Foreign Choirs Seeking Cooperation

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[maija]

I am the manager of children’s choir “les Mirabelles” from Nancy in France and I am planning a tour of concerts with my choir during approximately 10 days during our holidays in February 2009 or at some other date we could choose together if there is a problem (in 2009 or 2010). Indeed, every year I try to make discover to the children of my choir the pleasure and the taste of classical music through orchestral works which I adapt and which I put in words trying to respect for the best the spirit of the composers.

So we already sung Smetana’s Moldau which allowed us to give concerts in the Czech Republic, Beethoven’s Pastoral in Germany, Tchaikovski’s Swans’ Lake in Russia in 2007 where this educational method was moreover appreciated by the Director of Nijni-Novgorod’s Choir, who asked for the authorization to use it in his country.
At the moment, Grieg’s Peer Gynt gives us a big desire to come to sing it in Scandinavia.

We are accompanied by an excellent concert pianist performer : Virginie Soumoy-Cambon.

Usually, during our tours, we are welcomed by children’s choirs and we live by the foreign families, mostly one adult and one child together and sometimes, if there is enough room one adult and 2 children.
For us, the important thing is to share some time with the families who welcome us.

There is no problem if 2 persons sleep in the same bed of if one person sleeps on a mattress on the floor. Naturally we would be happy to receive in Nancy the choir which would welcome us.
You have to know that there is in our city an International Festival of Choral Music which takes place every other year in May. The next one is for 2009. For more precision, you can see its website : http://www.chantchoral.org

Naturally during our stay we would like to give one or two concerts in a hall with piano to sing musical adaptations (Grieg, Mozart, Haendel...) and some french songs.
Obviously, we would give them free of charge.
Would you be interested or do you know some choirs who would be interested in this project and could welcome us for 2 or 3 nights.

The chidren of my choir who would make this journey are boys and girls between 6 and 12 years old.
I hope this project will come true and ask you to accept, Madam, Sir, my respectful greetings.

For your information, I send to you some letters from our previous journeys and invite you to have a look at our website : http://chorale.mirabelles.free.fr/

Anne Burger
Choir’s director

Chorale d'enfants "Les Mirabelles"
chez M. BURGER Pierre-Yves
5, rue de la légion étrangère
54000 NANCY
Tél : 03.83.40.63.18
e-mail : py.burger@free.fr

[maija]

 I have plans to bring my choir to Helsinki in 2009, and would like to get in contact with another choir in Helsinki – preferably a mixed choir with age-group between 30-65.

This is the plans for our trip to Helsinki:

    * We leave from Norway on Thursday 30th of April 2009 with return Sunday 3rd of May.
    * Thursday and Friday we make our own plans – sightseeing, maybe a short trip to Tallinn by boat, but it would be nice to hook up with the other choir in the evening, maybe for a nice dinner together to get acquainted.
    * On Saturday we would like to have an opportunity to have a jointed choir practice in the afternoon, and maybe have a concert open for the public in the early evening for both choirs, followed by a jointed dinner to finish up our stay in Helsinki.

We would very much like to have the Concert in The Temppeliaukion Church, our Conductor has had concerts in the Church before, and would very much like to do it again.

We are probably going to stay at the Scandic Hotel Marski where I stayed in May, very central located in the City.

Our wish before we arrive:

    * That the Church has been booked for the concert, and that the concert has been advertised in newspapers in Helsinki and in other Medias or by flyers.
    * That plans have been made for where we can practise during our stay where there is a piano
    * Where can we have our jointed dinners on Friday and Saturday?

The only thing that we have to be sure of: the members of the choir have to speak either Swedish or English so that we understand each other.

Please use my e-mail address: liv-s2@online.no

You can find out more about our choir if you go in to our web-site: www.fraunakoret.no

We hope to hear from your as soon as possible.

from Fraunakoret

Liv Solheim
(leader)

[maija]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I’m writing from travel agency “FILARETAI TRAVEL”.  We have the group of school children from special musical school, from Vilnius, Lithuania. It is children 7 – 18 years old, chorus and they study songfest. So, every year they travel with our travel agency all around Europe. They tray not only to look different country, during the trips, but to meet chorus from other countries, to share experiences and also, to give the concert. This year, they are going to travel to Finland and one day to Stockholm. During this trip, they would like to give concert, if it is possible. They will be in Finland (Helsinki and Turku) on 13th  and 15th  of June,  2009, so it would be the bests days, in the first part of the day. Of course, they don’t ask for any payment for the concert, it would be honour to them, if you could accept it.

