JOHN DICKSON in Italy

Your World of Music on six continents

Passion of Italy Rome Festival

JUNE 2020

Individual & Festival ConcertsSing Mass at St. Peter’s BasilicaFlorence & Venice Tour Options

PASSION OF ITALY 2020

Colleagues,

International travel combined with great music making has profoundly shaped my life as a professional musician and as a person.

I am grateful for the opportunity to offer you and your community of singers the possibilities of such life-enriching experiences. I have selected an area of Europe that particularly inspires me, Italy. We will rehearse and perform (individually and as a combined festival choir) in the Eternal City, Rome. Rome is such a great city for singing and sightseeing as we tour the Colosseum, enter the Sistine Chapel, sing Mass at St. Peter’s (tbd), explore the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps.

There are pre and post touring options to Florence and Venice or elsewhere in Italy and indeed Europe. This will be the third festival I am leading for KIconcerts and I like the way they build an event like this, never losing sight of the individual choirs and choristers while still producing a well-attended gala concert on a significant scale at a fine venue in a great destination.

I hope you will consider singing with me while we explore the enchanting cities of Rome, Florence and Venice

John DicksonArtistic Director & Conductor

HIGHLIGHTSFestival Gala Concert

Individual Concerts

Sing Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica

Florence & Venice Tour Options

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PROGRAM

LEADER BIO

PRODUCERS

Roman Forum

PROGRAM

ROME ONLY FESTIVAL

MONDAY, JUNE 8: DEPART• Depart for Italy

TUESDAY, JUNE 9: ARRIVE ROME• Land at Rome airport

• Meet your KIconcerts tour manager

• Introduction to Rome

• Check in

• Dinner daily

• Overnight Rome

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10: ROME• Breakfast daily

• Enjoy a guided tour of the Roman Forum and see the Capitoline Hill, Citadel of ancient Rome, and the Tarpeian Rock before touring the magnificent Colosseum itself

• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Festival Welcome Dinner

• Overnight Rome

THURSDAY, JUNE 11: ROME• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Guided walking tour of the historical center of Rome visiting the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and seeing Campo de’ Fiori and the Pantheon

• Optional individual concert (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

FRIDAY, JUNE 12: GALA CONCERT• Dress rehearsal with John Dickson

• Explore Rome or return to our hotel for some free time

• Gala Festival Concert conducted by John Dickson

• Overnight Rome

Colosseum

Trevi Fountain

Itinerary subject to change.

Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire

SATURDAY, JUNE 13: VATICAN CITY• Enjoy a day in Vatican City – a city state in the center of Rome -

the heart of the Roman Catholic religion

• Tour the Vatican Museums – the highlight of which is the never to be forgotten Sistine Chapel with its breathtaking frescos by Michelangelo

• Combined choir sings Mass at St Peter’s Basilica (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

SUNDAY, JUNE 14: RETURN HOME• Transfer to airport to return home

St. Peter’s Basilica

Vatican Museum

Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Peter’s Basilica

Roman Forum

PROGRAM

ROME FESTIVAL AND TUSCANY

MONDAY, JUNE 8: DEPART • Depart for Italy

TUESDAY, JUNE 9: ARRIVE ROME• Land at Rome airport

• Meet your KIconcerts tour manager

• Introduction to Rome

• Check in

• Dinner daily

• Overnight Rome

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10: ROME• Breakfast daily

• Enjoy a guided tour of the Roman Forum and see the Capitoline Hill, Citadel of ancient Rome, and the Tarpeian Rock before touring the magnificent Colosseum itself

• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Festival Welcome Dinner

• Overnight Rome

THURSDAY, JUNE 11: ROME• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Guided walking tour of the historical center of Rome visiting the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and seeing Campo de’ Fiori and the Pantheon

• Optional individual concert (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

FRIDAY, JUNE 12: GALA CONCERT• Dress rehearsal with John Dickson

• Explore Rome or return to our hotel for some free time

• Gala Festival Concert conducted by John Dickson

• Overnight Rome

Colosseum

Trevi Fountain

Itinerary subject to change.

Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire

SATURDAY, JUNE 13: VATICAN CITY• Enjoy a day in Vatican City – a city state in the center of Rome -

the heart of the Roman Catholic religion

• Tour the Vatican Museums – the highlight of which is the never to be forgotten Sistine Chapel with its breathtaking frescos by Michelangelo

• Combined choir sings Mass at St Peter’s Basilica (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

SUNDAY, JUNE 14: TUSCANY• Travel to Tuscany

• Visit Assisi or a Tuscan town for lunch at own expense

• Check in

• Overnight Tuscany

MONDAY, JUNE 15: TUSCANY• Transfer to Pisa

• Tour Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its leaning bell tower in all its glory

• Optional individual concert (tbd)

• Overnight Tuscany

TUESDAY, JUNE 16: FLORENCE• Guided tour of Florence, the epicenter of the Renaissance

• Visit the Piazza Del Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and of course Accademia to see Michelangelo’s brilliance

• Time to explore Florence

• Transfer to Rome for overnight nearby the Rome airport

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17: RETURN HOME• Transfer to airport and travel home

St. Peter’s Basilica

Duomo & Leaning Tower of Pisa

Florence Duomo

River Arno

Roman Forum

PROGRAM

ROME FESTIVAL, FLORENCE AND VENICE

MONDAY, JUNE 8: DEPART• Depart for Italy

TUESDAY, JUNE 9: ARRIVE ROME• Land at Rome airport

• Meet your KIconcerts tour manager

• Introduction to Rome

• Check in

• Dinner daily

• Overnight Rome

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10: ROME• Breakfast daily

• Enjoy a guided tour of the Roman Forum and see the Capitoline Hill, Citadel of ancient Rome, and the Tarpeian Rock before touring the magnificent Colosseum itself

• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Festival Welcome Dinner

• Overnight Rome

THURSDAY, JUNE 11: ROME• Festival rehearsal with John Dickson

• Guided walking tour of the historical center of Rome visiting the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and seeing Campo de’ Fiori and the Pantheon

• Optional individual concert (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

FRIDAY, JUNE 12: GALA CONCERT• Dress rehearsal with John Dickson

• Explore Rome or return to our hotel for some free time

• Gala Festival Concert conducted by John Dickson

• Overnight Rome

Colosseum

Trevi Fountain

SATURDAY, JUNE 13: VATICAN CITY• Enjoy a day in Vatican City – a city state in the center of Rome -

the heart of the Roman Catholic religion

• Tour the Vatican Museums – the highlight of which is the never to be forgotten Sistine Chapel with its breathtaking frescos by Michelangelo

• Combined choir sings Mass at St Peter’s Basilica (tbd)

• Overnight Rome

SUNDAY, JUNE 14: FLORENCE• Travel to Florence

• Guided tour of Florence, the epicenter of the Renaissance

• Visit the Piazza Del Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and of course Accademia to see Michelangelo’s brilliance

• Transfer to accommodation in Tuscany

• Check in

• Overnight Tuscany

MONDAY, JUNE 15: TUSCANY• Transfer to Pisa

• Tour Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its leaning bell tower in all its glory

• Optional individual concert in Tuscan town (tbd)

• Overnight Tuscany

TUESDAY, JUNE 16: VENICE• Transfer to Venice sightseeing en route

• Check in

• Overnight Padua/Mestre area

St. Peter’s Basilica

Florence

Florence Duomo

Duomo & Leaning Tower of Pisa

St. Mark’s Square

Grand Canal

Venice

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17: VENICE• Sail to Venice

• Guided tour of Venice including the imposing Doge’s Palace decorated by 16th century artists such as Titian and Tintoretto, walk the Bridge of Sighs and see Piombi Prison

• Time to explore the area around St. Mark’s Square, wander the paths through this unique lagoon island or take an optional gondolier ride (own arrangements)

• Optional individual concert (time permiting)

• Overnight Padua/Mestre area

THURSDAY, JUNE 18: RETURN HOME• Transfer to airport and travel home

Itinerary subject to change.

Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire

St. Mark’s Basilica

LEADER

JOHN DICKSON

John Dickson is the Edward

G. and Catherine M. Galan-

te Chair for Choral Music

Education at Louisiana

State University’s School of

Music. As Director of Cho-

ral Studies he conducts the

A Cappella Choir and su-

pervises the masters and

doctoral programs in choral

conducting. Outside of academia, he is the conductor

of Coro Vocati, one of Atlanta’s most accomplished

professional chamber choirs.

As a conducting pedagogue, Dr. Dickson has present-

ed master-classes before the Association of British

Choral Directors, the American Choral Directors As-

sociation and the Russian State Music Conservatories

of St. Petersburg and Moscow. He has conducted

festivals and workshops in England, Wales, Scotland,

Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, Austria, the Czech

Republic, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the U. S.

For three decades his choirs have been featured at

conventions of the ACDA, ABCD, TMEA, and NCCO.

Appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College,

Cambridge University in 1992, Dr. Dickson sang with

Sir David Willcocks and The Bach Choir; a second

post-doctoral fellowship in 1998 allowed him to serve

as David Hill’s assistant conductor. He is the Founding

Director of the C. S. Lewis Choral Institute, featuring

a professional chorus for its triennial symposium in

Oxford and Cambridge.

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