joint concert program includes a wonderful selection of pieces by the UBC University Singers: Bach, Pärt, Lauridsen, Estévez, Guerrero and Hogan. The Orfeón Universitario de Valencia will perform 4 works by Piazolla and one by Haendel. And they will close this very special concert together, with two wonderful pieces: Fair in face, (Willan) and Jacinto Chiclana (Piazolla).
The Orfeón Universitario de Valencia is very famous in Spain and internationally. It started on 1947, and has been awarded with the 1st price in all the editions of the University Choirs Contest in Spain, as well as in the International University Choirs Contest more than 10 times. They have toured over 15 different countries, and has received 5 different national honours for their labour in the culture and music.
References:
Orfeón Universitario de Valencia
The concert in the choral and choirs news in Valencia
The concert in the official page of the Valencia State Department
The concert event in the Orfeón facebook
2/20/2013
The UBC University Singers present their first concert in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo
After being the featured guest choir for the morning Mass in the Toledo Cathedral, a Tapas lunch and a guided city tour, this eventful Tuesday culminated in the UBC University Singers' first concert of their 2013 performance tour through Spain.
The venue for this performance was the Sefardi Museum in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. The Main Praying Hall is very famous for the cultural events and performances, as the Toledo piano festival among others.
The concert has been on the radio and cultural newspapers, as well as on the local news, and it was promoted with a brief interview in the very popular Cope radio (3rd in audience ranking in Spain)
The concert was presented to an audience of 200 people, over the full capacity of the venue (180 seats), with some 20 people who enjoyed the concert standing. The concert lasted beautiful 90 minutes.
The audience was delighted with UBC University Singers, and there was a warm and welcoming atmosphere to which the performance of the Sephardic music group Fayna just could add more joy. This performance was a special gift by Incantato to both the Sefardí Museum and the UBC University Choir, as Sephardic music is a very unique cultural heritage that has been preserved during 15 centuries through the world by the Spanish Jewish communities.
The trio Fayna performed 3 different pieces accompanied with traditional instruments, with Angela Moreno (singer), Alexander Pérez (lavta y yayli tanbur) and Natalia Martín (lyre and Spanish tambourine).
Enhancing this special emphasis on Jewish heritage and community, and as a present to the director of the Synagogue, Dr. Graeme Langager presented four choral pieces by famous Jewish Canadian composer Sid Rabinovich.
The concert concluded with an encore piece, as well as members of the audience standing up for a performance beautifully done.
For more pictures from the UBC University Singers tour, be sure to check out the Incantato Concert Tours facebook page.
The venue for this performance was the Sefardi Museum in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. The Main Praying Hall is very famous for the cultural events and performances, as the Toledo piano festival among others.
The concert has been on the radio and cultural newspapers, as well as on the local news, and it was promoted with a brief interview in the very popular Cope radio (3rd in audience ranking in Spain)
The concert was presented to an audience of 200 people, over the full capacity of the venue (180 seats), with some 20 people who enjoyed the concert standing. The concert lasted beautiful 90 minutes.
The audience was delighted with UBC University Singers, and there was a warm and welcoming atmosphere to which the performance of the Sephardic music group Fayna just could add more joy. This performance was a special gift by Incantato to both the Sefardí Museum and the UBC University Choir, as Sephardic music is a very unique cultural heritage that has been preserved during 15 centuries through the world by the Spanish Jewish communities.
The trio Fayna performed 3 different pieces accompanied with traditional instruments, with Angela Moreno (singer), Alexander Pérez (lavta y yayli tanbur) and Natalia Martín (lyre and Spanish tambourine).
Enhancing this special emphasis on Jewish heritage and community, and as a present to the director of the Synagogue, Dr. Graeme Langager presented four choral pieces by famous Jewish Canadian composer Sid Rabinovich.
The concert concluded with an encore piece, as well as members of the audience standing up for a performance beautifully done.
For more pictures from the UBC University Singers tour, be sure to check out the Incantato Concert Tours facebook page.
2/19/2013
UBC University Singers as the featured guest choir for Mass in the Toledo Cathedral
Under the direction of Dr. Graeme Langager, they performed three songs during the Mass and one additional one in the choir loft of the main cathedral. Visitors and locals alike stopped by while visiting either the Cathedral or Mass and listened in on a wonderful performance. Many compliments were offered to Dr. Langager and the University of British Columbia University Singers, including a thank you for the beautiful performance from the priest. Others also remarked on a performance well done and that it was a shame the choir could not return for Sunday Mass.
