Tempo Newsletter

This quarter’s MCYO Tempo Newsletter is featuring a lot about the Europe Tour.

Although not many new pictures, please check it out!

http://www.mcyo.org/tempo.htm

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone is adjusting well to the new time zone.
Please complete the feedback email that was sent to everyone, and please send me any pictures you’d like to go into the compilation picture CD of the tour.
Also, Mr. Herman has his picture online. Please check it out at: http://www.mcyo.org/hermanpics

Day 8: Finale

We are still at end of Day 7, but I will update since I won’t have a chance tomorrow.

Day 8 is a looooong day of travelling back into the States. We will wake up at 6 AM and ride into Prague airport, connect to Frankfurt then into Dulles at 3:40 PM.

I personally had a great time during the tour, as did all the chaperons. I am sure all the musicians had a great time on the tour.

If any musicians catching this have any good pictures that they want me to post. Please e-mail me with the pictures and I will post them. john(at)mcyo.org

I really hope this blog was very helpful to everyone that were following through the week. This blog will always be up for anybody to check whenever they want to look back on this wonderful week.

I really hope the seniors that travelled with us had a great experience and made great memories with us. We will miss you guys.

We will see you at Dulles!!

-John Park

Day 7 Info and Pictures (updated)

Update: Pictures updated, captions will come later.

Day 7 consisted of:

• Tour of the Prague Castle: saw the cathedral up in the castle. Awsome indoor jousting room. And walked down to cross the St. Charles Bridge.
• Another session of roaming Prague
• Dinner cruise: a great finish to our tour. We cruised around the Moldau and had a great dinner. Took our pictures on the top of the boat. Saying good-byes to our seniors.

Day 6 Info and Pictures

Day 6 consisted of:

• Jewish Quarter: we looked around the synagogues and temples, which during World War II was preserved as a “living museum”. Taking photos were restricted, so there really isn’t much pictures of inside the buildings.
• Roaming of Prague: all the students had a chance to roam around Prague before the concert.
• Concert at the St. Saviors Cathedral: the cathedral was very beautiful and was wonderful to play at. Although it was very echoey and hard to play in, it had a great ambiance and we played very well. At the concert, we had a really good turnout of audiences. Almost a packed house!! The musicians played a really great concert and the audiences’ responses definitely showed it, we played TWO encore pieces.
• There aren’t any videos of this concert, so please enjoy the pictures from this day below.

Moldau River entering Prague

Crossing the bridge into Prague’s Jewish Quarter

View from the bridge

In Jewish Quarter

In Jewish Quarter

In Jewish Quarter

In Jewish Quarter

In Jewish Quarter

In Jewish Quarter: Kafka Cafe

In Jewish Quarter: entering a Synagogue

In Jewish Quarter: Jewish graveyard

In Jewish Quarter: Jewish graveyard

Entering Old Town Square

In the Old Town Square

View from the Old Town Square

Old Town Square: Astronomical Clock

Market Place in Prague

A random fountain

In Prague

Prague National Museum

In Prague

Towers

Cathedral in Prague

An Opera house in Prague

Orchestra house in Prague

A newly built section of Prague

Alley

Entering Old Town Square from a different alley

Blacksmith in the Old Town Square

During the concert

Before the concert

Cathedral of St. Saviors: dress rehearsal

Running to our dinner after the concert

Day 5 Info and Pictures

Day 5 consisted of:

• LONG BUS RIDES: we departed our hotel and had a beautiful bus ride through the countrysides of Austria and than in to Czech Republic. During our busride, we stopped into a “service area”. This really didn’t compare to the roadside McDonalds we are used to. It felt like walking into Whole Foods’ Bakery and Prepared food section.
• Český Krumlov: this was a beautiful town/castle with amazing scenary. The weather finally cleared up for us and we had the beautiful sunshine throughout our time at this beautiful castle. The pictures will be much better than words.
• Prague: we entered our destination and checked into the hotel.
• Next few days, we will be roaming around Prague.

Yummy looking pastries

Gelatos

More service area

Countryside during the busride

Countryside

Austrian-Czech Border

Entrance to Český Krumlov

River snaking around Český Krumlov

Entrance into Český Krumlov

Kayaking around Český Krumlov

Busy streets of Český Krumlov

Monument/column for the plague in the town square

Our musicians gathered in the square

View of the city from the garden

Giant chess board in the town

Inside the cathedral in the town

Another view from the garden

Yet another view of the greens

Castle in the sky

Castle Tower of Český Krumlov

Closer view of the Castle Tower

Bear inside the Český Krumlov Castle

Climbing up the Český Krumlov Castle

Looking out a door into the town

View of the town from the castle

View of the river from the castle

Another view from the castle

Yet another view of the town

Last picture of Day 5.

Day 4 Info and Pictures

Day 4 consisted of:

• Tour of Eisenstadt: We first visited the Bergkirche, where Haydn was buried. Then we went to the Esterházy castle, where Haydn was the personal composer for the Esterházy family. The Esterházy castle had the Haydn museum, but unfortunately pictures were not allowed.
• Concert at Tulln: We had our rehearsal and concert at Tulln. Concert at this venue went very well, the musicians were much more relaxed in this bigger stage. The crowd wasn’t as big as we expected due to the floods in the area, but those in attendance were very excited and we were very well received. The musicians did an amazing job, as you could see from the videos (link) and the pictures.

Bergkirche

Inside Bergkirche

Inside Bergkirche

Bergkirche: Haydn’s Tomb

View from the top of Bergkirche

Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt

In the courtyard of Esterházy Palace

Haydn Hall in Esterházy Palace

Haydn Hall in Esterházy Palace

Esterházy Palace’s chapel

Tulln concert’s hall

Our bus in front of Tulln

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 5

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 6

Dinner before the concert at Tulln 1

Dinner before the concert at Tulln 2

Dinner before the concert at Tulln 3

Dinner before the concert at Tulln 4

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 1

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 2

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 3

Rehearsal time at Tulln, Austria 4

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 1

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 2

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 3

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 4

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 5

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 6

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 7

Concert time at Tulln, Austria 8

While you are waiting…

For the next update that is…
There are a few articles that feature the MCYO Europe Tour in the Gazette.

Article 1 – Article 2

Oh and by the way. We are now in Prague, about to have our first dinner at the hotel.

Update will come in a few hours, hopefully.

Regarding day 4

We have many many pictures and VIDEOS! Of the tours and the concert from Day 4.

It will take a while to go through this and tomorrow will consist of a lot of travelling into Prague, so I will update Day 4 and 5 tomorrow.

Mean while, take a look at some of the video clips from our concert at Tulln. (Click here)

Day 3 Photos

Day 3 consisted of:

• Tour of the Schoenbrunn Castle: Hapsburg family’s summer home
• Shopping and touring around streets of Vienna
• Tour of the Mozarthaus: house of Mozart in Vienna, also where he wrote the Opera Marriage of Figaro.
• Tour of Haus der Musik: the fun, interactive music museum. Learned about history of Vienna Philharmonic and also the musicians got to conduct a virtual Vienna Phil.
• Concert at Imperial Hall in Vienna

Schoenbrunn Palace

Another view of the Schoenbrunn Palace

The back side of the Palace

View of the Great Parterre on to the Gloriette.

Another view of the Great Parterre on to the Gloriette

Yet another view of the Great Parterre on to the Gloriette

Wiener Musikverein

Stephansdom

Wiener Staatsoper

Random picture during Vienna roam

Mozarthaus

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst

Haus der Musik

Luthier in Vienna

Imperial Hall Conduct: rehearsal time

Dinner before the concert at Imperial Hall