TheTexas Youth orchestra

& Choirin collaboration with

Music celebrations internationalInvite you to journey with us

 

Summer European Music StudyJULY 9-21 2015

Spain and France 

The Texas Youth Orchestra & Choir

Comprised of students ages 15-21, interested in performing with other like-minded

students, learning more about their art form, and exploring Europe and European culture.

Touring major cities of Barcelona, Arles,

Dordogne, Normandy and Paris

July 9 - July 21, 2015

Barcelona

The TYOC organization

endeavors to provide a quality education from top music educators from across our state. We enable Texas students to reach across international borders to further their own study of music and learn about the cultures of Europe.

To see, to learn, to perform

…to experience

Our Vision

Music is the universal language. It crosses international borders, unifies cultures, uplifts the spirit, and conveys so much, with so little. The discovery of new countries, cultures, languages, and friends broadens our knowledge and furthers our understanding of our world.

Directors who love to travel

The TYOC directors have a wealth of music education, expertise, and enthusiasm, but no amount of accolades, trophies, and competitions can compare with the opportunity to perform and tour throughout Europe.

Each of the directors had an inspiring, life-changing opportunity in their youth, which instilled in them a passion to learn more about their craft, and to convey their love and joy for music and travel.

Life-changing experiences

Our 2015 tour features the beautiful cities of Barcelona,,

Montserrat, Arles, Carcassone, Brive-la-Gaillard, Normandy

and Paris.

Your desire to convey music across cultures makes our global voyage within your

reach.

TYOC EnsemblesSymphony Orchestra

& Choir

TYOC Directors

Ross Patterson

Deborah Perkins

Glenn Lambert

Amber Evans

Lynne Jackson

Sue Ewing

The TYOC Experience begins with Home-camp!

at Southern Methodist University: July 5 – 8, 2015

Four intense days of music making and socialization

Farewell Concert July 8, 2015

Home Camp July 5-8, 2015

Home Camp July 5-8, 2015

Four days of fun, music and hard work before our we begin our journey!

Social time for travelers so we can get to know one another!

Farewell concert in SMU’s impeccable Caruth Auditorium!

Additional $100 fee for Home Camp tuition

Our Trip Includes

• RT Coach air travel to Barcelona • 2 meals daily• Accommodations in 3 and 4-star hotels

• Double Occupancy!• Transportation via air conditioned

chartered coach• Entry into museums, festivals, tours,

attractions + All gratuities• Performances in Barcelona, Avignon,

Brive-la-Galliarde, Coleville & Paris

Days 1 – 4 Barcelona, Spain

Gothic Quarter

Eixample Quarter

The finest example of Modernist architecture

Day 3 La Sagrada Familia

Europe’s most unconventional church, still unfinished

Concert at Santa Maria del Pi

Santa Maria del Pi is a 14th-century Gothic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Plaça del Pi, in the Barri Gòtic district of the city. 

Day 4 Plaza de la Cruz

Montserrat Monastery

Escolania boys choir

Day 5-7 Arles, France

Day 6 Avignon

Day 7 Carcassonne

Day 7-9 Brive-la-Gaillarde

Day 8 Lascaux cave

Lascaux has been dubbed the Sistine chapel of Prehistory. The cave paintings which mainly depict animals are some 17,000 years old!

Rocamadour!

At 490 ft above the Alzou canyon, Rocamadour is amiraculous rock, a historic site, a place of legends and beliefs, a home to the sanctuary of the Black Madonna and a place of pilgrimage.

Day 9 Loire Valley Chateaux Chenonceau

Day 10 American Cemetery Coleville, France

Day 11 Paris! The Louvre!

Concert L’eglise de la Madeleine

Day 12 Historic Paris

Eifel tower

Versailles!

Farewell Dinner, skits after a Bateaux Cruise on Le Seine

TYOC Concerts

1. Caruth Auditorium SMU, Dallas

2. Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona

3. Cathedrale Saint Theodorit, Avignon

4. American Cemetery, Coleville

5. L’eglise Brive-la-Gaillarde

6. L’eglise de la Madeleine, Paris

The TYOC experience will include six performances:

Send Off ConcertMeadows School of the Arts

July 8, 2015

July 11, 2015 ConcertSanta Maria del Pi, Barcelona

July 14, 2015Concert Cathedrale Saint Theodorit,

Avignon

July 16, 2015 Concert L’eglise Brive-la-Gaillarde

July 17, 2015 Memorial recitalAmerican Cemetery, Coleville

July 19, 2015 Concert L’eglise de la Madeleine Paris

Concerts

Friends

Sight-seeing

Fun Meals

TOP TEN REASONS FOR COMING WITH US!!!

No. Ten

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

No. Nine

MUSIC CELEBRATIONS INTERNATIONAL

No. Eight

ADULTS WHO LOVE MUSIC AND

LOVE TO TRAVEL

No. Seven

LOCAL COLOR

No. Six

A HANDY HANDBOOK and

NEWSLETTERS

No. Five

CONSTANT COMMUNICATION via

email, Facebook, Twitter & YouTube

No. Four

Meet and Greets and then Reunions!

No. Three

HOME CAMP!!

July 5-8, 2015

No. Two

FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCES THAT WILL

CHANGE YOUR LIFE

This trip will change you forever.

No. One

THE PERFORMANCES Need we say more?

THIS IS WHY WE ARE GOING! Invite your friends and make

the ensembles even more fantastic!

Making friends, making music, making memories

Join us in 2015~!