Incantato proudly presents the St. Bonaventure's College Wind Ensemble & Chamber Choir at 18:45 at Convento San Silvestro on April 16 at 6:45 PM

The St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, will present a recital at Convento San Silvestro in Montecompatri on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
San Silvestro is a 16th century convent known for its picture gallery, featuring important sacred paintings from the 18th century made for worship and devotion for the Barefoot Carmelites, who were given the monastery in 1604 by Pope Clemente VIII. It was appreciated then for its forested solitude away from the city, which was perfect for quiet contemplation. Many years later, in 1874, the convent was sold to a nearby town for use as a home for old people. It was redeemed at public auction in 1905 and returned to religious service in 1920. It’s in Monte Compatri, a municipality about 20 kilometers southeast of Rome with beautiful views and lush land.

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A special Incantato Luncheon for our first Canadian Group: The Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir from St. Bonaventure's College, Newfoundland

Highlight Concert for St. Bonaventure's College Chamber Choir in Maiori at 8 pm

Incantato Tours proudly presents the Saint Bonaventure's College Chamber Choir in concert at Chiesa di San Francesco in Maiori at 8:00PM on Thursday, April 14, 2011.

The beautiful Chiesa di San Francesco was constructed in 1405. It is located between the convent and the Cove of the Announced one (Grotta dell'Annunziata) in Maiori. The church has a rough history: In 1435 it was destroyed by the army of Muhammad II (Turkey) and rebuilt one year later by Saint Bernardino from Siena. A sea storm hit the Chiesa di San Francesco hard in 1440. It was destroyed and in 1517 reconstructed on the oriental side of the convent. But the work was interrupted again by a Turkish invasion. In 1590 the construction was finally completed. Last but not least there were several constructive modifications after two seas storm in 1631 and 1674. The church is famed world-wide for the miracle of the springing water in the convent. Please click here to go the picture's origin.

St. Bonaventure at the Papal Audience in the Vatican

SBC Chamber Choir sings at the Vatican

The St. Bonaventure’s College Chamber Choir sang Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter is located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. It is the symbolic "Mother church" of the Catholic Church and is regarded as one of the holiest Christian sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".

In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession. Tradition and some historical evidence hold that Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the altar of the basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St Peter's since the Early Christian period. There has been a church on this site since the 4th century. Construction of the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on April 18, 1506 and was completed on November 18, 1626.

St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage, for its liturgical functions and for its historical associations. It is associated with the papacy, with the Counter-reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Michelangelo took over a building site at which four piers, enormous beyond any constructed since the days of Ancient Rome, were rising behind the remaining nave of the old basilica. He also inherited the numerous schemes designed and redesigned by some of the greatest architectural and engineering brains of the 16th century.

Incidentally there are over 100 tombs within St. Peter's Basilica, many located in the Vatican grotto, beneath the Basilica. These include 91 popes, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, and the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Exiled Catholic British royalty James Francis Edward Stuart and his two sons, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart, are buried here, having been granted asylum by Pope Clement XI. The most recent interment was Pope John Paul II, on April 8, 2005.

Incantato proudly presents the St. Bonaventure's College Wind Ensemble & Chamber Choir at Montecassino Abbey on Saturday, April 16 at 11:00 AM

The St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, will present a recital at Montecassino Abbey at 11:00AM on Saturday, April 16, 2011.

Monte Cassino is a rocky mountain approximately 80 miles southeast of Rome. Saint Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery here, the source and foundation of the Benedictine Order, in 529. The monastery stands as one of the few territorial abbeys remaining within the Catholic Church. According the Gregory the Great’s biography of Saint Benedict, the monastery was constructed on an older pagan sight, a temple of Apollo that originally crowned the hill. The biography claims that Benedict’s first act was to smash the sculpture of Apollo and destroy the pagan altar. He then reused the temple, dedicating it to Saint Martin, and built a new chapel which he dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. Once established at Monte Cassino, Benedict never left. There he penned the Benedictine Rule which ultimately became the founding principle of western monasticism. Monte Cassino became the model for future Benedictine developments throughout the world. Unfortunately the Abbey has fallen target to numerous military insurgencies throughout the years, including the infamous 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino. On February 15, 1944, the Abbey was almost completely destroyed by Allied air-raids after being mistakenly identified as a German stronghold. In fact, the Abbey was being used as a refuge for women and children attempting to shield themselves from the war. The Abbey was rebuilt after the war, financed by the Italian State, and was reconsecrated by Pope Paul VI in 1964.

