MIDAM INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS THE GREAT MUSIC TOUR TO & KRAKOW FRIDAY, JUNE 18 - SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 FEATURING THE PAN-EUROPEAN PHILHARMONIA & WORLD-CLASS SOLOISTS

HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Warsaw ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Warsaw

MONDAY, JUNE 21 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23

Openings for three distinguished guest conductors and their 60-voice choirs to perform Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, and Rutter’s Requiem at the Holy Cross Church on June 21, followed on June 23 by a concert conducted by Peter Tiboris at All Saints Church featuring all visiting choirs.

ST. MARY’S BASILICA, Krakow

THURSDAY, JUNE 24

Featuring 20-minute solo a cappella performances in St. Mary’s Basilica scheduled for visiting choirs under their own conductors. Specially designed tours and events included, all with licensed guides. Subject to change without notice.

For more information, contact Eric Spiegel, Director of Program Development, at PETER TIBORIS, GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR (212) 239-0205 ext. 201 or at [email protected]. 37 years, since 1983 www.midamerica-music.com PER-PERSON REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 15, 2020

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Registration Deadline: November 15, 2020

Performances in Holy Cross Church and All Saints Church in Warsaw On Monday, June 21 and Wednesday, June 23

Seeking FOUR guest conductors to lead choirs of 60-80 voices in oratorios with the Pan-European Philharmonia of Warsaw

Recommended Repertoire: Fauré: Requiem Forrest: Requiem for the Living Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna Mozart: Mass in C, K. 317 Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 Rutter: Gloria/Te Deum Rutter: Magnificat Rutter: Requiem Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major

Other repertoire suggestions can be submitted for consideration.

Finale Gala Concert Featuring all of the visiting choirs Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626 with orchestra and world-class soloists Peter Tiboris, conductor

Pan-European Philharmonia of Warsaw Peter Tiboris, Music Director Jakub Fiebig, Executive Manager World-class soloists

An additional a cappella sacred music concert featuring visiting choirs Thursday, June 24, St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow A minimum of three groups must agree to perform for this concert to go forward.

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Day 1 – Friday, June 18, 2021 - Warsaw

• Arrive in Warsaw. MidAm International, Inc. staff and Columbus Welcome Management staff meet you at the airport and transfer you to MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL(https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3384-hotel-mercure-warszawa- grand/index.shtml) for check-in.

Mercure Warszawa Grand Hotel

• 6 PM - 7 PM: Opening night in hotel restaurant with Peter Tiboris, Guest Conductors, Directors, and MidAm Staff. Introductions. Review of day-by-day schedule. Questions and answers. Order food and drinks on your own.

Day 2 – Saturday, June 19, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • 9:30 AM - 12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom. • 12:30 PM: lunch on own. • 2 PM – 6 PM: First Tour: A guided general tour of the city; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

First Tour: Panoramic city-sightseeing includes the most interesting and important tourist attractions of the city: The Royal Route with superb aristocratic residences, churches and famous monuments, Presidential Palace, statue of Copernicus, Holy Cross Church (interment site of the heart of Fryderyk ), Warsaw University, Old Town (UNESCO World Heritage Site with Royal Castle), St. John’s Cathedral Market Square, Barbican, New Town with monument of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, former Jewish Ghetto area with Memorial to the Heroes of the Ghetto Uprising, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. If time permits, visit of the interiors of the Royal Castle. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.)

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Old Town with Royal Castle Royal Route – Krakowskie Przedmieście Street

Barbican Royal Route – St. Anna’s Church

• 6:30 PM: Bus transfer back to hotel. • Evening free.

Day 3 – Sunday, June 20, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • 9:30 AM - 12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom. • Lunch on own. • 2 PM - 6 PM: Second Tour: City walking tour: Chopin museum, Royal Lazienki Park; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Second Tour: Visit to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw located in the . The mission of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum is to cultivate the memory of the great composer and to make information about his life and work available to a wide audience. The purpose of the Museum is to collect and transfer knowledge as well as to deliver a high quality artistic experience; the choice will depend on each individual viewer. Innovative forms of exploration will be based on interaction with the audience and the immediate response to the individual needs of visitors. We will then walk through the Royal Lazienki Park (also called as "Royal Baths” Park) with the open-air concert of Chopin's music at Chopin's Monument. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.)

Chopin Monument • 6:30 PM: Bus transfer back to hotel. • Evening free. 6 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Day 4 – Monday, June 21, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • Morning free and lunch on own. • 2 PM: General rehearsal in Holy Cross Church with orchestra and soloists. • Dinner on own. • PERFORMANCE at 8 PM in Holy Cross Church conducted by visiting Guest Conductors and their 60-voice choirs (subject to confirmation by the church council).

