Melodies of Santa Fe

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T O U R H I G H L I G H T S

• PrimeticketstothreeperformancesatSantaFeOpera,andtwoconcertsattheSantaFeChamberMusicFestival

• MusiccommentarybyKMFA’sCarlaMcElhaney

• DeluxeaccommodationsattheInnandSpaatLoretto

• ExcursionstoPecosNationalHistoricalPark,SanIldefonsoPueblo,andthehistoricvillageofChimayo,withexpertguides

• AprivatetourofGeorgiaO’Keeffe’shomeinAbiquiu

• Visitstoartisanstudios

• GalaWelcomeDinneranddeluxetraditionalTailgatedinnerattheOpera

• FreetimetoexploreSantaFeanditswonderfulgalleriesandmuseums

TOUR LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS

July 30 – August 4, 2019

Sanctuario de Chimayo

above: Santa Fe Opera right: Paul Neubauer

Join KMFA Classical 89.5 host of Night Music, Carla McElhaney, for a magical music tour of Santa Fe! You will have prime seats to three

performances at world-renowned Santa Fe Opera including a new scintillating production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s ever popular La Bohéme, and Janacek’s dark and tragic tale Jenufa, all in Santa Fe’s glorious, partially outdoor, setting. Plus you will attend two concerts at the outstanding Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, now in its 47th season.

Nestled 7,000 feet above sea level in the foothills of the Rockies, Santa Fe is one of America’s oldest cities, and boasts a long history and rich cultural heritage. Founded as a capital city in 1607 by Spanish explorers, it has been claimed by the Pueblo Peoples, the Spanish Crown, Mexico and the Confederacy. Today it is a sophisticated city, famous for its diverse cultures, museums and galleries, outstanding cuisine, and the Santa Fe Opera.

During the day we will make excursions in and around Santa Fe to explore Native American and Spanish sites rich in history and culture. We’ll also celebrate famed American artist Georgia O’Keeffe with a private visit to her home in Abiquiu and view the dramatic landscapes she painted.

Meanwhile, you will enjoy deluxe accommodations at the Inn and Spa at Loretto just a couple blocks from Santa Fe’s central Plaza, fine dining at area

restaurants, and the commentary of KMFA’s Carla McElhaney!

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Daily ItineraryTuesday, July 30 Olde Santa FeThe group flight includes a private motorcoach transfer from Albuquerque Airport to your home for five nights, the Inn at Loretto, featuring a full-service spa, restaurant, three art galleries, and a tranquil garden. Our expert guide, Southwest cultural historian Alan Osborne, takes you on a walk through downtown Santa Fe where you will learn this beautiful town’s fascinating history: from its ancient Indian cultures to its early Spanish explorers to the American traders and immigrants down the Santa Fe Trail. After a Welcome Reception at the hotel, the Welcome Dinner takes place at Santacafé, one of Santa Fe’s best restaurants, located in a landmark adobe, the Padre Gallegos House.

Wednesday, July 31Pueblos, a Picnic and a PianoAfter breakfast offered daily at the hotel, we travel to the amazing site of the Pecos National Historical Park. Pecos preserves 12,000 years of history including the ruins of two Spanish Colonial missions and Indian pueblos, even a Civil War battle site! We’ll have a picnic lunch there before moving on to the home and studio of a remarkable Indian potter. Our first performance is this evening at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The music includes the marvelous Piano Quintet by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a great wunderkind in his youth and later an Oscar-winning film composer, and Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata with one of the world’s best violists, Paul Neubauer.

Thursday, August 1Spanish Settlers and MozartThis morning we visit the village of Chimayo, an important cultural center for Hispanic arts and crafts, settled in the 1700s by Spanish settlers. We’ll visit a Hispanic weaving studio as well as the famed “Lourdes of America”, the Santuario (Sanctuary) de Chimayo, a chapel built over miracle healing earth in the early 1800s. Lunch is at the Restaurante Rancho de Chimayo, a local favorite renowned for its native New Mexican cuisine

Tonight, we head for the Santa Fe Opera founded in 1957 by John Crosby at a spectacular site in the desert seven miles north of the city. Our first performance is Mozart’s lively comic romp, Così fan tutte, with a brilliant cast under the baton of Santa Fe Opera’s Music Director Henry Bicket.

Friday, August 2 Georgia O’Keeffe and a Gala Opera Evening Today is dedicated to one of the greatest of all American artists, Georgia O’Keeffe, who made Santa Fe and vicinity her longtime home. We will

Tour RegistrationTour Cost: $3,590 per person, ground only, double occupancy.

