International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
International Festival of Dance and Songs
International Choir Festival Sicily
Sicily, Italy
01 November - 03 November
Overview
Sicily, for thousands of years, has always been the perfect country for different cultures to meet up and lends itself in an excellent way as a meeting point between different musical cultures.
Eastern Sicily is well known to be a very popular tourist destination, both for the beautiful surrounding nature and even for the historic background of this area.
Accommodation
The group will be accommodated, based on the availability, in a 3 *** or a 4 **** star Hotel on half board or BB basis.
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 3 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on HB Basis
(WITH TRANSFERS INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €255
-In triple room per person€245 -In quadruple room per person €235
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation in a 3/4 star Hotel
• Breakfast daily
• Lunch or dinner daily, water included
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• Transfers from Catania Airport
• Transfers for the performances
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 3 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on BB Basis
(WITH TRANSFERS INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €245
-In triple room per person €235
-In quadruple room per person €225
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5
supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation in a 3/4 star Hotel
• Daily breakfast
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• Transfers from Catania Airport
• Transfers for the performances
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 3 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on HB Basis
(TRANSFERS NOT INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €210
-In triple room per person €195
-In quadruple room per person €185
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation at a 3/4 star Hotel
• Breakfast daily
• Lunch or dinner daily, water included
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 3 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on BB Basis
(TRANSFERS NOT INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €200
-In triple room per person €185
-In quadruple room per person €175
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation at a 3/4 star Hotel
• Daily breakfast
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 4 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on HB Basis
(WITH TRANSFERS INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €295
-In triple room per person €285
-In quadruple room per person €275
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation in a 3/4 star Hotel
• Breakfast daily
• Lunch or dinner daily, water included
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• Transfers from Catania Airport
• Transfers for the performances
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 4 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on BB Basis
(WITH TRANSFERS INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €285
-In triple room per person €275
-In quadruple room per person €265
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation in a 3/4 star Hotel
• Daily breakfast
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• Transfers from Catania Airport
• Transfers for the performances
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 4 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on HB Basis
(TRANSFERS NOT INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €245
-In triple room per person €235
-In quadruple room per person €225
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation at a 3/4 star Hotel
• Breakfast daily
• Lunch or dinner daily, water included
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES – 4 nights in a 3/4 Star Hotel on BB Basis
(TRANSFERS NOT INCLUDED)
-In twin room per person €235
-In triple room per person €225
-In quadruple room per person €215
For extra persons, who are not performers (friends, family, etc) there is a €5 supplement per person per night.
The above prices are a unique opportunity since these include:
• Accommodation at a 3/4 star Hotel
• Daily breakfast
• Festival registration
• City Tax
• Personal co-ordinators to assist you
• 1 free of charge every 25 paying guests
N.B.
* If due flight itineraries, or else if you prefer so, you will have to spend
extra nights, arrangements can be done.
* If a group chooses the package with transfers included, kindly note that
included in this package/price is one transfer for the group to & from
the Catania Airport to the Hotel. No transfers can be made for
participants arriving at different times, but we can arrange upon
request.
* The Group will be accommodated in one of the affiliated Hotels.
* Each group is responsible for airfare/transportation to Catania -Sicily.
* Participating groups should take the Festival accommodation packages.
* Extra nights have a cost of €40 per person per night, BB accommodation
(bed and breakfast) and of €55 per person per night HB accommodation.
Dates
- 01/11/2024 - 03/11/2024
Pricing
01/11 - 03/11
- 4 days (3 nights) = 175 € per person
- 5 days (4 nights) = 215 € per person
Itinerary
This non-competitive International Choir Festival is open for polyphonic choirs, gospel choirs, male or female or mixed choirs, white voices choirs, alpine choirs, local parishes choirs and even children choirs. The participating choirs will have the opportunity to perform their own songs and hence spread their choral culture and traditions with the other participating choirs and the general public attending for the Festival.
Three concerts will be organised in some of the most beautiful baroque churches in the region of Catania, Acireale and Taormina. Local Sicilian choirs will also participate. Each choir will be able to perform in its own style, which must be religious/sacred, given that the concerts will be held in churches. Each choir can perform "a cappella", or accompanied by an organ or other musical instruments. The Organisation will arrange so that the church organ will be available for each performance. If the church organ, for some reason, cannot be used, it will be replaced by an electric piano/keyboard. Any other instrument must be brought by each choir. At the end of the final Festival night, all participating choirs will unite and sing one song all together.
Thursday 31th October 2024
*Possible arrival of certain groups and transfer to the Hotels.
*Dinner at the Hotel.
*Depending on the arrival time of the group, it will also be possible to organise an optional excursion to the famous Etna Volcano.
Friday 1st November 2024
*Arrival of all other groups in the morning, (groups must arrive before 13:00).
*Lunch at the Hotel.
*In the evening, the first Festival night with the participation of local choirs also.
Saturday 2nd November 2024
*Breakfast at the Hotel
*Free morning or possible optional excursions to Syracuse, Catania, Etna Volcano, Gole Alcantara, etc.
*Lunch at the hotel.
*In the evening, the second Festival night, with the participation of local choirs also.
Sunday 3rd November 2024
*Breakfast at the Hotel.
*Free morning or possible optional excursions to Syracuse, Catania, Etna Volcano, Gole Alcantara, etc.
*Lunch at the hotel *In the evening, the Final Festival night, with the participation of local choirs also. At the end of the concert, there will be official presentations to all participating choirs, by the Local Authorities.
Monday 4th November 2024
*Departure of all groups. Depending on the departure time, it will also be possible to organise an optional excursion.
N.B
It is possible that due to flight itenaries, a group can arrive a day or more earlier or else depart a day or more later, than those indicated in the above programme The above programme is only a draft and indicative one and may undergo changes due to organisational issues. The final programme with the exact venues and times of all performances, will be issued after the Organisation conclude the list of participants, including the local ones.
Registrations deadline: 30th August 2024
Things to do
1. Ride up Mount Etna
You’d think no one would be silly enough to build a cable car up the side of Europe’s largest active volcano, but the Sicilians did just that
2. Savour Palermo
When it comes to skyline views of Palermo, most visitors beeline to its Cathedral and climb up to its railed-off rooftop walkway. More fool them: the better panorama is from the balcony on the two-tiered top of Chiesa di Santa Caterina on Piazza Bellini
3. Drive a vintage Fiat 500
Sicily has numerous options for memorable road trips and the Top Gear crew once thundered around in a Maserati. But for something a little different, head to Taormina and hire a vintage Fiat 500 — or Cinquecento, as the Italians call it.
4. Sample street food
Sicilian street food has an enviable position in Italian culture, and no trip to Sicily is complete without pigging out — plenty come here for the food alone.
5. Tour temples and tombs
The good news for those who love ruin-hopping is the Valley of the Temples near Agrigento is extraordinary. Hellenic architecture is littered amid the almond trees, and several companies offer excursions to help unravel the mystery of its eerie tombs.
6. Drink volcanic wine
Of all the vineyards to visit in Sicily, those on the lower slopes of Mount Etna are certainly the most interesting. The island is widely planted with nero d’avola, frappato and grillo grapes, but the east coast does a roaring trade in lava-infused nerello mascalese and nerello cappuccio, which produce superb cherry-nosed wines.