CHOIR TOURS
The CCC Chancel Choir goes on an international tour approximately every 4 years. Tours consist of performances in notable venues as well as memorable sight-seeing and other fun activities. Participation is open to all, even those not currently members of the CCC Chancel Choir, space permitting.
2022 - Ireland - POSTPONED
The next choir tour originally scheduled for June 2022 has been postponed. If you are interested in learning more about future choir tours, please contact the Director of Music, Sam Wack.
Cities to be visited: Limerick, Killarney, Kilkenny, Dublin
Activities: Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Walking tour of Galway, Crag Cave, Ring of Kerry tour, Rock of Cashel, Malahide Castle
2016 - Czech Republic & Germany
Director: Nae Pearson
Accompanist: Sam Wack
Cities Toured: České Budějovice, Cesky Krumlov; Marianske Lazne (Marienbad, Czech), Dresden; Berlin; Wittenberg
Concert Venues: Hotel Ruze friendship concert; Marianske Lazne Colonnade; Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) (Dresden); St. Mary’s Church; Freizeitforum Marzahn friendship concert; Schlosskirche (Castle Church)
Activities: Budejovicky Budvar brewery tour; Five-Petalled Rose Festival; Terezin concentration camp; Prague Castle; Bonhoeffer House; Charlottenburg Palace
2012 - Scotland, England & Wales
Director: Nae Pearson
Accompanist: Sam Wack
Cities Toured: Edinburgh; Stirling; Chester; Caernarvon; Cardiff
Concert Venues: St. Giles Cathedral; St. John’s Cathedral; Parish of Chester Church of St. Peter; St. David’s Cathedral; St. Mary’s Church (Cardiff)
Activities: Edinburgh Castle; Stirling Castle; Trossachs National Park; Auchenstoshan Distillery; Hadrian’s Wall; Lake District hike; Snowdonia National Park; slate mine tour; Caernarfon Castle; Puffin Island boat cruise; Cardiff Castle; St. Fagans National History Museum; Brecon Beacons National Park (steam train ride)
2008 - Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia & Russia
Director: Nae Pearson
Accompanist: Sam Wack
Cities Toured: Copenhagen; Helsinger; Hoje Taastrup; Växjö; Malmö; Riga; Sigulda; Părnu; Tallinn; St. Petersburg
Concert Venues: Christianskirke; Cantate Smâland festival; Small Guild; Holy Spirit Church; St. Petri Church
Activities: Kronborg Castle; Viking Museum; Copenhagen Cathedral; Qvarnaslätt Hembygdsgârd folk museum; Stockholm to Riga ferry; St. Peter’s Church, Dome Cathedral; Ethnographic Museum; Gauja National Park; Alexander Nevsky Cathedral; Toompea Castle; Laahemaa National Park; Narva Castle; Catherine Palace; Hermitage Museum
2004 - Germany, Italy, Austria, Croatia & Slovenia
Director: John Touchton
Accompanist: Mary Ann Willow
Cities Toured: Munich, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Porec (Croatia), Venice, Verona, Salzburg
Concert Venues: St. Michael’s Church (Munich); friendship concert – Church of San Michele (Zminj, Croatia); friendship concert (Vigonza, Italy); Salzburg Cathedral (choir festival)
Activities: Bled National Park; tours in Ljubljana, Porec, Verona; Salzburg; Grassl’s Gentian Schnapps distillery (Berchtesgaden); water taxi tour of Venice; beach resort in Croatia; Neuschwanstein Castle
2000 - France, Luxembourg & Germany
Director: John Touchton
Accompanist: Sam Wack
Cities Toured: Vianden; Trier; Verdun; Toul; Nancy; Colmar; Freiburg; Riquewihr; Obernai; Gondreville; Strasbourg; Soufflenheim; Wissembourg; Speyer; Heidelberg
Concert Venues: Trinitariarkirche (Vianden); Church of Gondreville; Saint Joseph in Colmar; Freiburger Münster
Activities: Porta Nigra (Black Gate) - Trier; World War I battlefields (Verdun); Church of St. Gengoult; Ducal Palace and Basilique of St. Epvre; Cristal Museum in Baccarat; Little Venice and Notre Dame Cathedral (Strasbourg); wine tasting in Alsace; Black Forest; Speyer Cathedral; Heidelberg Castle