Here some pictures:
Incantato presents UBC University Singers at Toledo Synagogue on Tuesday February 19
The
UBC University Singers under the direction of Dr. Graeme Langager, will present the first concert of their 2013 Incantato Performance Tour to Spain at the magnificent Sinagogue del Transito in Toledo on Tuesday, February 19, at
7:30 P.M.
The
concert will take place in the Main Praying Room, the most exquisite
construction in this unique temple, built in the 14th century and is decorated
all over ceilings and walls with Mudejar elements and beautiful geometric
motifs, flowers and inscriptions in Arabic and Hebrew. Sinagoga del Tránsito is
the popular name given to the Synagogue of Samuel ha-Leví, is one of the
most important examples of Hispano-Jewish art.
The building was part of a sumptuous palace built
in the 15th century and it was erected in the days when the Jewish community
had an enviable position in the society of the era, with privileged posts in
the Administration and Tax Collection Authorities.King Don Pedro even openly
protected the Jews, and synagogues saw their heyday under his reign
(1350-1369), as they were protected even when a Papal Bulla had banned the
erection of new Hebrew temples, and only allowed the refurbishment of those
already constructed.
When King Don Pedro built it, he defied all the laws
about synagogues being smaller and lower than churches.It features Nasris-style
polychrome stucco-work, Hebrew inscriptions of the names of God, multifoil
arches and Mudéjar panelled ceiling.In the 16th century it became a
church of Saint Benito. Later at the 17th century the name changed into Church
of the Nuestra Senora del Transito. The name derives from the painting: Transit
of Virgin. The synagogue was also used as military headquarters during the Napoleonic
Wars. In 1877 the building became a national monument. The transformation of
the building into the Sephardi Museum, as it is now officially called, started
around 1910.
Nowadays the Sinagoga del Tránsito hosts many
important musical events, as the very famous concerts of Sephardic music and
many famous classical artists.
Coro UBC University Singers - From Today's Toledo City News
Lugar: Toledo, Museo Sefardí
Fecha: martes, 19 de febrero de 2013
Coro UBC UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Gira España 2013
SONGS OF JOY
Un recorrido global por la música coral
De: Vancouver, Canadá
Director: Dr. Graeme Langager
El Coro UBC University Singers es el conjunto coral primero del Conservatorio Superior de la
Universidad de British Columbia, en Vancouver, Canadá.
Este coro, conformado por 40 voces, es muy conocido en la escena coral norteamericana, habiendo
logrado entre otros, los prestigiosos premios del CBC National Choral Competition y el BBC
International Choral Competition. Ha dado conciertos en Canadá, Estados Unidos y Europa,
incluyendo conciertos en la Basílica de San Pedro (Roma), Stefansdom, (Viena) Notre-Dame
(París), San Nicolás (Praga) y San Esteban (Budapest)..
Su repertorio recoge una amplia variedad de música para Coro de Cámara, abarcando desde el
Renacimiento hasta la música contemporánea, e incluye obras maestras para coro y orquesta.
En esta Gira, el UBC University Singers Choir interpretará obras de América del Norte y del Sur,
Europa y Asia, abarcando desde el renacimiento hasta el repertorio contemporáneo. Cabe destacar
la inclusión de 4 obras del patrimonio musical español.
Su Director, el Dr. Graeme Langager
El Dr. Graeme Langager es el Director de Actividades Corales del Conservatorio Superior de
Música de la Universidad de British Columbia desde 2009. Anteriormente desempeñó el mismo
cargo en la Universidad de Arkansas, y en el Cuesta College, en Califonia.
Nativo de Alberta, recibió su Doctorado en Música y Dirección de Coros por el Conservatorio
Superior y la Universidad de Cincinnati, y su Master en Dirección de Coros por la Universidad de
California. Estudió Dirección de coros con Rivers, Coker, BIelefelt y Hafso, y recibió formación
adicional con Helmut Rilling, A. Armstrong, Thomas Davies, John Alexander, y Robert Page.
El Dr. Langager es además Director Artístico del Coro de Cámara Phoenix, coro profesional con
sede en Vancouver, Canadá. Polifacético y activo, es solicitado además como Director Invitado en
distintas formaciones, a las que perfecciona en sus Seminarios como Clinician Conductor.
En su faceta de arreglista y compositor destacan obras como Processional Hallelujah, o Iris
Blessing, que le han creado reconocimiento por su frescor y originalidad.