With the best regards,

Travel center „FILARETAI TRAVEL“
Sales  Director
Daiva Brazlauskienė
Žygimantų str.14,
LT-01102 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel.: + 370 5 268 59 66
Fax  + 370 5 268 59 67
daiva@ft.lt


Choir “CANTICA“ of  Vilnius Karoliniskes Music School             
Artistic  Director and Conductor: Diana Mikienė       
Choirmaster : Gražina Gumuliauskienė
Accompanist : Aušra Guobienė

The choir “CANTICA“ has been led and conducted by Diana Mikienė for the last 5 years. The wide repertoire (from baroque up to jazz and folk compositions) let the choir prepare interesting musical projects  with different instrumental ensembles and orchestras.“Cantica“ has become the winner of the  Lithuanian  festival – competition “We are the Children of Lithuania“ in 2008. The choir participated in the International  Raimonds Pauls Song Festival in 2005.
Recently “Cantica“ returned from the concert tour from Slovakia.       

[maija]

I am Elzbieta Ring and choral conductor of a girl's choir, Mousikè, of the Music Academy of Wijnegem (Antwerp, Belgium). I'm loking for an contact with a youthchoir (schoolchoir?) to prepare a exchange project. The purposes of the project – as I thought – could be artistical as well as pedagogical and cultural gains, e.g.:
- the preparation of a joint concert (at Antwerp as well at your place)
- getting acquainted with the culture and the tradition of our regions

I know from experience that this kind of exchanges not only is very much motivating but also challenging to our young people. With this artistical meeting I would like to get acqaited my pupils (about 25 girl's between 15-18 years old) with the wonderful Finnish music and the famous vocal tradition of your country.

With kind regards,

Elzbieta Ring

email: ymgac@yahoo.com

[suchy]

Pendyrus Male Choir  from  Wales (http://www.pendyrus.org) are this summer making a concert tour with The Fred. Olsen Lines Cruises. They are performing on the ship for the passengers, and when they arrive to certain cities, they want to give a concert there, and also want to meet local choirsingers. On tuesday August 18. 2009 we are having an arrangement of that kind in Copenhagen, where they will perform in the Tivoli Gardens. Later on their tour they are having a concert in Tallinn.

Pendyrus Male Choir also wants very much to give a concert in Helsinki on Monday 24th August. The choir shall arrive at 8.30 and leave at 18.00. It would be a bonus if we could link up with a male choir in Helsinki. The choir needs help in finding a choir or a person able to arrange a concert and upon that a social togetherness.

The Pendyrus Male Choir Party holds a number of about 100 persons, of whom around 60 are singers. They are a well reputated choir with a great history, and a very fine repertoire.

Sincerely,

John H Lewis, General Secretary, Pendyrus Male Choir
johnpendyrus@talktalk.net
tel/fax: +44 (0) 1443 730383

[maija]

Cantabile Youth Singers Kaliforniasta tulee Suomeen 5.-7.7.2009. Kuoro haluaisi tehdä yhteistyötä suomalaisen kuoron kanssa, esim. workhoppeja tai yhteisiä esiintymisiä. Kuorossa on 42 laulajaa ja sitä johtaa Elena Sharkova, kuorolaiset ovat 12–18-vuotiaita. Yhteensä kuoron matkassa on 66 henkilö.

Kuorolle on alustavasti varattu Temppeliaukion kirkko 7.7.2009 klo 15–20, mutta se on valmis ottamaan vastaan myös muita ideoita.

www.cantabile.org
 
Lisätietoja:

Maarit Primietta
Long Special Services Ltd
Passanger Terminal K-8
00160 Helsinki
Finland
 
Phone: +358 9 622 6680
Mobile: +358 40 705 8145
Fax: +358 9 622 1844
Email: Maarit.Huhtala@Lss.Fi

[maija]

Dear friends,
 
We are a women chamber choir (25 members) from Czech Republic, town Nechanice (near from center town of East Bohemia - Hradec Králové). Our choir was created in 1991. The choir from its beginning took part in a performance on the sundry occasions in Nechanice and in the vicinity. The guests of its concerts have been the Czech choirs and also the choirs from Holland, The Great Britain, Germany and Slovenia. The choir has performed in many Czech towns.  It regularly gives Advend and Christmas concerts in Nechanice and in the castle Hrádek near Nechanice. 

