The Samford A Cappella Choir will be on tour in France and Italy May 19-29. Performance venues for the tour include Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France, and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, as well as other churches in the Tuscany region of Italy. The tour itinerary is as follows:
Tuesday May 19 FLIGHT - Depart Atlanta
Wednesday May 20 ARRIVE IN PARIS-CHARTRES
Boat trip on the River Seine from the foot of the Eiffel Tower
In the late afternoon bus to Chartres
Thursday May 21 CHARTRES
Guided tour of Chartres Cathedral
4 pm-5:15 pm concert in Chartres Cathedral
Friday May 22 PARIS
Notre-Dame Cathedral
2 pm concert in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Saturday May 23 TUSCANY
Monteriggioni and San Gimignano
3 pm concert at San Agostino, San Gimignano
Sunday May 24 FLORENCE
Walking tour of Florence with local guide
9 pm concert in St. James Church with “Spirit of the Living God Choir”
Monday May 25 SIENA-ASSISI
Walking tour of Siena with local guide
Grand Hotel Assisi
Tuesday May 26 ASSISI-ROME
St. Francis’ Basilica, Assisi
Sing 6 pm Mass in Basilica of St. Francis
Wednesday May 27 ROME
Colosseum and Palatine Hill
7 pm concert in Rome Baptist Church
Thursday May 28 ROME
Vatican Museums, St. Peter’s Basilica
5 pm Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Friday May 29 DEPARTURE
School of the Arts Dean Joseph Hopkins will be posting daily updates and photos about the choir and its activities while on tour to a separate web page.
Follow along as they minister in song during this historic tour.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Update - Joel Davis Named a Lilly Fellow
Joel Davis, a 2005 Samford theory/composition graduate featured in the previous edition of Artsfeed, has been accepted as a Lilly Fellow in the Arts and Humanities. He is one of 15 accepted into the program from across the nation and the first Lilly Fellow from Samford.
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