Single supplement $575

Group flight: $365, economy on Southwest, to Albuquerque. Includes round-trip private coach transfer Albuquerque airport to hotel in Santa Fe.

Deposit: $800 per person first come, first served, due upon registration. The Grand Tour supports KMFA with a donation to the station per attendee.

Balance Deadline: Friday, June 14, 2019. After that date, call for availability.

Contact: The Grand Tour to reserve your place on the tour with a credit card deposit, or send a check made payable to The Grand Tour for the deposit amount to: KMFA Santa Fe Tour, The Grand Tour, PO Box 274, Peterborough, NH 03458. Registration materials can be downloaded from www.kmfa.org.

Questions? Contact The Grand Tour at 800-727-2995 / info@thegrandtour.com or Virginia Alvarez of KMFA at 512-615-6902 / valvarez@kmfa.org

The tour to Santa Fe is an exclusive presentation of KMFA 89.5 and is organized by The Grand Tour Travel Company, Peterborough, NH.

Y O U R H O S T , C A R L A M C E L H A N E Y

Carla McElhaney is the host of KMFA’s Night Music and is pianist, co-founder, and artistic director of Austin’s innovative chamber music and arts collective, REVEL (www.revelatx.org). She studied at the Eastman School of Music and The University of Texas at Austin, graduating from UT with her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Carla is energized by creative partnerships, as evidenced by her active performing schedule and ongoing musical collaborations with many of Austin’s favorite musicians. She currently serves on the music faculty of Texas Lutheran University and lives in Round Rock with her husband, Bryan, their children, Katie and Miles, and the family’s beloved Boston Terrier mix, Chelsea.

Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Hills and White Flower II, 1937 (detail)

Pecos National Historical Park

visit her home and studio in the village of Abiquiu for a private tour and the spectacular ‘red rock country’ she made famous. Lunch on your own. Tonight we are back at Santa Fe Opera for a wonderful full evening: a private backstage tour features a presentation by Costume Director Missy West, preceding a fabulous catered Tailgate dinner, a Santa Fe Opera tradition. The opera is Leoš Janácek’s formidable drama of murder and forgiveness, Jenufa, in David Alden’s award-winning staging for English National Opera. Met star soprano and Santa Fe resident Patricia Racette sings the role of Jenufa’s step-mother Kostelnicka.

Saturday, August 3 Bach and PucciniOur last full day in Santa Fe is a free one to relax, shop, or sightsee further. As an option, we will provide transportation to Museum Hill where four splendid museums await you. This might also be a day to visit the O’Keeffe Museum featuring many of the artist’s visionary paintings. Tonight we have a double-feature!: at the Chamber Music Festival, an all-Bach program includes one of his great Cello Suites and after dinner nearby, we travel out to the Opera one final time for Puccini’s romantic tearjerker La Boheme, Italian maestro Jader Bignamini conducting a sterling young cast.

Sunday, August 4 So Long! The tour ends after breakfast, and the transfer back to Albuquerque Airport for those on the group flight.

Itinerary is subject to change. Meals in bold are included in the price of the tour.

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KMFA Classical 89.5 Tour to Santa Fe REGISTRATION FORM

Please fill out the registration form, include your deposit, and return to: KMFA Santa Fe Tour, The Grand Tour, PO Box 274, Peterborough, NH 03458. Upon receipt of deposit, The Grand Tour will send payment confirmation and an invoice for the balance of the tour. Questions? Contact The Grand Tour at 800-727-2995 / info@thegrandtour.com or Virginia Alvarez at KMFA: 512.615.6902 / valvarez@kmfa.org

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□ Optional group flight $ 365*

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KMFA Santa Fe Tour: July 30 – August 4, 2019 GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS: Please read this agreement carefully before sending any money. Tour Cost: The price of the KMFA Santa Fe tour is $3,590 per person, ground only. These prices are based on double-occupancy, and a minimum of 16 persons. Single supplement for the tour is $575. See note under Accommodations on registration form. The tour is organized by THE GRAND TOUR Travel Company (TGT), Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA. The Grand Tour supports KMFA with an additional donation to the station per attendee.