In 2003 it got through successful concert tour in Slovenia, in summer 2006 it took part in the competition in Slovakia and in the same summer it played in a concert in Coburg (Germany). In summer 2007 it took part in a performs of the festival in Maidstone in England, in summer 2008 took part in a competition in Prevezo in Greece (bronz medal). By artistic character Cantus Feminae is for the most part an „a cappella“ choir. A repertoire includes compositions of all styles as well as folk songs. With interest choir study compositions of 20th century composers. In 1996 it founded the festival of chamber choirs called FESTIVÁLEK (choirs from Czech Republic, but also choirs from abroad).
 
We would like contact with choirs from Finland for exchange concert. We would like offer you this variant:

1. Our choir is organizer of meeting chamber choir called FESTIVÁLEK. This meeting has got a distinetive feature - a joy of singing, meeting friends and contentment. We´ll arrange 15th meeting for the term 28.- 30.5.2010. We organize a round of concerts in our town and in other places of the region. The concerts will be held in the concert halls, church buildings, in the halls of the nearby castles. The repertoire of the concerned choirs isn´t limited.  But we recommend to put a composition from an epoch of classicism on programme, we will be glad to listen to a composition of a present composer, and we will be very pleased by folk songs from your region. We would like invite choir from Finland.  We ensure accommodation and board.

2.  We would like to come in Finland on June or July 2010.

Contact : Mgr. Petr Semerák (choirmaster), e-mail: bts.semerak@tiscali.cz mobil: +420 603 760 717

www.cantusfeminae.cz
 
Best wishes for all choirs.
 
Mgr. Petr Semerák

[maija]

Tyttökuoro Girls' Choir Artemis Belgiasta on tulossa suomeen ensi kesänä 7.-15.7.2010. Kuoro kaipaa kontakteja suomalaisiin kuoroihin. Kuorolaiset ovat iältään 12–18-vuotiaita. Kuoron ohjelmistoon kuuluu sekä hengellistä että maallista musiikkia, renessanssista musikaaleihin.

Kuoro toivoo apua konserttien järjestämiseen ja he myös yöpyisivät mielellään jonkun kuoron vieraina.

Lisää tietoa kuorosta löytyy heidän verkkosivuiltaa. www.artemis-maaseik.be. Kysymyksiä voi lähettää osoitteeseen: jeroen.beckers@gmail.com.

[maija]

Dear conductor,

In June 2010 we are planning to have international choir festival for children and youth, from the age of 10 til 29.This festival is going to take part in a  little beautiful village Hofsos. http://en.hofsos.is/ in Skagafjordur were is a long tradition for the choir singing and music itself.

I am a director of this the festival  which has name - Dream Voices of Youth. This is festival is dedicated to inovation in choir music for children and youth.The programm of this festival include concerts,workshops and different activities. It is plan to be from 11 of June until 15 of June.

Our festival interested in your participation. We are providing lodging and full board(breakfast,luch,coffe and dinner) as well as free activites – workshops,excursion,swimming pool and other. We are not providing the travelling expenses – from your country  to Iceland and from Iceland to your country. But we can provide you a local bus for your travelling in Iceland.

We are very interested to have a group from your choir – 10 -13 singers  as a participant in our first International Festival in Hofsos. In the festival  Dream Voices of Youth - going to take part around 100 young singers.If you are interested in this festival I can send you festival details.

