John Dickson
SING AUSTRIASalzburg & Vienna
Individual & Festival Concerts
JUNE 2019 Prague and Budapest
extension options
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Your World of Music
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Dear Friends,
Perhaps the opportunity of international travel combined with music making has shaped my life as a professional musician as much as any other experience. Seeing the world through other cultures and singing in some of the globe’s great venues are life-changing experiences, whatever your career path. I hope you will consider singing with me while we explore the enchanting cities of Vienna and Salzburg.
John Dickson Artistic Director & Conductor
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JOHN DICKSON
John Dickson is the Edward G. and Catherine M. Galante Chair for Choral Music Education at Louisiana State University’s School of Music. As Director of Choral Studies and Chair of the Division of Ensembles and Conducting, he conducts the internationally acclaimed A Cappella Choir and supervises the masters and
doctoral programs in choral conducting. He continues as the founding artistic director and conductor of Coro Vocati, one of Atlanta’s newest and most accomplished professional chamber choirs.
Internationally known as a conducting pedagogue, Dr. Dickson has presented master-classes before the Association of British Choral Directors and the Russian State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow, and has served as adjudicator and conductor for choral festivals and workshops in England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France, and Canada. His choirs have been featured at numerous state, regional, and national ACDA conventions and he is a frequent conductor for All-State choruses.
Appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Dr. Dickson sang with Sir David Willcocks and The Bach Choir in London. A second post-doctoral fellowship allowed him to serve as David Hill’s assistant conductor for The Bach Choir. Dr. Dickson is also the Founding Director of the C. S. Lewis Foundation’s Oxbridge Choral Institute, a professional chorus serving the triennial symposium in Oxford and Cambridge
LEADER
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SALZBURG & VIENNA
MONDAY, JUNE 3
• Depart U.S.A.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
• Arrive in Munich
• Meet KIconcerts tour manager
• Transfer to Salzburg
• Introduction to Salzburg
• Check into hotel
• Dinner nightly
• Overnight Salzburg
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
• Breakfast daily
• Sightseeing tour of Salzburg
including a visit to Mozart’s
Birthplace and seeing some of the
‘Sound of Music’ sites
• Optional individual concerts (tbd)
• Overnight Salzburg
PROGRAM
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THURSDAY, JUNE 6
• Transfer to Vienna • Rehearsal
• Check in
• Festival welcome dinner
• Overnight Vienna
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
• Rehearsal
• Guided city tour of Vienna
passing Ring Avenue, the
Hofburg Palace, the Opera
House, St. Stephen’s Cathedral,
Mozart’s “Figaro House”, City
Hall and the Central Cemetery
(housing honorary tombs of
famous composers including
Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert,
Johann Strauss - father and son,
Lanner and Brahms)
• Optional individual concerts
(tbd)
• Overnight Vienna
PROGRAM
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PROGRAM
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
• Dress rehearsal
• Time to explore Vienna
• Festival Gala Concert - individual
and combined performances
• Overnight Vienna
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
• Transfer to airport and travel back
home OR continue onto Prague or
Budapest
** Itinerary subject to change.
** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of
performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire
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PRAGUE EXTENSION OPTION
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 • Transfer to Prague
• Check in
• Night time tour of Prague including the Old Town Square with Prague´s Astronomical Clock and Charles Bridge
• Overnight Prague
MONDAY, JUNE 10 • Visit St. Vitus Cathedral and see
the Prague Castle
• Time to explore Prague for individual sightseeing and shopping
• Optional individual concerts (tbd)
• Overnight Prague
TUESDAY, JUNE 11• Transfer to airport and travel back
home
** Itinerary subject to change.** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of
performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire
PROGRAM
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PROGRAM
BUDAPEST EXTENSION OPTION
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 • Transfer to Budapest
• Tour Budapest: see Buda and Pest, the two halves of the city, the Buda Castle, the Fisherman’s Bastion, the Hungarian Parliament and Heroes Square
• Check in
• Overnight Budapest
MONDAY, JUNE 10 • Continue to tour Budapest
• Free time to explore this fascinating European city – once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian empire
• Optional individual concerts (tbd)
• Overnight Budapest
TUESDAY, JUNE 11• Transfer to airport and travel back
home
** Itinerary subject to change.** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of
performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire
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