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THE KING’S SINGER
JUNE 12-19, 2011
Conducted by
Simon Carrington
Individual concert optionsA combined musical pageantWorkshop opportunities with Maestro Carrington London & Cambridge
& the music of John Rutter
Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Package Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Travel Insurance Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TAbLE Of COnTEnTS
The King’s SingerSIMON CARRINGTON
THE KING’S SINGER& the music of John Rutter
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LEADER
JOIN ME IN LONDON
Come and join me in London and, the place where it all started, Cambridge .
Let me share the music of my country of birth with choirs from my adopted land of America .
We will explore the world and music of John Rutter (Birthday Madrigals) as well as a selection of pieces sung with great acclaim by the King’s Singers .
I look forward to working with Directors and choristers alike .
- Simon Carrington
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SIMON CARRINGTON has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in music, performing as singer, double bass player and conductor, first in the UK where he was born, and latterly in the USA. From 2003 to 2009 he was professor of choral conducting at Yale University and director of the Yale Schola Cantorum, a 24 voice chamber choir which he has brought to national and now international prominence, attracting the interest of his successor, Masaaki Suzuki, director of the Bach Collegium Japan. During his Yale tenure he led the introduction of a new graduate voice degree for singers specializing in oratorio, early music and chamber ensemble, and, with his faculty colleagues, he guided two Yale graduate students to their first prize wins in consecutive conducting competitions at American Choral Directors Association National Conventions. From 2001 until his Yale appointment, he was director of choral activities at the New England Conservatory, Boston, where he was selected by the students for the Krasner Teaching Excellence Award, and from 1994 to 2001 he held a similar position at the University of Kansas.
Prior to coming to the United States, he was a creative force for twenty-five years with the internationally acclaimed British vocal ensemble The King’s Singers, which he co-founded at Cambridge University. He gave 3,000 performances at many of the world’s most prestigious festivals and concert halls, made more than seventy recordings, and appeared on countless television and radio programs including nine appearances on the Tonight Show with the late Johnny Carson!
Carrington was a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, attended The King’s School, Canterbury, and then won a choral scholarship to King’s College, Cambridge, where he sang in the chapel choir for 4 years, and for a subsequent year at New College, Oxford.
In the early days of The King’s Singers he had a lively career as a double bass player, first as sub-principal of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and then as a freelance player in London. He specialised in continuo playing, particularly for his Cambridge contemporary John Eliot Gardiner, with whom he made a number of recordings, but he also played with all the major symphony and chamber orchestras under such diverse maestri as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Benjamin Britten, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Carlo Maria Guilini, Otto Klemperer, Ricardo Muti, Georg Solti and George Szell. As a teacher of conductors himself for 15 years he only wished he’d paid more attention!
Now a Yale professor emeritus he maintains an active schedule as a freelance conductor and choral clinician, leading workshops and master classes round the world. He has conducted the Monteverdi Vespers in Barcelona, the Fauré Requiem in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Handel’s Messiah in Dublin and Boston, Rachmaninov Vespers in Victoria, Canada, and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevski in Poland. He is a regular guest conductor at the Monteverdi Choir Festival in Budapest and the Tokyo Cantat in Japan and leads annual conducting courses at the Chamber Choir Festival in Sarteano (Italy), and the Yale Summer Festival in Norfolk, Connecticut. In 2009 he has conducting engagements in Canada, Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Europe as well as his customary round of performances in the US.
LEADER
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HIgHLIgHTS
JUNE 2011Sunday, June 12 Depart USA
Monday, June 13 Arrive London
Tuesday, June 14 Sightseeing Rehearsal Welcome Dinner
Wednesday, June 15 Rehearsal Sightseeing in Bath Tour Stonehenge
Thursday, June 16 Visit Cambridge Optional individual concerts
Friday, June 17 Rehearsal Sightseeing
Saturday, June 18 Dress rehearsal Gala Concert Farewell dinner
Sunday, June 19 Depart for home or extension tour (For instance: Ireland, Scotland, Paris)
StonehengeLondon
Cambridge
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PROgRAM
JUNE 2011
Sunday, June 12• Depart
Monday, June 13• Arrival in London
• Meet KIconcerts tour manager
• Travel to hotel and check in
• Overnight in London
Tuesday, June 14• Breakfast (daily)
• Orientation tour of London’s West End, passing Buckingham Palace including the changing of the guard (if held), Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Westminster Abbey, Piccadilly Circus, the London Eye
• First massed rehearsal with Simon Carrington
• Festival Welcome Dinner
• Overnight in London
Wednesday, June 15• Second massed rehearsal with Simon Carrington
• This morning we have a sightseeing tour including a guided tour of a finely excavated Roman Baths and Pump Room
• Travel to historic Stonehenge – one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world
• Overnight in London
Thursday, June 16• Travel to Cambridge which has been a celebrated
university Town since 1209
• Tour of Cambridge including a visit to King’s College and the Chapel - one of the most important examples of late medieval architecture
• Take a ‘Punt’ (river cruise in traditional boaters) along the river Cam
• Optional individual concert
• Overnight in London
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PROgRAM
Friday, June 17• Third massed rehearsal with Simon Carrington
• Tour of London including Tower Bridge and visits to St Paul’s, the Tower of London & the Crown Jewels
