Sample Itinerary
2022 DUBLIN FESTIVAL WITH CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON
Ireland — July 2 - 8, 2022
[email protected] • (719) 260-0200
Dear Friends,
After great festivals in Spain, Italy and Australia with our friends at KI Concerts we are headed to Ireland in early July 2022. While not hunting for 4 leaf clovers and dodging leprechauns, we will sing – together as well as individually for those choirs that wish to do so.
As a festival choir we will sing with the power, passion and spectacle that a combined choir can provide. Once again I will plan a program that will be a diverse collection of pieces and one that will be well suited to the participating singers. It is always one of my favorite parts of this process– shaping a program that fits the time, location and context and the various strengths and interests of the participating ensembles.
Ireland has it’s own whimsy, proud history, language, choral traditions, stories and warmth. Our festival will radiate this and more as we unite in one voice lovingly to do our part in uniting humanity and people of goodwill everywhere!
We welcome you
Craig Hella Johnson
Artistic Director & Conductor
Dublin Festival
OVERVIEW : July 2nd - 8th
SATURDAY, JULY 2:
- Depart for Dublin
SUNDAY, JULY 3RD:
- Arrival in Dublin
- Meet your KI Concerts tour manager
- Guided sightseeing tour of Dublin
- Check in
- Dinner daily
- Overnight Dublin
MONDAY, JULY 4TH:
- Breakfast daily
- Tour St. Patrick’s Cathedral which stands on the oldest Christian site in Dublin where it is said that the Saint baptized converts to the Christian faith
- Time to explore Dublin
- Festival rehearsal
- Welcome dinner party on Independence Day
- Overnight Dublin
TUESDAY, JULY 5TH:
- Sectional rehearsals
- Lunch own arrangements in the charming seaside town of Howth
- Combined rehearsal
- Dinner with live Irish music
- Overnight Dublin
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH:
- Festival choir rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Optional individual concert or visit the ‘Garden of Ireland’ in county Wicklow including a visit to Glendalough, a place of ancient pilgrimage, dating back to the 6th century founded by St Kevin
- Overnight Dublin
THURSDAY, JULY 7TH:
- Festival dress rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Time to explore Dublin
- Gala festival concert conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
- Overnight Dublin
FRIDAY, JULY 8TH
- Transfer to the airport and begin your journey home
Option #2: Dublin & Belfast
Dublin + Belfast Festival
OVERVIEW : July 2nd - 10th
SATURDAY, JULY 2:
- Depart for Dublin
SUNDAY, JULY 3RD:
- Arrival in Dublin
- Meet your KI Concerts tour manager
- Guided sightseeing tour of Dublin
- Check in
- Dinner daily
- Overnight Dublin
MONDAY, JULY 4TH:
- Breakfast daily
- Tour St. Patrick’s Cathedral which stands on the oldest Christian site in Dublin where it is said that the Saint baptized converts to the Christian faith
- Time to explore Dublin
- Festival rehearsal
- Welcome dinner party on Independence Day
- Overnight Dublin
TUESDAY, JULY 5TH:
- Sectional rehearsals
- Lunch own arrangements in the charming seaside town of Howth
- Combined rehearsal
- Dinner with live Irish music
- Overnight Dublin
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH:
- Festival choir rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Optional individual concert or visit the ‘Garden of Ireland’ in county Wicklow including a visit to Glendalough, a place of ancient pilgrimage, dating back to the 6th century founded by St Kevin
- Overnight Dublin
THURSDAY, JULY 7TH:
- Festival dress rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Time to explore Dublin
- Gala festival concert conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
- Overnight Dublin
FRIDAY, JULY 8TH
- Travel to Brú na Bóinne an archaeological landscape dominated by the three well-known passage tombs known as Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth built some 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic or Late Stone Age
- Continue to Belfast
- Orientation tour of Belfast including seeing St. Anne’s Cathedral and Belfast City Hall as well as much of the fine Victorian and Edwardian architecture
- Visit the Titanic Experience and relive the entire story from her birth, maiden journey and discovery on the seabed
- Check in
- Overnight Belfast
SATURDAY, JULY 9th:
- Visit the Giant’s Causeway and walk the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge
- Gala festival concert conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
- Overnight Belfast
SUNDAY, JULY 10th:
- Transfer to the airport to begin your journey home
Option #3: Cork & Dublin
Dublin Festival + Cork
OVERVIEW : July 1st — July 8th
FRIDAY, JULY 1:
- Arrival in Dublin
- Meet your KI Concerts tour manager
- Enjoy the sights of Ireland’s rolling hills and quaint towns en route to Cork
- Visit the Rock of Cashel. Dating from the 4th century, the Rock of Cashel is one of Ireland’s most spectacular landmarks. The large cathedral, ancient round tower and the very early Romanesque Cormac’s Chapel, perched on a dramatic outcrop of rock, have been witnesses to many of the stirring events of Irish history (time permitting)
- Check in
- Dinner daily
- Overnight Cork
SATURDAY, JULY 2:
- Breakfast daily
- Tour the port town of Cobh and be immersed in the history of the Titanic’s fateful departure
- Visit the Blarney Castle with a chance to kiss the Blarney Stone said to impart the gift of eloquence
- Return to Cork
- Overnight Cork
SUNDAY, JULY 3RD:
- Tour Cork seeing the magnificent River Lee, St Anne’s Church, The English Market and other of Cork’s sights with time to explore this vibrant 2nd city of Ireland
- Optional individual concert or time to explore more of Cork
- Overnight Cork
MONDAY, JULY 4TH:
- Transfer to Dublin
- Festival rehearsal
- Welcome dinner party on Independence Day
- Overnight Dublin
TUESDAY, JULY 5TH:
- Sectional rehearsals
- Lunch own arrangements in the charming seaside town of Howth
- Combined rehearsal
- Dinner with live Irish music
- Overnight Dublin
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH:
- Festival choir rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Optional individual concert or visit the ‘Garden of Ireland’ in county Wicklow including a visit to Glendalough, a place of ancient pilgrimage, dating back to the 6th century founded by St Kevin
- Overnight Dublin
THURSDAY, JULY 7TH:
- Festival dress rehearsal with Craig Hella Johnson
- Time to explore Dublin
- Gala festival concert conducted by Craig Hella Johnson
- Overnight Dublin
FRIDAY, JULY 8TH
- Transfer to the airport and begin your journey home
"The entire focus created by Craig... on understanding, reaching out to fellow human beings, using music to help create a more accepting world and celebrating our differences was inspiring and heartwarming."
Christa Geyer
THE APLINE CHORALE
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: 719-260-0200
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