Tour Includes: 5 nights deluxe hotel accommodations at the Inn and Spa at Loretto ▪ Daily full American breakfast ▪ 2 lunches, 3

dinners and a welcome reception; all dinners include wine ▪ Prime tickets to 3 performances at Santa Fe Opera and 2 performances

at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, depending on ticket availability ▪ Guided tours of major sites in and around Santa Fe,

including Pecos National Historical Park, Sanctuario de Chimayo, and Home & Studio of Georgia O’Keeffe ▪ Private visits to artisan

studios ▪ Private motor coach transportation for all excursions mentioned in the itinerary ▪ Private coach transfer to and from

Albuquerque airport for KMFA-TGT arranged group flight ▪ Private guides for all activities mentioned in the itinerary ▪ Entrance fees

for all scheduled site visits ▪ Services of TGT tour director throughout the tour ▪ All gratuities for meals, bus drivers, local guides and

tour manager ▪ Baggage handling for two pieces per person for group flight – hotel transfers ▪ Travel tips and suggested reading &

recording list ▪ Map of Santa Fe ▪ Illustrated itinerary booklet upon arrival

Tour does not include: Optional group flight to and from Albuquerque, which includes transfers to and from Santa Fe ($365) ▪

Single supplement ($575) ▪ Meals and activities not offered as part of the tour ▪ Personal expenses & purchases ▪ Personal & travel insurance Reservations and Method of Payment: The deposit for the tour is $800 per person, first come, first served. Payment is accepted by check made out to The Grand Tour, or credit card by phone or mail to TGT: 800.727.2995 / KMFA Santa Fe Tour, PO Box 274, Peterborough, NH 03458. $300 of the deposit is non-refundable. Please complete the above reservation form to accompany your payment. Upon receipt of deposit, TGT will send a letter of confirmation. Prior to departure, additional items of interest will be mailed to the participants. If you have any questions please contact The Grand Tour at 800.727.2995 or info@thegrandtour.com Tour participation is limited to 25 participants or as space allows. Final Payment: The balance must be made by check or credit card and received by TGT by Friday, June 14, 2019. Cancellations: You are entitled to a full refund if the tour is cancelled by KMFA or THE GRAND TOUR Travel Company (TGT). If you should cancel, there is a non-refundable $300 fee. The remaining balance (minus the $300 fee) will be refunded according to the following schedule: Before June 15, 2019: 100% of remaining balance (after $300 is taken out)

June 15 – 28, 2019: 50% of remaining balance (after $300 is taken out) After June 28, 2019: 0%

Notice of withdrawal from the tour must be communicated to The Grand Tour by e-mail info@thegrandtour.com or fax 603.532.8851. The Grand Tour and KMFA will confirm all cancellations. No refund will be given for any passenger who, for any reason, does not arrive for either airline or vehicle departure. No refund will be made for features the passenger opts not to use. Once travel begins, any change made by a passenger is the responsibility of the passenger. Cancellation penalties caused by accident or illness to a passenger do not constitute waiver of applicable fees. No person outside the group may participate in tour activities, unless he or she is admitted under the full tour cost. Itinerary or Program Modifications: KMFA and THE GRAND TOUR reserve the right to modify the itinerary or programs at their discretion as warranted by circumstances at the time of the tour, including the right to substitute hotels of similar quality. In the event of any changes, KMFA and TGT will work to substitute programs of comparable value. Rates: The right is reserved to increase the price of the tour if the minimum participation of 16 is not reached. Passengers will be informed of any such price increase at least 30 days prior to departure. Transportation: Participants are responsible for booking travel to Santa Fe. Participants arriving or departing on other dates or from other destinations will be responsible for meeting up with the group in Santa Fe and for any fees incurred by these arrangements. N.B. Those passengers who do not opt for the group flight to Albuquerque will be charged $60 one- way for the private coach transfer to Santa Fe; $100 for a round-trip transfer. Travel insurance: Because cancellation policies are strictly enforced, we strongly recommend for your protection that you purchase trip cancellation insurance. Travel insurance is also highly recommended in order to protect participants who must cancel or interrupt their trip due to illness or injury. Responsibility Disclaimer: KMFA is not the tour operator. KMFA is not responsible for changes of flight times, fare changes, dishonor of airline or hotel reservations, delays, losses, injuries, inconveniences, cessation of operations, airline or tour operator bankruptcies, so-called “acts of God”, the acts of defaults of any person or entity engaged in conveying participants or in carrying out other arrangements of the tour, or any other event beyond our control. Further, KMFA and TGT shall not be responsible for losses or additional expenses of the participant due to sickness, weather, strife, civil unrest, acts of terrorism, quarantine, “acts of God”, or other causes beyond their control. The right is further reserved to decline to accept or to retain any person as a member of the tour should the person’s health, actions, or general deportment impede the operation of the tour or the rights or welfare of the other participants. No refund will be made for the unused portion of any tour. Please note that there is a moderate amount of walking on this tour.