El Dr. Langager ha formado parte de la Junta de National Collegiate Choral Organization, así como
en las Juntas de Arkansas y California de la ACDA (Asociación de Directores Corales Americana).
Los Coros bajo su dirección han sido invitados a actuar en las prestigiosas conferencias de la
ACDA, MENC, Arkansas All-State, y IAJE. Han realizado giras y actuaciones en los escenarios de
Estados Unidos, Canadá y Europa,
Su actividad docente en California, Ohio, Carolina del Norte y Arkansas, abarca desde nivel
superior hasta Conservatorios Profesionales y Escuelas.
UBC University Singers – Gira España 2013 – Songs of Joy 2
- Martes 19 febrero, Toledo: CONCIERTO CORAL
Museo Sefardí, Sinagoga del Tránsito, 7,30 pm.
Todos los conciertos son de entrada libre y tienen aforo limitado.
Acompañamientos en la celebración de la Misa:
Martes 19 de febrero: Catedral de Toledo, 10,30 am.
REPERTORIO
Fair in face Willan (Canadá)
Ave Maria Lauridsen (EEUU)
It is well Himno tradicional (EEUU)
I got a key Parker/Shaw (Espiritual americano)
Missa brevis Willan (Canadá)
Mata del anima sola Estévez (Venezuela)
Muie rendera Fonseca (Brasil)
Tota pulchra es Maria Guerrero (España)
Ir me quero la mi madre Robinovitch (español sefardí)
Ave virgo sanctissima Guerrero (España)
Cuando el rey Nimrod Robinovitch (español sefardí)
Singet dem Herrn Bach (Alemania)
Nunc dimittis Pärt (Estonia)
Patkoeknal Bardos (Hungría)
Agnus Dei Gjeilo (Noruega/EEUU)
Kaksipuhendus Tormis (Estonia)
Lady when i behold the roses sprouting Mealor (Reino Unido)
Jubilate Deo Matsushita (Japón)
Kalinda Guillaume (Haití/EEUU)
Fecha: martes, 19 de febrero de 2013
Coro UBC UNIVERSITY SINGERS
Gira España 2013
SONGS OF JOY
Un recorrido global por la música coral
De: Vancouver, Canadá
Director: Dr. Graeme Langager
El Coro UBC University Singers es el conjunto coral primero del Conservatorio Superior de la
Universidad de British Columbia, en Vancouver, Canadá.
Este coro, conformado por 40 voces, es muy conocido en la escena coral norteamericana, habiendo
logrado entre otros, los prestigiosos premios del CBC National Choral Competition y el BBC
International Choral Competition. Ha dado conciertos en Canadá, Estados Unidos y Europa,
incluyendo conciertos en la Basílica de San Pedro (Roma), Stefansdom, (Viena) Notre-Dame
(París), San Nicolás (Praga) y San Esteban (Budapest)..
Su repertorio recoge una amplia variedad de música para Coro de Cámara, abarcando desde el
Renacimiento hasta la música contemporánea, e incluye obras maestras para coro y orquesta.
En esta Gira, el UBC University Singers Choir interpretará obras de América del Norte y del Sur,
Europa y Asia, abarcando desde el renacimiento hasta el repertorio contemporáneo. Cabe destacar
la inclusión de 4 obras del patrimonio musical español.
Su Director, el Dr. Graeme Langager
El Dr. Graeme Langager es el Director de Actividades Corales del Conservatorio Superior de
Música de la Universidad de British Columbia desde 2009. Anteriormente desempeñó el mismo
cargo en la Universidad de Arkansas, y en el Cuesta College, en Califonia.
Nativo de Alberta, recibió su Doctorado en Música y Dirección de Coros por el Conservatorio
Superior y la Universidad de Cincinnati, y su Master en Dirección de Coros por la Universidad de
California. Estudió Dirección de coros con Rivers, Coker, BIelefelt y Hafso, y recibió formación
adicional con Helmut Rilling, A. Armstrong, Thomas Davies, John Alexander, y Robert Page.
El Dr. Langager es además Director Artístico del Coro de Cámara Phoenix, coro profesional con
sede en Vancouver, Canadá. Polifacético y activo, es solicitado además como Director Invitado en
distintas formaciones, a las que perfecciona en sus Seminarios como Clinician Conductor.
En su faceta de arreglista y compositor destacan obras como Processional Hallelujah, o Iris
Blessing, que le han creado reconocimiento por su frescor y originalidad.