Holy Cross Church Day 5 – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - Warsaw

• Breakfast • 9:30 AM-12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom featuring all the choirs together for Mozart’s Requiem with Peter Tiboris. • 2 PM-6:00 PM: Third Tour: Walking tour: Chopin’s birthplace in Zelazowa Wola; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Third Tour: For this afternoon was planed the visit to the Fryderyk Chopin's birthplace in Zelazowa Wola. The Chopin family left for Warsaw in the autumn of 1810, but even so Żelazowa Wola clearly held fond memories for the family. Close friends with the Skarbek family, the owners of the property, the Chopins found themselves returning frequently for their holidays. The ZW manor outbuilding was where Chopin was born and is thought to have been built at the tail end of the 18th century. The newly renovated Museum celebrates both the historical birthplace of the lauded composer and pays tribute to the dramatic history of the very museum itself. Half of the house is filled with early 19th century keepsakes, instruments, and paintings, and many visitors attest to the haunting spirit of Chopin that lingers throughout. Another part of the house is decorated in pre-war 20th century decor and traces the transformation of the outbuildings into a world-class museum. Outside the impressively landscaped bucolic garden makes for a nice weekend walk, and feature four Chopin monuments including one obelisk dating from 1894. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.)

• Return to hotel by private coach • Evening free

Day 6 – Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - Warsaw Żelazowa Wola: Birthplace of Chopin • Breakfast • Morning free and lunch on own. • 2 PM: General rehearsal for Mozart’s Requiem in All Saints Church with orchestra and soloists. • Dinner on own. • PERFORMANCE at 8 PM in All Saints Church: Peter Tiboris conducts Mozart’s Requiem (subject to confirmation by the church council).

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Day 7 – Thursday, June 24, 2021 – Warsaw to Krakow

• Breakfast at MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL in Warsaw. • Check-out. • 7 AM: Private coach transfer from Warsaw to Krakow. • 12 PM: Arrive NOVOTEL KRAKOW CENTRUM (https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3372-novotel-krakow- centrum/index.shtml) for check-in.

Novotel Krakow Centrum

• Lunch on own in hotel area. • 1 PM-3 PM: Fourth Tour: Krakow walking tour including St. Mary’s Basilica; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Fourth Tour: This walking tour in Krakow will pass by Wawel Hill with the Royal Castle, Main Market Square, and the famous St. Mary’s Basilica and Cloth Hall. Built in the 14th century, St. Mary’s Basilica’s foundations date back to the early 13th century and serve as one of the best examples of Polish Gothic architecture. Standing 80 m (262 ft) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss. On

Krakow Main Square 8 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. every hour, a trumpet signal (called the Hejnał mariacki) is played from the top of the taller of Saint Mary's two towers. The plaintive tune breaks off in mid-stream, to commemorate the famous 13th century trumpeter, who was shot in the throat while sounding the alarm before the Mongol attack on the city. The noon-time hejnał is heard across and abroad broadcast live by the Polish national Radio 1 Station. Saint Mary's Church also served as an architectural model for many of the churches that were built by the Polish diaspora abroad, particularly those like Saint Michael's and Saint John Cantius in Chicago, designed in the Polish Cathedral style. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management and Wikipedia.)

Krakow Wawel Castle • 3 PM – 4 PM: Acoustic check in St. Mary’s Basilica • 4 PM – 5 PM: Solo a cappella concert in St. Mary’s Basilica

St. Mary’s Basilica

Day 8 – Friday, June 25, 2021 – Krakow • Breakfast • 9 AM – 12:30 PM: Fifth Tour: Morning tour to KL Auschwitz; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Fifth Tour: The tour of the Museum, included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1978, comprises both parts of the former concentration camp - Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. You will also watch a documentary film presenting the first moments after the camp was liberated. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.)

Auschwitz-Birkenau

9 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. • 12:30 PM- 2 PM: Lunch on own. • 2 PM – 6 PM: Sixth Tour: Tour to Jewish Quarter Kazimierz; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Sixth Tour: This walking tour will take you to visit the former historical Jewish District Kazimierz, with its unique architecture. Since its inception in the fourteenth century to the early nineteenth century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, located south of Krakow Old Town and separated by a branch of the Vistula river. Today Kazimierz is one of the major tourist attractions of Krakow and an important center of cultural life of the city. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.)

Kazimierz

• Return to hotel. • Dinner on own; evening free at leisure.

Day 9 – Saturday, June 26, 2021 – Krakow – Częstochowa - Warsaw

• Breakfast • 9:30 AM: Check-out and store luggage on bus. • Coach departure for Częstochowa • Seventh Tour: walking tour to Monastery of Black Madonna and Pilgrims house; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included.

