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International Tours, Past and Forthcoming

European Tour

The Chorale makes an intertnational concert tour once every two or three years, so that every member has the opportunity at least once in her or his undergraduate career to sing and tour abroad. Past tours have taken the Chorale to France, England, Greece, Austria, the Czech Republic, and most recently to Italy in Spring 2007. Photographs and a tour diary of this most recent tour may be viewed by visiting the Chorale’s weblog of the tour at http://colbychorale2007.blogspot.com; there is also a weblog of the Chorale’s spring 2005 tour to Vienna and Prague at http://colbychorale2005.blogspot.com.  This coming spring (March 2009) the Chorale will tour Argentina.

 
An international tour constitutes an incomparable and unique experience for talented, dedicated college musicians for at least three reasons. A tour provides an unparalleled educational opportunity to encounter, however briefly, another culture; it allows students to bond together as they travel to out-of-the-ordinary locations and perform in front of unfamiliar audiences; and it gives choral singers the chance to become deeply engaged with the tour repertoire by performing it numerous times in varying circumstances. In addition, audiences in the countries we've visited have responded enthusiastically to our performances; it's been deeply gratifying for our students to realize that their music is so warmly appreciated well beyond the Colby's Maine campus. More photos at Greece Tour 2002.
European  Tour