Peter Tiboris, General Music Director and Artistic Director PRESENTS

2018 Music and Cultural Tour To the great and historic city of

PARIS,

Friday, June 8, 2018 – Sunday, June 17, 2018

Open to all choruses from North & South America, Europe, and Asia

Paris

Paris, France

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 1 2018 Music and Cultural Tour to Paris, France Registration Deadline: November 15, 2017

Wednesday, June 13 One major performance In L’Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris—The home of Gabriel Fauré https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Madeleine,_Paris

Gabriel Faure's Requiem Op. 48

Earl Rivers, conductor

Director of Choral Studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Director of Music at Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio http://ccm.uc.edu/music/choral/faculty.html?eid=riverseg&thecomp=uceprof

Symphonique Bel'Arte of Paris www.orchestrebelarte.com

World Class Soloists

PLUS Friday, June 16 A cappella solo performances by visiting choirs In L’Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris

L’Eglise de la Madeleine MidAm International, Inc. · 132 West 36th Street, 4th Floor · New York, NY 10018-6903 Tel. (212) 239-0205 · Fax (212) 563-5587 · www.midaminternational.com

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 2 2018 Music and Cultural Tour to Paris, France Itinerary

Day 1 –Friday, June 8

• Arrive in Paris. MidAm International, Inc. staff and OCV Voyages of Paris staff will meet you at the airport and transfer you to HOTEL IBIS (http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2189-ibis-paris-17-clichy- batignolles-ex-berthier/index.shtml ) for check-in. • 7:00 PM-8:00 PM: Director Organizational meeting at restaurant in the hotel with Peter Tiboris and MidAm staff. • 8:00 PM-10:00 PM: all participants Organizational meeting at restaurant in the hotel with Peter Tiboris and MidAm staff. Food and beverage is available to order on your own in the restaurant. This is NOT part of the package.

Day 2 – Saturday, June 9

• Breakfast • 9 AM-12 PM: Choral rehearsal with piano at the hotel ballroom. • Lunch on-your-own. • 2:00PM-6:00PM: First Tour: Paris Panoramic Tour; bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices are all included.

Tour Description: Paris Panoramic Tour The tour passes by the major tourist and symbolic places of the city: the Place Vendome, the Place de l'Opera Garnier, the Museum, City Hall, the Notre Dame de Paris, the Pantheon, the Museum D’ orsay, , the Champs Elysees, the de l'Etoile, the and the hotel des Invalides. (Tour descriptions courtesy of OCV Voyages of Paris, France)

Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile Place de l'Opera Garnier

• Evening free at leisure.

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 3 Day 3 – Sunday, June 10

• Breakfast • 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Second Tour: Museum D’orsay and Museum L’Orangerie: The bus will take you to Museum D’orsay and Museum L’Orangerie, you can choose to visit the museums on your own or have free time in the museum area. Bus and entrance fee to the museums are included; Audio and the guides for the museums are NOT included.

Museum D’orsay Monet's Nymphéas at Museum L’Orangerie

• Lunch on own in the museum area. Meet the bus at 2pm to start the afternoon tour. • 2 PM –6 PM: Third Tour: , Place du Tertre, Sacred Heart; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices are all included.

Tour Description: Montmartre Tour Enjoy this pleasant tour through the steep streets of Montmartre according to historical comments and unusual anecdotes of your guide-interpreter. Enjoy all the sights that make up the charm of this neighborhood like Parisians. Discover the bustling Place du Tertre where many painters, cartoonists and other portraitists exhibit their works and paintings outdoors. Also enjoy free time to visit the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre. Your guide will also take you to other places of Montmartre: Montmartre Vines, the , the lively Quartier des Abbesses with the Rue Lepic and the famous bar des 2 Moulins. The tour ends facing the cabaret. ((Tour descriptions courtesy of OCV Voyages of Paris, France)

Montmartre Sacred Heart

• Evening free at leisure.

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 4 Day 4 – Monday, June 11

• Breakfast • 9 AM-12 PM: Choral rehearsal with piano at the hotel ballroom. • Lunch on-your-own. •2 PM –6 PM: Fourth Tour: Louvre Museum Tour Description: Louvre Museum Visit this iconic museum in Paris. Discover its impressive collection and its great masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the Coronation of Napoleon. The Louvre Museum is a museum of art and antiques in the center of Paris in the Louvre. It is the largest museum in the world, with its exhibition area of 60,600 m², and its collections which include nearly 460,000 works. These present Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848, those ancient civilizations that preceded and influenced, and the arts of the early Christians and Islam. (Tour descriptions courtesy of OCV Voyages of Paris, France)

Louvre

• Evening free at leisure.

Day 5 – Tuesday, June 12

• Breakfast • 8 AM – 11 PM: Fifth Tour: Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame: entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices are all included. • Bus transfer back to the hotel and lunch on own • 2 PM –5 PM: Choral rehearsal with piano at the hotel ballroom. • Evening free at leisure.

Notre Dame

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 5 Day 6 – Wednesday, June 13

• Breakfast • Morning and afternoon free • 3:30PM: depart for L’Eglise de la Madeleine for General rehearsal • 4PM: General rehearsal with full orchestra and soloists. • Dinner on own • 8PM: Concert in L’Eglise de la Madeleine (Concert #1 of 2)

Paris city view

Day 7 – Thursday, June 14

• Breakfast • Free day

Paris city view

Day 8 –Friday, June 15

• Breakfast • Morning and afternoon free • 4:30PM: depart for L’Eglise de la Madeleine for acoustic check. • 5:00PM: brief acoustic check for all chorus. • Dinner on own • 8PM: Solo a cappella performances in L’Eglise de la Madeleine (Concert #2 of 2); each performance is limited to 20 minutes.