St. Bonaventure’s College performs at Chiesa di San Francesco (Maiori) on Thursday, April 14 at 8:00 PM

Incantato Tours proudly presents the Saint Bonaventure's College Performance Tour in concert at Chiesa di San Francesco in Maiori at 8:00PM on Thursday, April 14, 2011.

The beautiful Chiesa di San Francesco was constructed in 1405. It is located between the convent and the Cove of the Announced one (Grotta dell'Annunziata) in Maiori. The church has a rough history: In 1435 it was destroyed by the army of Muhammad II (Turkey) and rebuilt one year later by Saint Bernardino from Siena. A sea storm hit the Chiesa di San Francesco hard in 1440. It was destroyed and in 1517 reconstructed on the oriental side of the convent. But the work was interrupted again by a Turkish invasion. In 1590 the construction was finally completed. Last but not least there were several constructive modifications after two seas storm in 1631 and 1674. The church is famed world-wide for the miracle of the springing water in the convent. Please click here to go the picture's origin.

The St. Bonaventure's College Chamber Choir & Wind Ensemble will perform Tuesday, April 12 at 9:00 PM at the Church of the Gesù in Rome

On Tuesday, April 12 at 9:00 PM, St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir will perform at Church of the Gesù in Rome. The church is the mother church of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. Officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina, its facade is "the first truly baroque façade", introducing the baroque style into architecture. The church served as model for innumerable Jesuit churches all over the world, especially in the Americas. The Church of the Gesù is located in the Piazza del Gesù in Rome. First conceived in 1551 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits Society of Jesus, and active during the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent Catholic Reformation, the Gesù was also the home of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus until the suppression of the order in 1773.

St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir participate in High Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:00 PM

The St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir will participate in High Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter is located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. It is the symbolic "Mother church" of the Catholic Church and is regarded as one of the holiest Christian sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession. Tradition and some historical evidence hold that Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the altar of the basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St Peter's since the Early Christian period. There has been a church on this site since the 4th century. Construction of the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on April 18, 1506 and was completed on November 18, 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage, for its liturgical functions and for its historical associations. It is associated with the papacy, with the Counter-reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Michelangelo took over a building site at which four piers, enormous beyond any constructed since the days of Ancient Rome, were rising behind the remaining nave of the old basilica. He also inherited the numerous schemes designed and redesigned by some of the greatest architectural and engineering brains of the 16th century.
Incidentally there are over 100 tombs within St. Peter's Basilica, many located in the Vatican grotto, beneath the Basilica. These include 91 popes, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, and the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Exiled Catholic British royalty James Francis Edward Stuart and his two sons, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart, are buried here, having been granted asylum by Pope Clement XI. The most recent interment was Pope John Paul II, on April 8, 2005.

Concert and exchange on Monday, April 11 at 10:15 AM for the St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir at Massimo Institute (Rome)

St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, will give a concert and get in touch with the locals at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute in Rome on Monday, April 11 at 10:15 AM. The Massimiliano Massimo Institute (Istituto Massimiliano Massimo) is a Jesuit school in Rome.
Its roots are in the School of Grammar, Humanities and Christian Doctrine, a small school set up in Via Nuova Capitolina (now Via dell'Aracœli) by Ignatius Loyola in 1551. That school proved a success and so pope Gregory XIII ordered the construction of a larger institution, which opened on 28 October 1584 as the Roman College. In this and other Jesuit colleges was written the 1559 Ratio Studiorum, a document which is still the basis of the teaching methods in Jesuit schools. Those methods were followed in the Roman College until the Jesuits' suppression in 1773 and was restored with the order in 1814 by pope Pius VII.
In 1870 the Italian Government confiscated the building for the Ennio Quirino Visconti Liceo Ginnasio, with the College's professors and students moving to the nearby palazzo Borromeo until the Pontifical Gregorian University was built to take its university students. However, in 1873, father Massimiliano Massimo (after whom the institute is named) inherited the Palazzo Peretti and, in 1879, made it available to the Jesuits for the re-foundation of a school to continue the Roman College's work in secondary education. In 1960, due to a rise in student numbers, the Institute was transferred from Terme (near the Stazione Termini) to EUR, where it is now sited. It stands out from the skyline at EUR thanks to the odd shape of its church and its position on the highest point of the EUR pentagon. In 1973 it was allowed to enroll its first set of students and in 1987 all its classes were made co-ed.
The institute participates in many sports, both in the schools league and the sports associations, such as hockey, long jump, athletics, weightlifting, racing and basketball. It is also the headquarters of the Student Missionary League, a Jesuit movement for the spiritual training of secondary students, organising meetings and work camps, in preparation for confirmation of those in and above their third year at secondary school.