I am a conductor of the girls  choir which consist around 50 girls from the age 10 – 15 years old,they are  coming to practise together from all the North West of Iceland.This is the web page of my culture organisation

http://www.dreamvoices.is/, sorry only in icelandic,but going to be in english soon,

Waiting for your reply,
All the best from Iceland,
Alexandra

_______________________________________

Jón Hilmarsson og Alexandra Chernyshova
Austurgata 11
565 Hofsós
+354 421 6364
www.dreamvoices.is

[maija]

Dera friends,
 
we are women chamber choir (25 members) from Czech Republic, town Nechanice (near from center town of East Bohemia - Hradec Králové).
Our choir was created in 1991. The choir from its beeginning took part in a performance on the sundry occasions in Nechanice and in the vicinity. The guests of its concerts have been the Czech choirs and also the choirs from Holland, The Great Britain, Germany and Slovenia. The choir has performed in many Czech towns.  It regularly gives Advend and Christmas concerts in Nechanice and in the castle Hrádek near Nechanice.  In 2003 it got throuth succesful concert tour in Slovenia, in summer 2006 it took part in the competition in Slovakia and in the same summer it played in a concert in Coburg (Germany). In summer 2007 it took part in a performes of the festival in Maidstone in England, in summer 2008 took part in a competition in Prevezo in Greece (bronz medal). By artistic character Cantus Feminae is for the most part an  „a capella“ choir. A repertoire includes compositions of all styles as well as folk songs.  With interest choir study compositions of 20th century composers. In 1996 it founded the festival of chamber choirs called FESTIVÁLEK (choirs from Czech Republic, but also choirs from abroad).
 
We would like contact with choirs from Finland for exchange concert.
 
Contact: Mgr. Petr Semerák (choirmaster), e-mail: bts.semerak@tiscali.cz, mobil: +420 603 760 717

www.cantusfeminae.cz

[maija]

Greetings from St.Petersburg!

We are from Pedagogical college number 1 the name after N.A.Nekrasov. We invite contacts to make any contacts with students chorus in Finland for change of music traditions, experience, concerts, visits, festivals. We have 4 chorus at our college, its girls and mixed chorus. Students from 14-20 y.o. We prepare students for primary school and we have Foreign derpartment (English, French, German), Russian language Derpartment. We have old traditions because our college is 80 y.o. Wed like to make contact with Finnish chorus which sing classic, spiritual, cospel, finnish national, folk, modern style of music, We have music festival on April (21-23.04.2010) and want invite Finnish students young chorus to St.Petersburg,

With best regards your friends from St.Petersburg.

Please, contact Irina Malyuk, music teacher of our college.
e-mail:imaluk@yandex.ru  

[maija]

Dear Sirs,

I'm writing you from Hungary. My name is Erzsebet Pasztor and I'm the
choir leader of the ADULT MIXED CHOIR OF TOKAJ TOWN.

I have been to Finland several times (12 times) and I love your
wonderful country. Most members of the choir have been to Finland
twice and it is their dream to return there and spend some more days
in the land of their dreams. We are men and women between the ages of
20 and 65.

We have a great problem. Our choir has had an application submitted to
the European Union. In this application we promised to travel to
Finland and to receive a Finnish group in Hungary. We had a strong
offer to co-operate with us and provide host families for the members
of our choir. Unfortunately, it seems that the Finnish partner cannot
do these things, that is why we are looking for a Finnish co-operating
partner.

Our choir has arranged several things: we are travelling in August by
bus. We are leaving on the 4th and arriving in Finland on the 6th of
August. We are planning to stay for four nights. What we would
desparately need: host families for the choir (49 members) for these
four nights providing catering and we would like to give two concerts.
We have a very wide range of music in our programme, so these concerts
can be organised in churches or even in public halls. (I have heard
that it is easier to organise church concerts.)

What we offer is the same: we would like to accept a choir, a cultural
group or any other type of group who would like to visit Hungary at
any time between September 2010 and the end of December 2011. We offer
the same things that we would like to get: accomodation and catering.
We also offer an interesting programme in Hungary: sightseeing in some
lovely, historic towns and famous regions of Hungary.  We don't need
any programmes organised for us in Finland, as we can do it for
ourselves.

About the concerts: it would be great if one concert could be in
Helsinki and the other one in any other towns of Finland.

We would be extremely grateful if you could help us finding a
co-operating Finnish partner.

Thank you very much for your assisstance in advance.

I'm looking forward hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Best regards,

Erzsebet Pasztor
paszte@gmail.com