Windy City Choral Festival
Chicago, Illinois | March 16 – 18, 2023
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the Windy City Choral Festival in Chicago, Illinois. Mixed (SATB) choirs will join together to sing in one of the world’s great concert halls — Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
National Memorial Day Choral Festival
Washington, D.C. | May 26 – 29, 2023
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.
We Have a Dream Choral Festival
Washington, D.C. | June 16 – 19, 2023
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech, we are pleased to present a very special choral festival – The We Have a Dream Choral Festival, taking place June 16-19, 2023 under the artistic direction of Dr. Eugene Rogers. The festival finale concert will be held in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Dublin Choral Festival
Dublin, Ireland | June 14 – 18. 2023
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, 2023
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 28 – July 2, 2023
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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Great Britain Choral Festival
Ely, England | July 1 – 5, 2023
Ely Cathedral
The Great Britain Choral Festival – An Atlantic Bridge is a celebration of classic cathedral choral music to English and American folksongs. A journey to Britain is a discovery of our own past and this experience will be enhanced by the sharing of music with an appreciative and enthusiastic audience in Ely Cathedral under the direction of Dr. Stan Engebretson and Dr. Craig Jessop.
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Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival
Vienna, Austria | June 30 – July 5, 2023
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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Windy City Choral Festival
Chicago, Illinois | March 21-23, 2024
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Music Celebrations International is pleased to present the Windy City Choral Festival in Chicago, Illinois. Mixed (SATB) choirs will join together to sing in one of the world’s great concert halls — Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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.
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)
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.
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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