Tour description: This tour will take you to visit the Monastery of Black Madonna in Częstochowa, also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Częstochowa. The Monastery of Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is the third- largest Catholic pilgrimage site in the world. Home to the beloved miraculous icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa, the monastery is also the national shrine of Poland and the center of Polish Catholicism. According to tradition, the icon of Jasna Góra was painted by Luke the Evangelist on a tabletop built by Jesus himself, and the icon was discovered by St. Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine and collector of Christian relics in the Holy Land. The icon was then enshrined in the imperial city of Constantinopole, according to the legend, where it remained for the next 500 years. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.) Monastery of Black Madonna

10 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. • Lunch on own in Częstochowa. • 2 PM: Coach departure for Warsaw. • 7 PM: Farewell dinner in local restaurant in Warsaw (included in the package.) • 9 PM: Arrive MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL

Day 10 – Sunday, June 27, 2021 – Departure

• Breakfast • Check-out • Depart by coach for airport to return home.

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Total cost is €2395 Euros (For example: at an exchange purchase rate of 1.2 = $2874) per person, based on double occupancy). This includes events, accommodations, transfers, and all tips, gratuity, and VAT taxes described in the day-to-day itinerary and specifically itemized on the “inclusions” page. This price does not include airfare to Warsaw. Single supplement occupancy is €3285 Euros (€990 additional). Note that single rooms are limited. Triple rooms are occasionally available and the cost per person is the same as double room occupancy, €2395 Euros per person. Note that all rooms are “double” size and if a third bed is put in, it may be a cot or convertible/pull-out sofa; further, the room is not larger than a standard double room. At the time MIDAM INTERNATIONAL receives your FIRST PER PERSON DEPOSIT, your dollar-purchase-exchange-rate for your ensemble tour will become fixed and firm in dollars. This dollar amount is computed based on the dollar purchase exchange rate for that day which is published by Alpha Bank, MIDAM’s European bank since 2005. You will receive a copy of the Alpha Bank official document verifying your euro/dollar rate. Please note that MidAm International, Inc. will then add “.1” to this published bank rate to cover dollar-to-euro wire and transfer costs as well as any and all bank commissions charged by Alpha Bank. From that point forward the dollar amount for this program will remain unchanged, regardless of whether the dollar weakens or strengthens for the remainder of your payment deposits. This tour is priced in EUROS because all travel services in Europe are paid in EUROS, not dollars, to the providers; however, payments to MidAm International, Inc. of New York are done in U.S. dollars.

Spouses, friends, and families are welcome to be part of the residency. The same package described here applies to them as well.

Payment Schedule

1st Deposit 2nd Deposit Flight list and 3rd Deposit Final Payment $400 per person $400 per person rooming list $750 per person is is due is due: is due: due: due: (nonrefundable) (nonrefundable). (nonrefundable) (nonrefundable)

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ALL CHECKS ARE PAYABLE IN U.S. DOLLARS TO: MIDAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. Please forward your payment (one check per group) along with the registration form (one form per group) to:

Ms. Joyce Howard MidAm International, Inc. 39 Broadway, Suite 3600 (36th FL) New York, NY 10006 [email protected]

All deposits and payments are non-refundable and not transferable to the group’s unpaid balance, should an individual cancel their participation. Cancellation insurance, therefore, is recommended. Please visit www.travelexinsurance.com or call 1-800-228-9792 to inquire about trip cancellation insurance.

AIRFARES TO AND FROM WARSAW ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES & INDIVIDUALS. If your air arrival is at an alternate airport in another city, you need to arrange transport to Warsaw at your own cost, for which we can provide an estimate. Please consult with your personal travel agent and internet search engine for the best possible price. Also, MidAm International, Inc. has had a travel relationship with Tzell Travel in NYC for 36 years. It is recommended that you contact Nanette Gould, their representative, and have her investigate an airfare on your behalf. You are under no obligation to take the airfare she proposes. Please contact Nanette Gould at [email protected] or 212-944-2121 x2430.

If you are a U.S. citizen, a valid passport is required to enter Poland, but no visa is required. If you are NOT a U.S. citizen, please check with your embassy regarding entry requirement to Poland. 12 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Land Package Inclusions (for each residency package):

PERFORMANCE/ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION: 1. One major public performance in Holy Cross Church on June 21 and one in All Saints Church on June 23. The first one on June 21 will feature the visiting guest conductors and their 60-voice choirs with the Pan-European Philharmonia and world-class soloists; the second concert on June 23 will combine all of the choirs in Mozart’s Requiem with the Pan- European Philharmonia and world-class soloists under Music Director Peter Tiboris. 2. One a cappella sacred music concert in Krakow on June 24 (for those choirs who elect to perform under their own directors). A minimum of three groups must agree to do the a cappella solo performance before it can go forward. 3. National and international press coverage. 4. Concert photographs of the Warsaw concert sent to each director by Aug. 1, 2021. 5. Complimentary YouTube link of multi-camera video will be sent to each director of their concert (pending approval of the Warsaw musicians union). 6. Publicity, management, and audience development of your concerts in Warsaw. 7. Complimentary concert poster given to each participant at the conclusion of the tour.

