Archive for the ‘Tours’ Category
Sarah’s Tour Journal: The Santa Fe Reaction
April 7th, 2010 by Sarah
Hello everyone!
During our time in LA, whenever we would tell people we were headed to Santa Fe, they would invariably gasp and tell us how much we were going to love it! We were given restaurant recommendations (forewarned of our choice of red or green chile at every meal, although no one told us that [...]
Tags: Domestic Tours, New Mexico, Playing for Peace
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Western States Tour 2010: Los Angeles
April 2nd, 2010 by Sarah
Preparing for this trip to LA and Santa Fe seemed an entirely different matter in my mind than preparing for the trips overseas that we take in the fall and winter. And of course it is much easier to travel in one’s own country than to make the long trip to, for example, the Middle [...]
Tags: Domestic Tours, Los Angeles, Playing for Peace
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Sarah’s Tour Journal: Ireland 2009
January 5th, 2010 by Sarah
After an icy four-hour drive from Donegal to Dublin, a surreal stop at the Shannon airport, a six-hour flight, and finally the drive back to Keene from Boston, we are home! In the last few years, going to Ireland has become synonymous with cozy warmth to me, both in terms of staying warm in the [...]
Tags: International Tours, Ireland, Ireland Tour, Playing for Peace
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Sarah’s Tour Journal: Turkey
November 18th, 2009 by Sarah
After over twenty-four hours of travel, we’ve arrived safely at home and have been enjoying the sunny New Hampshire skies. The four days in Istanbul were a wonderful way to end our tour. I was reminded often of my first trip to Turkey with Apple Hill in 2006. I was so taken then with the [...]
Tags: International Tours, Middle East Tour, Turkey
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Sarah’s Tour Journal: Jordan
November 13th, 2009 by Sarah
Hello from Istanbul!
We left Kings Academy yesterday morning, very sad to say goodbye to Reem and our good friend Emer, a long-time Irish participant who came to Jordan to visit and spend the week with us. Our time in Jordan was full of so many amazing experiences, it is hard to know how to begin!
Some [...]
Tags: Education & Outreach, International Tours, Jordan, Playing for Peace
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Greetings from King’s Academy, Jordan!
November 6th, 2009 by Sarah
We’ve just arrived at the beautiful grounds and guesthouse of King’s Academy, so happy to be here and see former Playing for Peace participant and good friend Reem, music teacher and dean of freshman here at the school. We flew in this afternoon after a wonderful and very busy week in Cyprus.
We arrived in Cyprus [...]
Tags: Cyprus, International Tours, Jordan
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Tour Schedule - workshops, concerts, and more!
November 5th, 2009 by Meg
Fall is always exciting at Apple Hill. September is relaxed, a great time to regain energy after a program-packed summer. But just as the trees along Apple Hill Road burst into color, our schedules fill with performances, preparations, and… plane rides.
Currently, Lenny and the Quartet are on tour in the Middle East - hosting workshops, [...]
Tags: International Tours, Monadnock Region
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Apple Hill at the US Institute of Peace
July 6th, 2009 by Apple Hill
The Apple Hill String Quartet and Director Lenny Matczynski present a workshop on Playing for Peace during the 2009 Washington, DC Tour. Video courtesy of the US Institute of Peace.
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Apple Hill in Washington D.C.
March 31st, 2009 by Sarah
Soon these blog-postings will be more in real time, but for now I’m thinking of what impressions remain from our trip to DC after a full week of activities here at Apple Hill since we’ve been back. When he introduced Apple Hill at our class at the Baltimore School for the Arts, summer faculty member [...]
Tags: Domestic Tours, Playing for Peace, Washington DC
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Apple Hill Ireland Workshop 2008
February 10th, 2009 by Sarah
As said in our artistic philosophy, the heart and soul of Apple Hill is the summer. By summer, I am thinking not only of the amazing music that is performed, the incredible diversity of people of all ages from so many different countries, and the friendships formed that make those Thomas Transportation departures so heartbreaking, [...]
Tags: International Tours, Ireland, Ireland Tour, Playing for Peace
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