Celebrating 45 Years of Travel V I VA L D I I N V E N I C E F E AT U R I N G J A M E S H E P O KO S K I YA L E P RO F E S S O R O F M U S I C H I S TO RY S E P T E M B E R 1 5 TO 2 2 , 2 0 1 3 orn in in 1678, Antonio Vivaldi is recognized YALE FACULTY B as a virtuoso violinist and one of the most important composers of the period. Discover Vivaldi’s Venice J A M E S H E P O K O S K I is Professor of Music History in during a week in La Serenissima, staying at the elegant Hotel the Yale Department of Music, Europa & Regina on the . View the incomparable where he has taught since 1999. museums and frescoed churches of this exquisite city and dine He is a popular lecturer with the AYA educational travel program, at an historic palazzi. Special events include a visit to the and as on past AYA trips, joining Vivaldi Museum, a private Vivaldi recital, and a tour of famed him on this tour will be his wife, La Fenice Theater prior to an evening performance. See St. Barbara. Professor Hepokoski is a Mark’s Basilica after hours and walk in the former ghetto, specialist in operatic, symphonic, and chamber music from the virtually unchanged since its establishment in 1516; and on eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, the island of Murano, visit the studio of a glass artist. n Professor James Hepokoski. with particular expertise in musical style and its political and cultural implications. He is the author or coauthor of seven books and dozens of essays on a variety of topics and has also PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS given several lectures at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. n Enjoy lectures and discussions with Yale At Yale he teaches a generous selection of music courses, Professor James Hepokoski among which are a much-praised survey of European music n Six nights’ accommodations at the elegant Hotel history as well as numerous seminars ranging from Mozart Europa & Regina, overlooking the Grand Canal and Beethoven to American Music, 1920s Blues, and Cole Porter songs. Students have remarked on his lively and n Private, after-hours visit to St. Mark’s Basilica entertaining lectures, which illuminate central aesthetic and n Extensive time at sites significant to Vivaldi’s life historical points embedded in the classical repertory. In and career, including the Vivaldi Museum and the 2010 he was awarded Yale College’s Sidonie Miskimin Church of Santa Maria della Pietà Clauss Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities. For n Tour of the city’s former ghetto, established in 1516, this program, his presentations will provide a look at and its well-preserved synagogues Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi’s works and influence: The Four Seasons and beyond. n n Guided tour prior to an evening performance at La Fenice Theater, gloriously restored

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VENICE 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Wednesday, September 18 A morning visit to the Santa Maria della Pietà Institution includes the Church of la Pietà, the Vivaldi Museum, and the Cantorie, where the famous putte, the young orphan ladies, were looked after and educated musically. Nearby see Chiesa di San Giovanni in Bragora, where Vivaldi was baptized, and stop at the 16th-century Church of San Francesco della Vigna, begun by Jacopo Sansovino and further enhanced by . After lunch, walk to the Calle del Paradiso from where Vivaldi’s house can be seen, and arrive at the Church of Santa Maria dei Derelitti (or Ospedaletto). a c u L

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To see further details of all Yale Educational Travel Programs, visit www.YaleEdTravel.org VENICE 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Thursday, September 19 Explore the treasures of Venice’s greatest museum, the Accademia, housed in the former Scuola della Carità. Continue to the remarkable Peggy Guggenheim Collection in her former home on the Grand Canal. Lunch and the afternoon are at leisure. In the early evening, depart for the famed La Fenice (“the Phoenix”) Theater. Aptly named, this opera house burned to the ground in 1998—not for the first time—and has now returned to its former glory after years of reconstruction. Enjoy a tour prior to the evening performance of La Traviata. (Subject to schedule availability.) g r e o G

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n n Lectures and discussions with distinguished Evening performance of La Traviata, pending schedules Yale Professor James Hepokoski n Escorted sightseeing by water taxi and entrance fees for included visits n Six nights at the Hotel Europa & Regina, Venice n Airport / hotel transfers and porterage n Breakfast daily, three lunches, and two dinners with bottled water, coffee/tea, and local wine n Taxes and service charges; gratuities to guides and drivers Not Included in Rate International airfare; passport fees; alcoholic beverages other than wine at lunches and dinners; personal items and expenses; airport transfers for those not on suggested flights; baggage in excess of one suitcase; trip insurance; any other items not specifically mentioned as included.

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Portrait of Antonio Vivaldi (top), photo © Hulton Archive/Getty Images. St. Mark’s Basilica (bottom). T E R M S & C O N D I T I O N S AIRFARE Academic Arrangements Abroad (AAA) will be pleased to assist with air travel arrangements for this program, including specially negotiated group airfare when available, suggested group flights or your own individual requests for a processing fee of $40 per person. Complete details will be provided in your confirmation mailing. PAYMENT SCHEDULE A deposit of $1,500 per person, payable to Academic Arrangements Abroad, of which $350 is non-refundable for administrative fees, is required with the reservation application. Final payment, by check only, must be received 120 days prior to departure. Mail deposit to: The Association of Yale Alumni, Yale Educational Travel, Box 209010, New Haven, CT 06520-9010 (Telephone 203-432-1952). HEALTH All participants must be in good health. 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