Internationales Chorfestival
with
Z. Randall Stroope
Vienna Festival
June/July 2024
[email protected] • (719) 260-0200
Dear singers,
KI Concerts would like to transport you and your ensemble to the heart of Vienna – the epicenter of music-making over much of the last 350 years. And what better time than mid-summer when the weather is fantastic and Vienna is filled with colorful markets, history on every corner, and endless things to explore. The Gala Concert will be a festival of music by Mozart and Charles Hubert H. Parry with pipe organ and orchestra. Your singers in community or church-based ensembles, university choirs, and secondary schools will come together in a compact, ever-efficient schedule to present the concert to standing room only audiences. KI Concerts and I as the Festival Director will work endlessly to make this experience unique and artistically/culturally a highpoint in the lives of all. Join us now as we are assimilating our “team” of performers. See you there! Z. Randall Stroope
Festival Director
Vienna Festival & Salzburg
JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2024
FRIDAY, JUNE 28: DEPART
- Depart U.S.A.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29: VIENNA
- Arrive in Vienna
- Meet KI Concerts tour manager
- Introduction to Vienna, a city of imperial grandeur
- Check into hotel
- Dinner nightly
- Overnight Vienna
SUNDAY, JUNE 30: VIENNA
- Breakfast daily
- Enjoy a guided city tour of Vienna traveling the Ring Avenue, passing by the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, City Hall, and Mozart’s “Figaro House”
- Visit the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, and Brahms amongst others)
- Festival rehearsal
- Festival welcome dinner
- Overnight Vienna
MONDAY, JULY 1: VIENNA
- Festival rehearsal
- Tour the Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors
- Optional individual concert (tbd)
- Overnight Vienna
TUESDAY, JULY 2: VIENNA
- Dress rehearsal
- Enjoy time to explore Vienna’s many charms on your own
- Festival Gala Concert
- Overnight Vienna
WEDNESAY, JULY 3: SALZBURG
- Travel to Salzburg
- Enjoy a guided walking tour of Salzburg taking in the sights of the former principality Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in with a visit to his birthplace (seeing the violin he played when living there) as well as visiting some of the most iconic Sound of Music sites
- Return to Vienna
- Overnight Vienna
THURSDAY, JULY 4: DEPART
- Transfer to airport and travel back home
Vienna Festival, Salzburg & Budapest
JUNE 28-JULY 6, 2024
FRIDAY, JUNE 28: DEPART
- Depart U.S.A.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29: VIENNA
- Arrive in Vienna
- Meet KI Concerts tour manager
- Introduction to Vienna, a city of imperial grandeur
- Check into hotel
- Dinner nightly
- Overnight Vienna
SUNDAY, JUNE 30: VIENNA
- Breakfast daily
- Enjoy a guided city tour of Vienna traveling the Ring Avenue, passing by the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, City Hall, and Mozart’s “Figaro House”
- Visit the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, and Brahms amongst others)
- Festival rehearsal
- Festival welcome dinner
- Overnight Vienna
MONDAY, JULY 1: VIENNA
- Festival rehearsal
- Tour the Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors
- Optional individual concert (tbd)
- Overnight Vienna
TUESDAY, JULY 2: VIENNA
- Dress rehearsal
- Enjoy time to explore Vienna’s many charms on your own
- Festival Gala Concert
- Overnight Vienna
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3: SALZBURG
- Travel to Salzburg
- Enjoy a guided walking tour of Salzburg taking in the sights of the former principality Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in with a visit to his birthplace (seeing the violin he played when living there) as well as visiting some of the most iconic Sound of Music sites
- Return to Vienna
- Overnight Vienna
THURSDAY, JULY 4: BUDAPEST
- Transfer to Budapest
- Tour Buda and Pest, the two halves of this imposing city. See the Buda Castle, the Fisherman’s Bastion, the breathtaking Hungarian Parliament and Heroes Square
- Check in
- Overnight Budapest
FRIDAY, JULY 5: BUDAPEST
- Continue to tour Budapest
- Free time to explore this fascinating European city – once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian empire
- Optional individual concert (tbd)
- Overnight Budapest
SATURDAY, JULY 6: DEPART
- Transfer to airport and travel back home
Vienna Festival, Salzburg & Prague
JUNE 28-JULY 6, 2024
FRIDAY, JUNE 28: DEPART
- Depart U.S.A.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29: VIENNA
- Arrive in Vienna
- Meet KI Concerts tour manager
- Introduction to Vienna, a city of imperial grandeur
- Check into hotel
- Dinner nightly
- Overnight Vienna
SUNDAY, JUNE 30: VIENNA
- Breakfast daily
- Enjoy a guided city tour of Vienna traveling the Ring Avenue, passing by the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, City Hall, and Mozart’s “Figaro House”
- Visit the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, and Brahms amongst others)
- Festival rehearsal
- Festival welcome dinner
- Overnight Vienna
MONDAY, JULY 1: VIENNA
- Festival rehearsal
- Tour the Schönbrunn Palace, the fabulous baroque summer residence of the Hapsburg Emperors
- Optional individual concert (tbd)
- Overnight Vienna
TUESDAY, JULY 2: VIENNA
- Dress rehearsal
- Enjoy time to explore Vienna’s many charms on your own
- Festival Gala Concert
- Overnight Vienna
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3: SALZBURG
- Travel to Salzburg
- Enjoy a guided walking tour of Salzburg taking in the sights of the former principality Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in with a visit to his birthplace (seeing the violin he played when living there) as well as visiting some of the most iconic Sound of Music sites
- Return to Vienna
- Overnight Vienna
THURSDAY, JULY 4: PRAGUE
- Transfer to Prague, truly one of the world's most beautiful cities
- Check in
- Night time tour of Prague's Old Town Square. Cross the famed Vltava River on the Charles Bridge, one of Europe's most romantic river crossings seeing the 'Golden City of a Hundred Spires' on either side, and witness the Astronomical Clock's hourly show - in its day considered one of the wonders of the world
- Overnight Prague
FRIDAY, JULY 5: PRAGUE
- Visit St. Vitus Cathedral (the seat of the Archbishop of Prague) and the grounds of Prague Castle (now the office of the President of the Czech Republic), from where commanding views over Prague are enjoyed
- Time to explore Prague for individual sightseeing and shopping
- Optional individual concert (tbd)
- Overnight Prague
SATURDAY, JULY 6: DEPART
- Transfer to airport and travel back home
Take the Next Step!
We will be happy to answer any questions about this exciting festival tour.
719-260-0200 or [email protected]
"It seems my favorite tour with KI is always my most recent one!"
Kevin Meidl
Badger State Girl Choir