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National Presidents Day Choral Festival
Washington, D.C.
February 18 – 20, 2012
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. André Thomas
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the second-annual National Presidents Day Choral Festival, a major national event in Washington, D.C. designed to salute "America's Greatest Presidents." The festival 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 commemoration.
Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival
Chicago, Illinois
March 9 - 11, 2012
Featuring Clinician Col. Arnald Gabriel
The third-annual Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival will feature four outstanding wind ensembles conducting featured, stand-alone performances of Percy Grainger literature in an afternoon matinee performance in Chicago’s Historic Orchestra Hall. Each participating ensemble will also take part in a clinic with Col. Arnald Gabriel.
National Memorial Day Choral Festival
Washington, D.C.
May 25 – 28, 2012
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 under the artistic direction of Dr. Craig Jessop. 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.
Innsbruck, Austria
May 26 – 30, 2012
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Eph Ehly
In celebration of his 75th birthday, Dr. Eph Ehly invites you to experience The Passion Within in beautiful Innsbruck, Austria. This choral festival will feature Dr. Ehly’s Alumni from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and their choirs along with other select choirs from across North America to perform en masse in Innsbruck’s Cathedral of St. James. There will be opportunities for interested choirs to sing individually as well as en masse in a combined festival chorus finale. We invite you to experience the musical passion of Eph Ehly, the stunning beauty of the Alps, and the performance experience of a lifetime!
This event is supported by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance Alumni Association.
West Coast Youth Orchestra Festival
Los Angeles, California
June 29, 2012
Featuring Festival Guest Conductor Markand Thakar
The West Coast Youth Orchestra Festival is designed to bring together outstanding youth orchestras from throughout the country to perform for one another and the community in a World Class venue on the West Coast. The location will rotate between prestigious halls such as Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA; Davies Hall in San Francisco, CA; and Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA.
The concept of this Festival is both performance oriented as well as educational in nature for the youth musician and the conductor. The format allows every musician and each ensemble to be featured independently; provides for select members of each orchestra to join together as a “Festival Orchestra” to rehearse and perform under the direction of a well-known Guest Conductor; and also allows collegial time for directors to participate in a workshop and Q & A with Markand Thakar, Festival Guest Conductor.
National Community Concert Band Sousa Festival
Washington, D.C.
June 22 - 24, 2012
Featuring Artistic Director Col. Arnald Gabriel
This fifth-annual band festival designed specifically for community concert bands will include individual performances at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia, then on the following day a massed-band performance by all the bands at the United States Air Force Memorial. Participating bands will also have the opportunity to visit Historic Congressional Cemetery to lay a wreath and possibly perform one or two pieces at the graveside of John Philip Sousa, "The March King."
Windy City Youth Choral Festival
Chicago, Illinois
June 28 – July 1, 2012
Artistic Director Elena Sharkova
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the fourth-annual Windy City Youth Choral Festival. Treble-voice choirs are invited and selected based upon recommendation, and will join together to sing both individually – as well as en masse in one of America’s great concert halls – Orchestra Hall, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Rome International Choral Festival
Rome, Italy
June 21 - 25, 2012
Featuring Artistic Director Dr. Z. Randall Stroope
Music Celebrations is pleased to produce the fourth-annual Rome International Choral Festival under the direction of Dr. Z. Randall Stroope. 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 S. Maria Sopra Minerva, located near the Pantheon.
Mozart International Choral Festival
Salzburg, Austria
June 29 – July 1, 2012
Featuring Artistic Directors Dr. William Skoog and Professor János Czifra
This spectacular four-day choral festival will culminate in a performance of Mozart's Missa Solemnis in C Major,” K.337, with accompaniment by full orchestra and European soloists in Salzburg’s historic Dom.
37th International Congress of Pueri Cantores
Granada, Spain
July 11 – 15, 2012
The 37th International Congress of Pueri Cantores will convene in beautiful Granada, Spain, uniting several thousand Catholic children and teens from around the globe. Visit Malaga and other picturesque Spanish cities. Sing at masses in local parish churches and visit sites of religious and historic significance.
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