El Dr. Langager ha formado parte de la Junta de National Collegiate Choral Organization, así como
en las Juntas de Arkansas y California de la ACDA (Asociación de Directores Corales Americana).
Los Coros bajo su dirección han sido invitados a actuar en las prestigiosas conferencias de la
ACDA, MENC, Arkansas All-State, y IAJE. Han realizado giras y actuaciones en los escenarios de
Estados Unidos, Canadá y Europa,
Su actividad docente en California, Ohio, Carolina del Norte y Arkansas, abarca desde nivel
superior hasta Conservatorios Profesionales y Escuelas.
UBC University Singers – Gira España 2013 – Songs of Joy 2
- Martes 19 febrero, Toledo: CONCIERTO CORAL
Museo Sefardí, Sinagoga del Tránsito, 7,30 pm.
Todos los conciertos son de entrada libre y tienen aforo limitado.
Acompañamientos en la celebración de la Misa:
Martes 19 de febrero: Catedral de Toledo, 10,30 am.
REPERTORIO
Fair in face Willan (Canadá)
Ave Maria Lauridsen (EEUU)
It is well Himno tradicional (EEUU)
I got a key Parker/Shaw (Espiritual americano)
Missa brevis Willan (Canadá)
Mata del anima sola Estévez (Venezuela)
Muie rendera Fonseca (Brasil)
Tota pulchra es Maria Guerrero (España)
Ir me quero la mi madre Robinovitch (español sefardí)
Ave virgo sanctissima Guerrero (España)
Cuando el rey Nimrod Robinovitch (español sefardí)
Singet dem Herrn Bach (Alemania)
Nunc dimittis Pärt (Estonia)
Patkoeknal Bardos (Hungría)
Agnus Dei Gjeilo (Noruega/EEUU)
Kaksipuhendus Tormis (Estonia)
Lady when i behold the roses sprouting Mealor (Reino Unido)
Jubilate Deo Matsushita (Japón)
Kalinda Guillaume (Haití/EEUU)
2/17/2013
Bienvenidos a Madrid! Incantato welcomes the University of British Columbia Singers in Spain
Welcome to Spain, Bienvenidos a Madrid. The UBC University Singers under the direction of Dr. Graeme Langager arrived safely and only with a minor delay at Madrid airport on Sunday evening, February 17, 2013. Incantato Tour Manager Rosalia welcomed the 37 travelers from the University of British Columbia at Vancouver in Canada. More pictures and updates about the choir and its 2013 Incantato Spain Performance Tour can be found here, but also on our facebook page. After a guided tour of Madrid, the group will continue on to Toledo for more sightseeing, but also two very special performances at the Cathedral of Toledo and the Toledo Synagogue - both on Tuesday, February 19.
1/30/2013
Incantato Concert Tours proudly presents: the UBC Singers 2013 performance tour to Spain
The University of British Columbia Singers under the direction of Dr. Graeme Langager will be presenting a total of three concerts during their 2013 performance tour through Spain in February, including venues in Toledo, Valencia, and Barcelona.
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the UBC Choir will be performing in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. It was built as a private chapel as part of the palace between 1355 and 1357. Today, it has been restored to its original architecture but designed as an important cultural heritage and museum. Incantato Concert Tours is thrilled to show off the concert poster for this first special event:
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the UBC Choir will be performing in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. It was built as a private chapel as part of the palace between 1355 and 1357. Today, it has been restored to its original architecture but designed as an important cultural heritage and museum. Incantato Concert Tours is thrilled to show off the concert poster for this first special event:
1/11/2013
A belated Happy New Year from Incantato Tours!
Oops..
New Year's resolution #1: wish everyone from Incantato Tours a very happy new year on time! We hope you had relaxing holidays and a wonderful start into 2013 from your Incantato Tours team Ted, Crista and Sandra.
11/12/2012
Incantato's Crista at the CruiseWorld show
For Travel Weekly's annual CruiseWorld show, Crista traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to learn about ocean, specialty and river cruising!
For all pictures from the show, be sure to check out Crista's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/crista.hartenstein.

For all pictures from the show, be sure to check out Crista's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/crista.hartenstein.

10/24/2012
Don't forget about the MS Mozart's FB page, by Incantato
Follow Sandra Weinacht and Ted Keppler, founders of Incantato Tours, as they travel the Danube aboard the MS Mozart. They are doing research for tour groups that will be journeying aboard this vessel for their performance tours in 2013 and 2014. Countries to be visited include Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary!
