Fwd: Festival Corale Internazionale

FESTIVAL
INTERNAZIONALE CORALE VERONA GARDA ESTATE 2022
(ITALY)

(www.festivalveronagardaestate.eu)

Dear President,

The Organising Committee of Festival
Internazionale Verona Garda Estate has decided to invite your interesting choir at the Festival in
2022!

The Festival will take place
in the provinces of Verona
(www.tourism.verona.it), Mantova (www.turismo.mantova.it), Vicenza (www.vicenza.org), Brescia
(www.comune.brescia.it)    and cities near  Lake Garda
(www.gardaweb.com )  from June 23th to
July 11th 2022.

The Festival is divided in three
sessions:

First session:             
June 23th, 24th, 25th,
26th, 27th
Second session:         
June 30th, July 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th
Third session:            
July 7th, 8th, 9th,
10th, 11th

 

Each choir can choose the session in which
it participates.

Each session can host up to 10
choirs.

The participant choirs will
perform 4 concerts or
liturgical singing followed by a short concert, one performance per day, in
different cities (the concert will be mostly performed in churches,
but also in theaters or squares suitable for choral
concerts).

Each concert will be performed
by 2 choirs (sometimes 3 or 4). If possible, every night the couples of
choirs will change, according to their typology.

Each choir will, depending on
the number of choirs participating at the concert, perform for about 20-30
minutes for a free preferably a cappella program either profane or sacral
depending of the place of the concert (there are no electronic instruments
permitted except keyboard). The duration of the program depends on the
number of participating choirs at the concert.

In case of a mass, there will be two choirs
performing.

At the end of each concert or
mass all participating choirs will sing together Ode an die Freude of Ludwig van
Beethoven and Signore delle
Cime of Bepi de Marzi. The respective scores of the two simple
compositions will be sent to each choir well in advance.

 

Excursions in the region will be organized according
to the schedule below.

 

General Program for your stay
in Italy

 

N.B: the
program might be subject to slight changes

 

Thursday (first
day)

Choirs arrive in Verona
in the afternoon (it is recommended before 3pm).

Somebody of our organization will be welcoming you in
your hotel.

At 5.30pm: opening ceremony of the
festival. Dinner for all the participating choirs. 

The directors and
presidents of each choir will be presented.

During the dinner
every choir is asked to sing one short welcoming song

concert

 

Friday (second
day)

Breakfast in the
hotel

Mornings: Free time to visit the
historic centre of Verona (www.comune.verona.it)

Guided
tours
(optional)

Light
lunch

Free
afternoon

Dinner

Concert

 

 

Saturday (third
day)

Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: free time to visit
the historical centre of Vicenza (www.vicenza.org)

Guided
tours
(optional)

Light
lunch

Free
afternoon

Dinner

Concert or Mass followed by a
short concert

 

 

Sunday (fourth
day)

Breakfast in the
hotel

Mass followed by a
short concert (either morning Mass or evening Mass)

or alternatively concert in the
evening

Lunch together with all choirs and
closing ceremony of the festival

during the day: free time to visit the
historical centre of Sirmione (www.comune.sirmione.bs.it ), the “pearl” of Lake Garda (www.gardaweb.com ).

Boat trip
(optional)

Dinner

 

Monday (fifth
day)

The choirs can leave after
breakfast

 

 

Individual participation
fee

 

·      
singers, president and the director and,
in case you arrive with your own bus, the bus driver have to pay 350€

·      
companions
have to pay
450€

 

This fee includes:

 

·      
Registration fee

·      
Accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels in
the surrounding of Verona. This offer includes two singles without single
supplement for every choir and the requested number of doubles and
triples.

·      
full board treatment* as scheduled in the
general program (including drinks during the meals)
*for lunch are provided light
meals

·      
For the whole period of the festival, you will be
accompanied by one of our assistants

·      
Official awarding of badge of participation

·      
Brochure

·      
City map of Verona and
Vicenza

 

The travel expenses and all movements as scheduled in
the program (concerts and visits in cities) are not included and are at
your expense.

 

If you arrive by plane or train and not with your own
bus, our organization is pleased to arrange on behalf of your choir a
coach for a very reasonable price. The coach will be at your disposal
covering all the movements mentioned in the Festival program including
also your transfer from and to the airport or train station.

 

N.B.:   Each year many choirs chose to extend their stay in Italy
for some days either before
or after the festival in order to accept one of the
following proposals:

·      
Possibility to sing in Saint
Mark’s Basilica or dei Frari in
Venice (4 sacred songs)

·      
visit the Veneto and the surrounding
regions with its fascinating cities (Venice, Padova,
Mantova, Ferrara, etc.). Possibility of guided tours (for reservation
and fees please consult us)

·      
attend an opera in the
Arena in Verona.

·      
visit one of the numerous wine
cellars in the region and taste some quality wine.

 

If you decide to stay a few extra days we
are happy to book for you, at your expense, the same hotel as for your
festival period and also organize all your excursions with a wonderful
program that has been appreciated every year from choirs who have stayed
in Italy.

 

Please note also
that the organization will provide an assistant to go with you also during
your extra days in Italy if required.

 

Dear President, I remain at your disposal to answer
all your questions and hope that our proposal meets with your approval.

Best regards

 

Alberto
Rinaldi

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