Tour - 2025 Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium
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Wednesday, May 7 - Bari to Matera to Brindisi to the ferry to Greece
As you can see from the title, we have had quite the day! We began the day with an hour-long rehearsal in the Bari LDS Chapel, which the elders very kindly opened up for us. The push for the Greece music festival becomes a little stronger every day now.
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Video Highlights from Rome
Please enjoy another video of tour highlights from videographer Nick Sales
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Tuesday, May 6 - Bari, Italy
Today began with a conducting workshop back at the conservatory where the choir performed last evening. There were several faculty present, and 20 or so students. 8 of those students conducted Singers in a piece from the choir’s repertoire that they prepared in advance.
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Monday, May 5 - Bari, Italy
We packed up, had a lovely breakfast at our favorite Rome hotel, and boarded the coach for a 6-hour ride that ended up closer to 8 hours. So it goes with Rome traffic and necessary requirements for the coach driver’s rest en route. Though long, the drive was beautiful as we passed through mile after mile of green pastures and hills...
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Sunday, May 4 - Rome
Today the choir attended church at the chapel they sang in last evening. As has been mentioned, they found out that over 70 of the audience last night were not members of the Latter-Day Saint Church—we were pleased to reach a wider audience. It looked as if all of them were thrilled with the concert.
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A Choir Member’s View of Tour
David Kime, a master’s candidate in choral conducting, has written an eloquent review with thoughts about tour that he asked to share. It’s a great view of the concert and touring from a BYU Singers’ perspective.
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Saturday, May 3 - Rome
Today began a little later than usual to give the choir some time get a little more sleep and pack up to head to Rome. We drove straight to the Latter-day Saint Rome Temple—there was a collective “wow!” as it came into view from the highway. The temple, Visitors Center, Stake Center, and dormitory for visitors are beautiful in their own right—then you add in meticulously designed and maintained grounds and it is a stunning area.
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Video Highlights May 1 and 2
Enjoy this brief video of highlights from the tour so far from videographer Nick Sales.
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Friday, May 2 - Amalfi Coast
Today was an absolutely spectacular and fun day. 4 boats were scheduled to take all of us on a very slow, but gorgeous ride to Amalfi—fabled town on the hills of the Mediterranean. We were happy to learn that there is a permanent moratorium on any future new buildings; replacements of existing buildings are allowed, but no brand new construction. This is so very smart—and certainly helps home values!
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Thursday, May 1 Pompeii to Salerno
We were up for breakfast at 6:30 then packed up and loaded the bus for our drive to Pompeii. You can never account for Italian traffic, and we ended up in the middle of quite a lot. This delayed our arrival and shortened our visit, but the two ladies who led us through a tour still managed to hit all the highlights of this very interesting place.
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Wednesday, April 30
The choir has arrived! One long flight to Amsterdam, with a long enough layover there to wander and find lunch; then a shorter flight to Rome took us to our first destination of this tour.
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