TRAVEL POLICY
TRAVEL POLICY
TRAVEL POLICY
TRAVEL POLICY
TRAVEL POLICY
TRAVEL POLICY
Ready to start on your Artful Journey?
Our trips provide you with the most interesting cultural and artistic experiences. Our policy has been developed over time to provide you with concrete information about the operation of Artful Journeys and its impact on you, the traveler.
Ready to start on your Artful Journey?
Our trips provide you with the most interesting cultural and artistic experiences. Our policy has been developed over time to provide you with concrete information about the operation of Artful Journeys and its impact on you, the traveler.
Ready to start on your Artful Journey?
Our trips provide you with the most interesting cultural and artistic experiences. Our policy has been developed over time to provide you with concrete information about the operation of Artful Journeys and its impact on you, the traveler.
Ready to start on your Artful Journey?
Our trips provide you with the most interesting cultural and artistic experiences. Our policy has been developed over time to provide you with concrete information about the operation of Artful Journeys and its impact on you, the traveler.
Ready to start on your Artful Journey?
Our trips provide you with the most interesting cultural and artistic experiences. Our policy has been developed over time to provide you with concrete information about the operation of Artful Journeys and its impact on you, the traveler.
Included in Price
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Lodging (double occupancy). The single supplement fee varies for each trip.
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All breakfasts, and most other meals.
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Airport transfers and ground transportation (in Europe) to scheduled activities (unless by foot).
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Performances/Activities: as stated.
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Museum entry fees and tours.
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Support of co-hosts and administration fees.
Included in Price
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Lodging (double occupancy). The single supplement fee varies for each trip.
-
All breakfasts, and most other meals.
-
Airport transfers and ground transportation (in Europe) to scheduled activities (unless by foot).
-
Performances/Activities: as stated.
-
Museum entry fees and tours.
-
Support of co-hosts and administration fees.
Included in Price
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Lodging (double occupancy). The single supplement fee varies for each trip.
-
All breakfasts, and most other meals.
-
Airport transfers and ground transportation (in Europe) to scheduled activities (unless by foot).
-
Performances/Activities: as stated.
-
Museum entry fees and tours.
-
Support of co-hosts and administration fees.
Excluded in Price
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Airfare from the departure point to Europe and the return flight.
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Personal purchases and pampering.
Excluded in Price
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Airfare from the departure point to Europe and the return flight.
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Personal purchases and pampering.
PROJECTS
PROJECTS
PROJECTS
Armchair Journeys
Armchair Journeys
One evening, during the pandemic, while listening to the Gewandhaus Orchestra online, I realized that we could help make your days a little brighter by presenting art discussions similar to what we do on our travel journeys. And because we were all sequestered, many musicians and teachers were out of work due to canceled concerts and events.
So to give you something to do and to help artists during this unprecedented time, Artful Journeys assembled some of our faculty to enliven your senses and help you through the barriers of isolation. Thanks to technology such as Zoom, we were able to bring these presentations into your home.
In 2025, we continue to bring you these Armchair Journeys, albeit a lot fewer. Freedom to go places and mingle again has made zoom meetings not obsolete, but less necessary, although we have learned that zoom is a great convenience. The poetry group that began in June 2020 is still going strong and I almost feel guilty when I am traveling and cannot host a session or two. However, I don't feel guilty enough not to travel!!
Keep an eye out for more Armchairs. There will be more.
CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN 24
August 13 - October 1, 2025
Class Description
If you are travling to Italy in the near future and need to brush up on your conversational Italian, why not join Vilma's class?
Vilma teaches conversational Italian, with some grammar, in sets of 8-week series. In the last 5 years since commencing, some participants are fluent. They just need more time in Italy to overcome their hesitant speaking. Vilma, on the other hand, speaks molto veloce, and we understand most of her jokes. We are now entering the twenty-fourth series of Italian with Vilma. There are still 3 requirements to participate in these classes: 1. you are willing to converse in Italian, no matter how rudimentary; 2. you're not afraid of making mistakes; and 3. you have a sense of humor!
Trip Status: OPEN TO THOSE WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN
Class Description
BACH IN WEIMAR with Miguel Rodé
October 3 - October 24, 2025
Class Description
On Tuesdays and Fridays during October, Miguel will lead us through Bach's time in Weimar We'll have a brief look into his years there, the circumstances of his employment, and the evolution of his musical style. We will cover a selection of the cantatas he composed for the ducal court, which paved the way for his extensive cantata production later in Leipzig.
Sessions will begin at 10:00 pacific, 1:00 pm eastern and 19:00 European times. There will be 7 sessions.
MUSIC AND HUMOR with Joe Marchio
October 6 - December 8, 2025
Class Description
Armchair regular Tom Phillips suggested to Joe that he start a series on music and humor. Here it is, folks!
Joe will discuss guys who will shatter your preconception that classical music is for the buttoned, uptight crowd. Franz Jospeh Haydn, Mozart, Copland, Arnold, Telemann, Handel and Liszt and their humor will be featured. You might be expecting funny stuff from Victor Borge, Bernstein, Gilbert and Sullivan and the King's Singers, and you'll hear from them too. Join Joe in the fall to find out about other funny composers (at times) and performers. It will be a croaking hoot.
Thanks, Tom!
GREAT SOUNDS, GREAT SPACES (zoom) with Joe Marchio
January 12 - March 30, 2026
Class Description
In preparation for our trip to Paris in October (of 2026), Joe will be offering a zoom series about great sounds in great spaces not only in Paris, but also in Vienna, Italy and England.
He will inform us of how some halls have the perfect acoustics (or not), the different, but wonderful architecture of these spaces, the music that each space is specifically known for, and also the famous musicians, groups and persons who have performed or worked in these spaces.
Come spend your wintery Monday mornings with Joe while he traverses Europe and get your week off to a great start.