LODGING/GROUND TRANSPORTATION/BOARD: 8. Seven (7) nights double occupancy at MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL(https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel- 3384-hotel-mercure-warszawa-grand/index.shtml) or similar; two (2) nights in Salzburg, double occupancy at Austria NOVOTEL KRAKOW CENTRUM (https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3372-novotel-krakow-centrum/index.shtml). Single occupancy is €3285 Euros (€990 Euros additional) when singles are available. Triples are in limited supply, and the cost per person is still €2395 Euros per person. 9. Package includes all local taxes, gratuities, and Value Added Tax (VAT). 10. MidAm International, Inc. and Columbus Welcome Management personnel on site in the hotel during your residency. 11. Nine (9) breakfasts. 12. Gala celebration dinner (June 26). 13. Bus transfers from Warsaw to Krakow on June 24 and from Krakow back to Warsaw on June 26. 14. Bus transfers to all tours, rehearsals, and concerts, as needed. Airport transfers will be available on June 18 upon arrival, and June 27 for departure, to and from the Warsaw airport. NOTE: If your air arrival is at an alternate airport in another city, you will need to arrange transport to Warsaw at your own cost, for which we can provide an estimate. 15. English-speaking guides. 16. Escorts on buses from all locations. 17. Bonus dollar credits and savings off of the final invoice; see page 15. 18. Assistance with purchasing international flight tickets to and from Warsaw when requested.

SEVEN TOURS (see description in itinerary – Entrance fee, bus (if necessary), professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices are all included).

19. First Tour: General City Tour of Warsaw 20. Second Tour: Chopin Museum, Royal Lazienki Park 21. Third Tour: Birthplace of Chopin in Źelazowa Wola 22. Fourth Tour: Krakow City Tour including St. Mary’s Basilica 23. Fifth Tour: KL Auschwitz-Birkenau 24. Sixth Tour: Jewish Quarter Kazimierz 25. Seventh Tour: Monastery of Black Madonna and Pilgrims House in Częstochowa

13 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Land Package Exclusions: 1. Your round-trip airfare to Warsaw 2. All lunches and dinners (except the final dinner on June 26). 3. Purchase of your choral music.

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Eric Spiegel Director of Program Development 39 Broadway, Suite 3600 New York, NY 10006

Email: [email protected] Office #: 212-239-0205 – ext. 201 Fax #: 212-563-5578

MidAmerica Productions Inc. and MidAm International Inc., shall not be liable to any individual registrant or group for any injuries, losses, or expenses suffered or incurred by any individual registrant or group arising out of or relating to your purchase of this package. All registrants and groups shall maintain appropriate and adequate general liability insurance coverage and any workmen’s compensation insurance required by applicable state law.

If your concert should be cancelled by MidAm International, all monies are completely and immediately refundable.

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REGULAR REGISTRATION COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGES For participants registering … each group receives: between June 2 and November 15, 2020… For 30 registrants… 1 complimentary bonus package For 60 registrants… 2 complimentary bonus packages For 90 registrants… 3 complimentary bonus packages For 120 registrants… 4 complimentary bonus packages For 150 registrants… 5 complimentary bonus packages

EARLY REGISTRATION CREDITS & COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGES For participants registering … each group receives a: on or before June 1, 2020… For 30 registrants… $1,000 group credit and 1 additional bonus package For 60 registrants… $2,000 group credit and 2 additional bonus packages For 90 registrants… $3,000 group credit and 3 additional bonus packages For 120 registrants… $4,000 group credit and 4 additional bonus packages For 150 registrants… $5,000 group credit and 5 additional bonus packages

NOTE:

The initial per person deadline for registration is November 15, 2020. A complimentary land package (based on double occupancy) is provided for every multiple of 30 persons who register between June 2 and November 15, 2020 (any performers and non-performers).

If an ensemble registers on or before the early registration deadline of June 1, 2020, a single dollar credit of $1,000 (applied to the group's final invoice) in addition to a bonus complimentary land package is awarded for every 30 persons who register (any performers and non-performers).

The initial per person payment on the package is $400.

The number of participants is a combination of performers and non-performers all taking the residency package. Non-performers are family, friends, chaperones, etc., also taking the residency package.

If the Chorus Director is a main "Guest Conductor" where he/she is conducting 60 voices comprised of several choirs, his/her complimentary package does not count in the above calculation because the Guest Conductor has special status and is compensated separately from his/her choir.

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