CHORAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Institute for Choral Teacher Education
Conducting and Teaching Choral Music

A three-part program of study, performance and travel on Location with Doreen Rao, Conductor and Master Teacher for choirs, conductors and teachers.

Arrive in Edinburgh

(July dates to be confirmed)

Part I starts with a Scottish welcome weekend of friendship, sight seeing,high tea and pre-Institute lecture-discussions on Mendelssohn 

(The Scottish Welcome Weekend is a 2-day Institute option to be booked and paid for by the individual participant and their friends and families.  The location and times for the informal lecture-discussions will be sent to participants. )

Study and Perform in Stirling

Part II continues with a 5-day festival and professional development course in conducting and teaching choral music in Stirling
Repertoire of Mendelssohn, Handel and Contemporary Choral Classics

Rehearsals and Master Classes: Doreen Rao
Teaching Faculty:  Lee Kesselman, Mandy Miller, Lori Anne Dolloff and Lorna MacDonald

Retreat in the Footsteps of Mendelssohn

Part III ends with an informal post-Institute retreat of island hopping through the Scottish Hebrides to the Isle of Skye

(The CME Travel Retreat to the Scottish Hebrides is planned as a three-day Institute option available only as an all-inclusive package through the Institutes official agency. Non course participants, friends and family members are invited to take advantage of this music and travel option.)