Incantato Tours proudly presents (y)our 2011 Performance Tour Series:

“Love Songs Human and Divine: Songs for the Spirit”

Presented by the University of South Carolina Concert Choir, of Columbia, South Carolina, USA. The choir is under the direction of Dr. Larry Wyatt and accompanied by Dr. Williams Bates.

The University of South Carolina Concert Choir will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State from March 3 through March 14, 2011.

The tour will be in Tuscany from March 4 through 7, Labro on March 8 and 9, and Rome from March 10 through 14.

The Choir will present the following overseas performances:

Sunday, March 6, 2011

• Mass at la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Florence, 6:00PM
• Concert at Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence, 8:15PM

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

• Concert at Il Teatro Flavio Vespasiano, Rieti, 9:00PM

Thursday, March 10, 2011

• Concert at Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome, 6:00PM

Sunday, March 13, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:30PM

“Viva la Musica: Sacred choral music and jazz celebrating life, love, faith, and music”

Presented by the Bellarmine University Music Department, of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The Schola Cantorum, in collaboration with the Louisville Vocal Project, will present a concert of sacred and secular masterpieces from the past and present, featuring music by Parsons, Byrd, Stanford, and Burchard. The Jazz Ensemble will present a concert of well-known American jazz standards featuring the music of Ellington, Mancini, Rodgers & Hart, Young, and Garner. The choirs are directed by Dr. S. Timothy Glasscock, and the Jazz ensemble is led by Mr. David Clark. Mr. Richard Burchard serves as the head of the Bellarmine University Music Department.

The ensembles will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State from March 3 through 14, 2011. The tour will be in the Amalfi Coast region March 5 through 7, at the Montecassino Abbey on March 8, Tuscany from March 8 through 10, Assisi on March 11, and Rome on March 12 and 13.

The ensembles will present the following overseas performances:

Saturday, March 5, 2011

• Jazz Ensemble Concert at Sala degli Affreschi, Commune di Maiori, 7:30PM

Sunday, March 6, 2011

• Choirs Mass and Concert at San Francesco Basilica, Maiori, 6:00 PM
• Jazz Ensemble Concert at Torre Normanna, Maiori

Monday, March 7, 2011

• Choirs Concert at la Chiesa di Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, Naples, 4:45PM
• Jazz Ensemble Concert at Oratorio Thouret, 7:00 PM
  

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

• Choirs Recital at Montecassino Abbey, 11:00AM

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

• Jazz Ensemble Concert at Sala Bianca, Hotel Cellai, Florence, 7:00PM

Thursday, March 10, 2011

• Jazz Ensemble Concert at the Tea Room, Siena, 9:00 PM
  

Friday, March 11, 2011

• Choirs sing Mass at Saint Francis Basilica, Assisi, 11:00AM
• Likely Jazz Ensemble Jam & Recording Session, Calvi dell'Umbria

Saturday, March 12, 2011

• Choirs sing Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:30PM

Sunday, March 13, 2011

• Choir sings Mass at the Church of Saint Robert Bellarmine, Rome, 12:00PM
• Choirs Concert at Il Duomo di San Gregorio Magno, Monte Porzio Catone, 7:00PM
• Jazz Ensemble Concert at Casal Pilozzo, Rome
  

“Songs of Hope, Peace, and Praise: from the master of the Italian motet to the master of the American spiritual”

Presented by the Mater Dei High School Chorus, of Santa Ana, California, USA. The 150-voice choir is under the direction of Mr. Scott Melvin and accompanied by Mr. Kent Helwig.

The Chorus will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State from March 25 through April 3, 2011. The tour will be in the Amalfi Coast region from March 25 through 28, at the Montecassino Abbey on March 29, Rome for the Papal Audience on March 30, Umbria on March 31, and back to Rome from April 1 through 3.

The Chorus will present the following overseas performances:

Saturday, March 26, 2011

• Concert at Santa Maria a Mare, Maiori, 7:00PM

Sunday, March 27, 2011

• Mass at San Francesco Basilica, Maiori, 7:00PM
• Concert performance of Haydn's Paukenmesse at Il Duomo di Amalfi, 7:30PM

Monday, March 28, 2011

• School Exchange and Informal Concert at Maiori High School, 9:00AM

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

• Recital at Montecassino Abbey, 11:00AM

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

• Papal Audience, Vatican City, 10:30AM

Thursday, March 31, 2011

• Concert at Il Teatro Communale, Todi, 8:00PM

Friday, April 1, 2011

• Concert performance of Haydn's Paukenmesse with Orchestra Sinfonica Romarte at Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, Rome, 8:30PM

Saturday, April 2, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:00PM
• Recital in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, 8:15PM - Exclusive event, not open to the public

“A Journey of Light: A concert of choral music that will awaken the sense, inspire the soul, and warm the heart”

Presented by the La Canada High School Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, of La

Canada, California, USA. The La Canada High School Concert Choir and Chamber Singers are under the direction of Mr. Jeff Brookey. The program will feature works by American and European composers spanning five centuries, including Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Schubert, Maurice Durufle, Eric Whitacre, and Moses Hogan.

