Choral Festivals

National Memorial Day Choral Festival

Washington, D.C. | May 24 – 27, 2024
Historically held in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Pride. Sacrifice. Service. These words embody the values of America’s veterans. Co-sponsored by Music Celebrations International, the American Veterans Center, and the United States Air Force, the National Memorial Day Choral Festival is designed to attract greater attention to the true meaning of the Memorial Day holiday.

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Voices of Faith Chorus

The Holy Land | June 10 – 22, 2024

Your choir is invited to lend your voices to the Voices of Faith Chorus as we perform in The Holy Land in 2024! We will have the unique opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and sing in the literal birthplace of Christianity with choirs from across the United States with Pearl Shangkuan (Artistic Director) and Dan Forrest (Composer-in-Residence)

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Dublin Choral Festival

Dublin, Ireland | June 19 – 23, 2024
St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Facing the haunting outline of the majestic Wicklow Mountains, Ireland’s Fair City holds true to a 1,000-year Celtic heritage that inspires her music and artistry to this day. The Féile Córúil Dublin, or Dublin Choral Festival, will celebrate this great heritage of Celtic musical inspiration. The festival will feature mixed-voice choirs and individual singers from a variety of backgrounds joining together to sing en masse. Three days of rehearsals will lead participants to a grand finale performance in the historic and stunning St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.
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Festival Corale Internazionale di Roma

Rome, Italy | June 22 – 26, 2024
St. Peter’s Basilica | Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola

The Rome International Choral Festival is one of Rome’s premier annual summer music events. The fourteenth-annual festival will feature Mass participation at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and a formal finale concert at Rome’s Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola. The festival chorus will include mixed-voice singers and choirs from across North America that will come together to rehearse and perform en masse.
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Salzburg Choral Festival | Jubilate Mozart!

Salzburg, Austria | June 26-30, 2024
Salzburger Dom

Music Celebrations International is pleased to present this classic event in Mozart’s City – Salzburg. Three days of festival rehearsals, mingling side-by-side with singers from a variety of backgrounds will lead festival participants to a grand finale concert in the historic and stunning Salzurger Dom.
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Paris Choral Festival

Paris, France | July 2 – 9, 2024
La Madeleine

In 1994, Music Celebrations International, partnering with the United States Department of Defense and Department of the Interior, was recognized as the official tour operator to bring performing ensembles from the United States to France to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of D-Day and the Liberation of France. MCI clients performed for WWII Veterans on June 6th at the American Cemetery in Coleville, Normandy. In 2004, 2014, and 2019 MCI organized significant tours and events to commemorate the 60th, 70th, and 75th anniversaries.

To continue this celebration of the centuries-old Franco-American friendship, and to commemorate another milestone anniversary, Music Celebrations International is pleased to announce the Paris Choral Festival taking place on July 2-9, 2024 (80th Anniversary of D-Day and the Liberation of France) under the artistic direction of Dr. Craig Jessop.

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Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival

Vienna, Austria | July 5 – 10, 2024
Musikverein & Wiener Konzerthaus

The Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna is Austria’s premier global youth music festival for choirs, bands, and orchestras. Taking place every July in Vienna’s two main classical concert venues, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus, it offers an international environment where a thousand young musicians enjoy intercultural exchanges and build bridges that span continents.
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