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The Grand Tour The Bellarmine music program takes on Europe While many students headed south to enjoy the beaches of Florida on spring break, the Bellarmine University Music Department headed to Central Europe for its second international performance tour. It was cold. There was snow. Who complained? No one. We were in Europe. The group was made up of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. The Schola Choir performed in some of the most architecturally renowned and historically significant churches of Central Europe, and the Jazz Ensemble played in some of the most famous European jazz venues. The tour included the German cities of Eisenach, Weimar, Leipzig, Passau and Munich; Vienna and Melk in Austria; Prague in the Czech Republic; and Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. The choir performed at St. Stephen’s in Vienna, the Abbey in Melk, St. Martin’s Cathedral in Bratislava and the Cathedral in Passau. Highlights included a concert at the tomb of Johann Sebastian Bach at St. Thomas church in Leipzig and Mass at St. Salvator in Prague, a Jesuit church where the choir received a standing ovation. In Weimar, the choir sang at City Hall, where the group was officially welcomed by the mayor, followed by a brief reception. The Jazz Ensemble played to packed houses in Weimar at the Medicom Music Club, in Prague at the Mandragora Jazz Club, in Vienna at the Reigen Jazz Club and in Passau at the Café Museum Jazz Club. 40 BELLARM INE MAGAZINE By Richard Burchard St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Left to right: Bart Mattingly, Rob Collier, Todd Hildreth, Karen Cassidy, Lori Hernández, Jessica Mills, Hannah Piechowski, Matthew Childress


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