The ensembles will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State from March 30 through April 7, 2011. The tour will be in Mestre on March 31, Venice on April 1, Verona & Pisa on April 2, Florence on April 3, Labro and Rieti on April 4, and Rome from April 5 through 7.

The choirs will present the following overseas performances:

Friday, April 1, 2011

• Mass at Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, 6:45PM

Sunday, April 3, 2011

• Mass with JSerra Catholic High School Chamber Choir at la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Florence, 6:00PM
  
• Concert with JSerra Catholic High School Chamber Choir at la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Florence, 7:00PM
  

Monday, April 4, 2011

• Concert at Il Teatro Flavio Vespasiano, Rieti, 6:30PM

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:00PM

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

• Papal Audience, Vatican City, 10:30AM
• Concert at Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome, 6:00PM

“I Saw Eternity: A spiritual pilgrimage through music of past and present”

Performed by the JSerra Catholic High School Chamber Choir, of San Juan Capistrano, California, USA. The JSerra Chamber Choir, featuring works by Bieble, Byrd, and Poulanc, is under the direction of Mr. Andrew M. Alvarez, and accompanied by Ms. Catherine Forbush.

The Chamber Choir will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State, April 1 through 11, 2011. The tour will be in Florence on April 2 and 3, Tuscany on April 4, Assisi and Labro on April 5, and Rome from April 6 through 10.

The singers will present the following overseas performances:

Sunday, April 3, 2011

• Mass with La Canada High School Concert Choir & Chamber Singers at la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Florence, 6:00PM
• Concert with La Canada High School Concert Choir & Chamber Singers at la Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Florence, 7:00PM

Monday, April 4, 2011

• Mass at Il Duomo di Siena, 10:00AM
• Mass at San Francesco Basilica, Assisi, 4:00PM

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

• Papal Audience, Vatican City, 10:30AM

Friday, April 8, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:00PM

Saturday, April 9, 2011

• Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 6:00PM

“Holy: Sacred music along the Danube”

Presented by the Youth Performing Arts School Touring Concert Choir, of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The program features traditional and contemporary choral literature by an eclectic mix of composers, including Palestrina, Byrd, Marenzio, Burchard, and Mozart. The choir is directed by Dr. S. Timothy Glasscock, Director of Vocal Studies, and accompanied by Mr. Timothy Lee Baker, Organist.

The Choir will travel on a performance cruise on the Danube River through Central Europe from April 2 through April 11, 2011. The cruise will dock in Budapest on April 4, Bratislava on April 5, Vienna on April 6, Dürnstein and Melk on April 7, Linz and Cesky Krumlov on April 8, Passau and Vilshofen on April 9, and Prague on April 10.

The Choir will present the following overseas performances:

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

• Exchange & Recital at the Evangelical Bilingual Lyceum, Bratislava, 10:00AM

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

• Concert at Stephansdom, Vienna, 8:30PM

Thursday, April 7, 2011

• Concert at Duernstein Stiftskirche, 11:00AM

Friday, April 8, 2011

• Concert with the Cesky Krumlov Pipers at the Church of the Holy Corpse, Cesky Krumlov, 6:00PM

Saturday, April 9, 2011

• Concert & Youth Exchange at Schweiklberg Abbey, Vilshofen, 7:00PM

“A Collision of the Ancient and New World: a collection of Romantic and Contemporary choral gems of 19^th and 20^th centuries”

Presented by the San Marino Chamber Choir, from San Marino High School in Los Angeles, California, USA. The program features selected works by Claudio Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Henry Purcell, Hugo Wolf, Morten Lauridsen, Moses Hogan, and many others. The Chamber Choir is under the direction of Mr. Howard Cheung and accompanied by Ms. Rachel Yang.

The choir will perform throughout Italy and the Vatican State from April 2 through April 12, 2011. The tour will be in the Castelli Romani region on April 3, the Amalfi Coast region from April 4 through 6, at Montecassino Abbey on April 7, Umbria on April 8, and Rome from April 9 through 12.

