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National Presidents Day Choral Festival
Washington, D.C.
February 16 - 18, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Gary R. Schwartzhoff
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the third-annual National Presidents Day Choral Festival, a major national event in Washington, D.C. originally designed to salute "America's Greatest Presidents." The festival will be a musical remembrance of the life and service of John F. Kennedy, and will feature a combined force of mixed voices singing en masse in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — a fitting setting for this important remembrance.
Prague, Czech Republic
May 14 - 15, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Kevin Fenton
Music Celebrations International invites you to join the Florida State University Singers for the 2013 Prague Choral Festival "Making Music Together as One!" Participating choirs will rehearse on May 14th, and have a dress rehearsal on the afternoon of May 15th, in preparation for a finale concert in the Church of St. Simon and Juda in the heart of Old Town Prague on the evening of May 15th.
National Memorial Day Choral Festival
Washington, D.C.
May 25 - 28, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Craig Jessop
Pride. Sacrifice. Service. Come sing in honor of America's heroes from the American Revolution through Operation Iraqi Freedom, in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over Memorial Day Weekend. Not merely a festival for Washington, the National Memorial Day Choral Festival is an event for the entire country - a major event which seeks to draw the attention of Americans to the real meaning for the holiday.
Windy City Youth Choral Festival
Chicago, Illinois
June 27 - 30, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Z. Randall Stroope
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the fifth-annual Windy City Youth Choral Festival, June 27 – 30, 2013. Treble youth choirs are invited to participate, and will join to sing both as individual choirs as well as en masse in one of America's great concert halls – Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Esteemed choral conductor and composer Z. Randall Stroope will serve as Artistic Director, and will offer one-on-one workshops with participating choirs.
Rome International Choral Festival
Rome, Italy
June 22 - 26, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Z. Randall Stroope
Music Celebrations International is pleased to produce the fifth-annual Rome International Choral Festival. The Festival Chorus will have the opportunity to participate and sing in a Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Festival rehearsals and an additional performance will take place in Rome's historic Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, located near the Pantheon.
Mozart International Choral Festival
Salzburg, Austria
June 26 - 30, 2013
Featuring Artistic Directors Dr. Brad Holmes and Prof. János Czifra
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present this classic event in Mozart's City - Salzburg. This spectacular four-day festival will culminate in a performance of Mozart’s masterpiece Mass, the “Coronation” Mass, with accompaniment by full Austrian orchestra and soloists in the historic Salzburger Dom
38th International Congress of Pueri Cantores
Washington, D.C.
July 3 - 7, 2013
For the first time, the International Congress of Pueri Cantores will be hosted in our country at a joyous gathering of middle and high school singers (ages 9-18) in Washington, D.C. Sing in a massed choir of thousands in the imposing Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and as individual choirs in local parish churches. Visit our nation's historic landmarks and be a part of the annual parade and Independence Day Celebration.
Paris, France
July 4 - 8, 2013
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. André Thomas
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the inaugural Paris Choral Festival, to take place July 4 - 8, 2013. Under the artistic direction of Dr. André J. Thomas, the festival will bring American mixed voice choirs to Paris to sing en masse in celebration of the centuries-old Franco-American friendship. Following an Independence Day holiday commemoration at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, site of the June 6th, 1944 Allied Invasion of Normandy, choirs will take in the sights and sounds of the world’s most beautiful and romantic city.