• Overnight in London
Saturday, June 18• This morning we transfer to the venue for a dress
rehearsal in preparation for the concert
• The King’s Singer Gala Concert under the direction of Simon Carrington
• Farewell dinner after the concert
Sunday, June 19• Transfer to airport and travel back home or
extension tour
**Itinerary subject to change.
**Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire
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IRELAND
SCOTLAND
PARIS
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IRELAND, THE EMERALD ISLE Sunday, June 19
• Transfer to the airport to fly to Ireland’s capital city, Dublin
• Commence a sightseeing tour including the fascinating historic buildings and Georgian Squares
• Travel past St. Patrick’s Cathedral and learn of Ireland’s rich musical heritage. (for instance Händel’s Messiah was first performed in Dublin at Mr Neale’s Great Musick Hall in Fishamble Street in 1742)
• Check-in to the hotel
Monday, June 20• Breakfast daily
• Full day sightseeing starting at Trinity College founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I
• Guided tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral which stands on the oldest Christian site in Dublin where it is said that the Saint baptized converts to the Christian faith
• Explore Phoenix Park, one of the largest enclosed parks in Europe – larger even than NY’s Central Park
Tuesday, June 21• Travel to Dublin Bay visiting the picturesque fishing
village of Howth with its stunning views of Dublin Bay before transferring to nearby Malahide Castle which is one of Ireland’s oldest
• Enjoy the farewell dinner at a local restaurant with traditional Irish music and entertainment.
Wednesday, June 22• Departure to Dublin airport for the journey home
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SCOTLAND Sunday, June 19
• Transfer to the airport for your flight to Edinburgh
• Commence orientation tour of Edinburgh including the Royal Mile, the Palace of Holyrood House (the Queen’s official residence when in Edinburgh) and Edinburgh Castle
• Visit Roslyn Chapel made famous from ‘The Da Vinci Code’
• Check in to hotel and dinner
Monday, June 20• Breakfast daily
• Explore more of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s charming Old Town
• Visit Edinburgh’s largest cathedral, St Giles’ Cathedral dating back 900 years
• Tour Edinburgh Castle seeing the Crown Jewels, the Royal Apartments and the National War Memorial of Scotland
• Evening at leisure.
Tuesday, June 21• Travel to Leith to tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia
which served the Queen for 44 years. Experience how the Queen dined and entertained many heads of state on board
• Return to Edinburgh to explore New Town with its many attractions including the Queen Street Gardens, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery on The Mound and of course Princes street with its many fashionable shops and chic restaurants
• Transfer to a local venue for a farewell dinner with traditional Scottish entertainment including bag pipes and highland dancing
Wednesday, June 22• Transfer to Edinburgh airport for the return flight home
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PARIS Sunday, June 19
• Travel to Paris aboard the Eurostar train
• Upon arrival in Paris commence a panoramic tour of the famed Paris sights including: The Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, the Louvre and the Church of Notre Dame
• Transfer to hotel and check in
Monday, June 20• Breakfast daily
• Visit the Louvre which is Paris’s single largest building, It is also the largest Palace in Europe, the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere and probably the most recognized symbol of art and culture
• Tour the Notre Dame Cathedral, a masterpiece of medieval architecture, while learning of its 800 year history
Tuesday, June 21• A visit to Disneyland Paris including the opportunity
to perform
OR
• Sightseeing starting at the Musee d’Orsay which houses a wonderful collection, including that of Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh
• Transfer to Montmartre for a walking tour that takes in the Sacre-Coeur plus the Place du Tertre
• Farewell dinner
• Ascend to the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower for panoramic views of Paris.
Wednesday, June 22• Transfer to the airport to depart Paris for home
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ERIC DALE KNAPPArtistic Advisor
Eric Dale Knapp brings a diverse and unique background to KI. He has enjoyed success in Music Education at all levels, Church Music, and with professional choral and orchestral organizations. He has conducted at distinctive concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Shanghai’s Oriental Art Centre, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dvorak Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein. Mr. Knapp is Artistic Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Choral Society & Orchestra which he has led to critical acclaim both in the U.S. and abroad; Artistic Director and Conductor of the Connecticut Choral Society & Orchestra; Music Director for the Mark Thallander Foundation; founder and Music Director of Orchestra de Camerata and Artistic Director of Chamber Music at the Salisbury House Iowa. He is Principal Conductor of the American Festival Symphony at Carnegie Hall and Artistic Advisor to KIconcerts for choral and orchestral programming. For 13 years he served as Music Director and Senior Organist at Faith Lutheran Church in Des Moines, IA. Mr. Knapp is based in New York City and is represented by Wade Artist Management.
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