Weimar is Wunderbar
Ask anyone who’s been there and they’ll tell you the place is a gem. Weimar has a unique classical heritage and an air of elegance, but is also a very vibrant modern Thuringian town, on the river Ilm southwest of Leipzig, where enjoying life is as much a priority as celebrating culture.
Historically, Weimar is a bit of an overachiever, punching well above its weight. It may have only 65,000 inhabitants today but boy, has it left its mark.
One UNESCO World Heritage listing wasn’t enough, so the city has been given two: one for classical Weimar with 13 buildings and architectural ensembles, and one for its Bauhaus sites.
The Weimar classic period from 1775 to 1832 flourished under the reign of Duchess Anna Amalia, and her library with the exquisite Rococo Hall is probably the most famous in the collection of eminent classical buildings. And while on the subject of libraries, Weimar is still best known around the world for its associations with Germany’s ‘national poets’ Goethe and Schiller who lived and worked in the town during the classic age. Goethe’s Home, part of
the classical Weimar collection, also houses the Goethe National Museum. In August 2012, a new permanent exhibition was opened to honor the über-author, entitled ‘Floods of life, storm of deeds”’.
Fast forward into the 20th century and Weimar was again the birthplace of a movement, this time of the world’s most influential art and design school. In 1919, Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus School and assembled the whole of the European avantgarde of the time in Thuringia to teach at the new school of design. ‘Haus am Horn’, the most famous example of Bauhaus architecture, was built as a model house for the first architecture exhibition in 1923 and is one of three Bauhaus sites in Weimar.
As befits an institution that is dedicated to the roots of Modernism, the Bauhaus Museum, currently in a neoclassical building opposite the National Theatre, will finally get a new home. The winners of an international architectural competition for the new museum were announced in summer 2012 and the design sounds spectacular; a geometrically clear shape forming a dominant solitaire at the edge of the Weimarhallen park in the town centre.

Apart from all its elegant palaces, museums and beautiful parks, Weimar is also a very liveable town, keen on letting its hair down now and then. Every October since 1653 the Onion Festival (12 to 14 Oct 2012) celebrates the humble plant, and it is the biggest such festival worldwide. Onion garlands, decorated with colourful dried flowers, are popular souvenirs, there are stands selling handicrafts, food and drink, music and an Onion Market Queen who reigns for one year. The whole historic town centre is one big party and 350,000 visitors make this the biggest festival in Thuringia. Not quite UNESCO World Heritage material yet, but another reason why Weimar is more than worthwhile.
Historically, Weimar is a bit of an overachiever, punching well above its weight. It may have only 65,000 inhabitants today but boy, has it left its mark.
One UNESCO World Heritage listing wasn’t enough, so the city has been given two: one for classical Weimar with 13 buildings and architectural ensembles, and one for its Bauhaus sites.
The Weimar classic period from 1775 to 1832 flourished under the reign of Duchess Anna Amalia, and her library with the exquisite Rococo Hall is probably the most famous in the collection of eminent classical buildings. And while on the subject of libraries, Weimar is still best known around the world for its associations with Germany’s ‘national poets’ Goethe and Schiller who lived and worked in the town during the classic age. Goethe’s Home, part ofthe classical Weimar collection, also houses the Goethe National Museum. In August 2012, a new permanent exhibition was opened to honor the über-author, entitled ‘Floods of life, storm of deeds”’.
Fast forward into the 20th century and Weimar was again the birthplace of a movement, this time of the world’s most influential art and design school. In 1919, Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus School and assembled the whole of the European avantgarde of the time in Thuringia to teach at the new school of design. ‘Haus am Horn’, the most famous example of Bauhaus architecture, was built as a model house for the first architecture exhibition in 1923 and is one of three Bauhaus sites in Weimar.
As befits an institution that is dedicated to the roots of Modernism, the Bauhaus Museum, currently in a neoclassical building opposite the National Theatre, will finally get a new home. The winners of an international architectural competition for the new museum were announced in summer 2012 and the design sounds spectacular; a geometrically clear shape forming a dominant solitaire at the edge of the Weimarhallen park in the town centre.

Apart from all its elegant palaces, museums and beautiful parks, Weimar is also a very liveable town, keen on letting its hair down now and then. Every October since 1653 the Onion Festival (12 to 14 Oct 2012) celebrates the humble plant, and it is the biggest such festival worldwide. Onion garlands, decorated with colourful dried flowers, are popular souvenirs, there are stands selling handicrafts, food and drink, music and an Onion Market Queen who reigns for one year. The whole historic town centre is one big party and 350,000 visitors make this the biggest festival in Thuringia. Not quite UNESCO World Heritage material yet, but another reason why Weimar is more than worthwhile.