The Choir will present the following overseas performances:

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

• Concert at San Francesco Basilica, Maiori, 8:00PM

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

• Concert at Castel Nuovo Sala dei Baroni, Naples, 8:00PM

Thursday, April 7, 2011

• Recital at the Naples Conservatory, 10:00AM
• Recital at Montecassino Abbey, 3:00PM

Friday, April 8, 2011

• Concert at Il Teatro Flavio Vespasiano, Rieti, 9:00PM

Saturday, April 9, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:00PM

“La Storia: Sharing stories through song, from one land to another – a concert of choral and instrumental music”

Presented by the St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The ensembles are conducted by Ms. Vincenza Etchegary, Instrumental Director, and Ms. Maria Conkey, Choral Director.

The St. Bonaventure’s College Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir will tour Italy and the Vatican State from April 9 through April 17, 2011. The tour will be in Rome April 10 through April 12, the Amalfi Coast from April 13 through 15, and will conclude in the Castelli Romani region on April 16.

The ensembles will present the following overseas performances:

Monday, April 11, 2011

• Concert & Exchange at the Church of the Instituto Massimo, Rome, 10:15AM

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:00PM
• Concert at the Church of Gesu, Rome, 9:00PM

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

• Papal Audience, Vatican City, 10:30AM

Thursday, April 14, 2011

• Concert at San Francesco Basilica, Maiori, 8:00PM

Saturday, April 16, 2011

• Recital at Montecassino Abbey, 11:00AM

“¡Cantemos!”

Presented by the University of Miami Frost Chorale, of Miami, Florida, USA, features choral masterworks paired with Spanish and American folk music. The Frost Chorale is under the direction of Dr. Josh Habermann.

The Frost Chorale will travel to Spain, May 15 through 23, 2011. The tour will be in Barcelona on May 16 and 17, Valencia on May 18 and 19, Cuenca on May 20, Toledo on May 21, and Madrid on May 22.

The choir will present the following overseas performances:

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

• Concert at la Iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, 8:00PM

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

• Concert at Palacio del Marques de Dos Aguas, Valencia

Thursday, May 19, 2011

• Concert with the Chamber Choir of the Professional Conservatory of Music at la Iglesia de San Esteban, Valencia

Friday, May 20, 2011

• Concert at la Iglesia de San Pedro, Cuenca, 8:00PM

Saturday, May 21, 2011

• Concert at la Iglesia de Santo Tome, Toledo, 8:00PM

“Passion and Faith: Sacred and secular music to touch the heart and feed the soul”

Presented by the Providence College Choir and Symphonic Winds, of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The Choir is under the direction of Dr. T.J. Harper and Accompanied by Ms. Sherry Humes Dane. The Symphonic Winds are led by Dr. Jennifer Bill.

The ensembles will be touring Italy and the Vatican State, May 16 through 26, 2011. The tour will be at the Montecassino Abbey May 17 and 18, Naples on May 19, Amalfi and Maiori on May 20, Rome May 21, 22, and 25, and Tuscany May 23 and 24.

The ensembles will present the following overseas performances:

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

• Recital at Montecassino Abbey, 10:00AM

Friday, May 20, 2011

• Concert at San Francesco Basilica, Maiori, 8:00PM

Sunday, May 22, 2011

• Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 5:30PM
• Recital at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City - Exclusive event, not open to the public

Monday, May 23, 2011

• Mass at Saint Francis Basilica, Assisi, 11:00AM

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

• Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 6:00PM

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

• Papal Audience, Vatican City, 10:30AM
• Concert at Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome, 6:30PM

“Songs from the heart to the heavens: Sacred and secular choral gems from the continental Europe, Great Britain, Africa, Australia, and the Americas”

Presented by the University of Georgia Chamber Choir, of Athens, Georgia, USA. The program ranges from works by Victoria and Brahms to jazz and spirituals. The choir is directed by Dr. Mitos Andaya and accompanied by Dr. Martha Thomas.

The choir travel on a performance tour of Portugal and Spain from May 19 through 29, 2011. The tour will be in Lisbon on May 20 and 21, Azambuja on May 22, Evora and Alentejo on May 23, Sevilla on May 24 and 25, Toledo on May 26 and 27.

“Gloria: A concert of sacred and secular choral music from the past and present”

Presented by the Fullerton College Concert Choir, of Fullerton, California, USA. The Choir is under the direction of Mr. John Tebay. The Fullerton College Concert Choir will perform throughout Germany and Austria from July 2 through 14, 2011. The tour will be in Weimar on July 3 and 4, Munch on July 5, Neuschwanstein on July 6, Salzburg on July 6 and 7, Spittal from July 7 through 10, and Vienna from July 11 through 14.