Paris city view

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 6 Day 9– Saturday, June 16

• Breakfast • Free day • 7:30pm: Farewell Cruise Dinner

Cruise Dinner

Paris evening city view

• 11:00 pm: bus transfer back to the hotel

Day 10 –Sunday, June 17-Departure

• Breakfast • Check-out • Depart by coach for Paris Airport

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 7 Residency Costs and Payment Schedule:

Total cost is €2190 Euros (For example: at an exchange purchase rate of 1.10 = $2409) per person, based on double occupancy. This includes events, accommodations, transfers, & 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 Paris. Single supplement occupancy is € 3940 Euros (€1750 additional). Note that single rooms are limited. Triple rooms are occasionally available and the cost per person is the same as double room occupancy, €2190 Euros per person.

At the time of the FIRST DEPOSIT with MidAm International, Inc., your dollar exchange rate for your ensemble will become fixed and firm in dollars, and this dollar amount is computed based on the exchange purchase rate for that day. From this 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 travel services in Europe are paid in EUROS not dollars.

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

DEPOSIT DEADLINES:

• $400 per person on or before November 15, 2017 (final cost in dollars for this package is fixed and firm for all of your payments at this time based on the exchange purchase rate on that day). • $400 per person on or before December 15, 2017. • $500 per person on or before March 15, 2018. • Balance due on or before May 1, 2018.

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

Ms. Zui Tao Registration Coordinator MidAm International, Inc. 132 West 36th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10018

Note: 1 FREE LAND Package (€2190 Euros) is provided when there are 30 full-paying land packages; #31 is free.

All deposits and payments are non-refundable and non-transferable to the group’s unpaid balance, should an individual cancel their participation. Cancellation insurance, therefore, is highly recommended. Please visit www.travelexinsurance.com or call 1-800-228-9792 to inquire about trip cancellation insurance.

If MidAm International, Inc. cancels this tour, all monies will be refunded.

AIRFARES TO AND FROM PARIS 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 Paris at your own cost 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 33 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. Nanette Gould: [email protected] or 212-944-2121 x2430.

If you are a US citizen, a valid passport is required but no visa is required. If you are NOT a US citizen, please check with embassy regarding entry requirement to France.

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 8 Land Package Inclusions (for each residency package):

PERFORMANCE/ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION: 1. One major public performance in L’Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris on June 13 with orchestra and soloists. 2. One a cappella sacred music concert in L’Eglise de la Madeleine on June 15 (for those choirs who choose to perform) 3. Symphonique Bel'Arte 4. World-class soloists. 5. Professional accompanists. 6. Audience management of concerts 7. National and International press coverage. 8. Internet posting and updating on Facebook, Twitter and MIDAM Blogs. 9. Concert photograph of the concerts sent to each director by Aug. 1, 2018. 10. Complimentary concert DVD sent to each director of their concert (pending approval of the Paris musicians union). 11. Publicity, management, and audience development of your concert in Paris. 12. Complimentary concert poster given to each participant at the conclusion of the tour.

LODGING/GROUND TRANSPORTATION/BOARD: 13. Seven (9) nights double occupancy in Hotel Ibis, Paris (http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2189- ibis-paris-17-clichy-batignolles-ex-berthier/index.shtml ); Single occupancy is € 3940 Euros (€1750Euros additional) when singles are available. Triples are in limited supply, and the cost per person is still €2190 Euros per person. 14. Package includes all local taxes, gratuities and Value Added Tax (VAT). 15. MidAm International, Inc. and OCV Voyages of Paris personnel on site in the hotel during your residency. 16. MidAm International, Inc. manages all travel details during the tour on your behalf with OCV Voyages of Paris, a company whose expertise is in concert music travel for incoming ensembles. 17. Nine (9) breakfasts. 18. Farewell cruise dinner (June 16) 19. Bus transfers to all tours, rehearsals, and concerts; as needed. Airport transfers will be available on June 8, upon arrival and June 17, for departure to and from the Paris airport. NOTE: If your air arrival is at an alternate airport in another city, you need to arrange transport to Paris at your own cost which we can provide an estimate. 20. English-speaking guides. 21. Escorts on busses from all locations. 22. One free land package based on 30 full-paying package people (#31 is free). 23. Assistance with purchasing international flight tickets to and from Paris when requested.

FIVE TOURS (see description in itinerary – bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices are all included.).

24. First Tour: Paris Panoramic Tour (no entrance needed) 25. Second Tour: Museum D’orsay and Museum L’Orangerie (entrance fee is included) 26. Third Tour: Montmartre, Place du Tertre, Sacred Heart (entrance fee is included) 27. Fourth Tour: Louvre Museum (entrance fee is included) 28. Fifth Tour: Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame (entrance fee is included)

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 9 Land Package Exclusions:

1. Your round-trip air fare to Paris. 2. All lunches and dinners (except the finale dinner on June 16). 3. Purchase of your choral music.

Ms. Zui Tao Tour Coordinator MidAm International, Inc. 132 West 36th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10018-6903 Email: [email protected] Office #: 212-239-0205 – ext. 293 Direct office #: 212-736-1617 Fax #: 212-563-5578

Subject to change without notice; Published on November 3, 2016; disregard all previous documents 10