10/02/2012
Incantato's Crista Hartenstein at the NC ACDA
The 2012 North Carolina ACDA Fall Conference was held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance from September 21-22.
The conference included a concert by the East Carolina University choir under the direction of Dr. Andrew Crane, whose remarkable performance was rewarded with a standing ovation by the audience.
The conference included a concert by the East Carolina University choir under the direction of Dr. Andrew Crane, whose remarkable performance was rewarded with a standing ovation by the audience.
9/25/2012
Great memories with VJ Rosales - Impromptu gig in Rieti
While the judges at NBC's THE VOICE did not pick our colleague VJ Rosales, we sure think he is a star. Imagine just getting on stage, like he did here at the magnificent Teatro di Rieti, in Italy, and singing without warm-up, rehearsal etc...
9/20/2012
Incantato Tours congratulates VJ Rosales for being on NBC's "The VOICE"
We could not be happier for our most talented colleague VJ Rosales for being one of the few selected talents to be featured on the 2012 season of NCB's "The Voice"!
8/28/2012
Ever wondered what "Carmina Burana" is really about?
Have a good laugh along with Incantato Concert Tours as we are planning our 2013 Performance Tours which will feature among other highlights a special performance of Carmina Burana in the beautiful German city of Weimar.
8/27/2012
See what happens on an Incantato Concert Tour
Here is the link to a parent video taken on the 2011 San Marino Chamber Choir Incantato Performance Tour to Italy. It sums up the events during their visit to Rieti, a truly special town in the very heart of this magical country. Enjoy!!!
8/23/2012
7/06/2012
SJC from Newfoundland kicks of performance tour to Ireland with a concert in Donaghadee
ISLAND TO ISLAND
A musical celebration of friendship between Northern Ireland and Newfoundland
Concert Time: Saturday 7th July at 7.30 pm at the first Presbyterian Church of Donghadee
“Island to Island” is the musical theme as well as the motto for the 2012 Performance Tour of the St. John’s Choir from St. John’s (SJC), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SJC is a true adult community choir whose members represent a broad section of St. John’s and its surrounding communities. Thesingers range in age from early twenties to seniors and are from all walks of life. Founded over 25 years ago, the St. John’s Choir is now being lead by Ms. Maria Conkey. SJC sings in four part harmony and has a large and varied repertoire of songs ranging from Broadway show tunes to Classical pieces, gospel to Newfoundland folk songs; spirituals to popular music.
The love of singing and a desire to bring music to the community at home and now to audiences across Ireland are the threads that hold the choir together.
Here is some more info on beautiful Donaghadee:


A musical celebration of friendship between Northern Ireland and Newfoundland
Concert Time: Saturday 7th July at 7.30 pm at the first Presbyterian Church of Donghadee
“Island to Island” is the musical theme as well as the motto for the 2012 Performance Tour of the St. John’s Choir from St. John’s (SJC), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SJC is a true adult community choir whose members represent a broad section of St. John’s and its surrounding communities. Thesingers range in age from early twenties to seniors and are from all walks of life. Founded over 25 years ago, the St. John’s Choir is now being lead by Ms. Maria Conkey. SJC sings in four part harmony and has a large and varied repertoire of songs ranging from Broadway show tunes to Classical pieces, gospel to Newfoundland folk songs; spirituals to popular music.
The love of singing and a desire to bring music to the community at home and now to audiences across Ireland are the threads that hold the choir together.
Here is some more info on beautiful Donaghadee:

What better place for the 32 singers from St. John's Newfoundland under the direction of Ms. Maria Conkey than to present the first concert of their 2012 Performance Tour at a fellow coastal town. First
Donaghadee Presbyterian Church, located in beautiful Donaghadee which is about 30 minutes outside of Belfast on Northern Ireland's stunning coast is the locality. Donaghadee is a
growing town on the north coast of County Down, six miles from the historic
town of Bangor and approximately 20 miles east of Belfast.
With a
population of about 8,000 inhabitants, Donaghadee is the closest point to
Scotland, so close in fact, that the Scottish coast is visible to the naked eye
on clear days. The town offers a rich history, having been one of the main
ports of entry to the island of Ireland until the 19th Century.
Aside from the historical buildings reflecting its rich heritage, the town has
a picturesque seafront, a wide range of cafes and restaurants.
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