Category: Italy 2024

For our last full day of the trip, we had an amazing visit to Venice! I’ve spent the entire trip looking forward to Venice due to its canals, gorgeous waterfront views, and stunning architecture, and it more than lived up to my expectations. Venice is only accessible by boat or rail (it’s built on several…

Today, we traveled to Verona as tourists, and then we traveled to Asiago to perform our final concert! It took about an hour to get to Verona from our hotel, and when we arrived, I was immediately enamored by the river views and stunning architecture. Verona sits on the River Adige, which as you can…

Today was full of travel, but we still had some time for sightseeing in a new region of Italy! This morning we said farewell to Tuscany and departed Montecatini Terme for Vicenza in the Veneto region. Vicenza is about 45 minutes west of Venice, and starting today, we will spend our last few days exploring…

We didn’t have any musical obligations today, but we did get to explore more of Tuscany! Montecatini Terme is still our base camp, but we departed on a day trip for a nearby medieval village called San Gimignano. San Gimignano dates back to about 300 BC, and over the centuries to come it grew into…

When we arrived in Montecatini Terme yesterday, I wasn’t sure what to expect beyond hearing it was a smaller town in Tuscany. After spending our first full day here, I’m happy to say I was blown away by everything Montecatini Terme had to offer! We began our morning with a guided walking tour and the…

Today marked our departure from Rome, but there wasn’t much to be sad about because we were heading to Florence! The bus ride was about four hours, and we stopped once at a gas station to get snacks and drinks to help the time pass. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany, and…

I’ve been looking forward to today for as long as I planned to attend this trip because today marked the visit to the Vatican! We had no musical obligations today and got to be tourists for the entire day. I don’t know where to begin to capture the joy and fulfillment from seeing these sights…

Today included a wonderful morning of sightseeing and our first concert in the evening! Following breakfast at the hotel, a smaller group of us headed out on an optional trip to Ostia Antica, which is about 45 minutes from the center of Rome. Ostia Antica was a coastal town that began as a military base…

Today was an eventful day of both rehearsal and tourism! After a great breakfast at the hotel, we had another morning choral rehearsal where we worked on the Requiem and our a cappella selections. The choir is starting to come together despite being a blend of singers from all across the United States, and we…

After a restful 10 days in the States, I’m on the road again (in the air again)! I’m lucky enough to be the rehearsal pianist and a choir member for performances of the Mozart Requiem that will take us to Rome, Florence, and Venice in Italy. This isn’t a UofL Choir Trip, but a trip…