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Great Sounds, Great Spaces
an Armchair Journey
with
Joe Marchio

A Series of Discussions focused on
Great Sounds in their Great Spaces in Europe.
Mondays at 10 am, eastern 
January 12 - March 30, 2026
 
Registration Status: OPEN
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Tour Cost: $20 per session or $220 for series of 12
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Joe Marchio plays in Paris

Some of the great sounds we will hear emanating from great spaces during this series are ones that we will be visiting with Joe during 2026.  The first three of the series will take us to Vienna, Austria (In the Footsteps of Mozart in late April 2026); then we'll visit London, where Joe led his first trip with Artful Journeys in 2018; then onward to Leipzig, site of THE Bachfest, Leipzig, which Joan attends every year (you're welcome to come along!);  next south to Germany for Bayreuth; then to Milan and Cremona in northern Italy, and finally to Paris, where we will be journeying in October of 2026, to visit the refurbished Notre Dame.

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The spaces Joe will show us come in all different sizes and shapes and materials, and they all produce great sounds in different ways.    How does sound bounce off curved plaster differently than it does off a teak wood plank?  We'll tackle all sorts of questions like these.

Session 1: Musikverein (Vienna, Austria)

           The Perfect Acoustic

           Scandal Concert

           New Year’s Concert

 

Session 2: Schönbrunn Palace (Vienna, Austria)

           Great Gallery and Palace Orangery

           Marionette Theater

           Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert

 

Session 3: Theater an der Wien (Vienna, Austria)

           Naschmarkt 

           Beethoven’s Home and Concert Stage

           Famous Operas

 

Session 4: Westminster Abbey (London, England)

           Music of Handel

           Coronations and Weddings

           Choral Evensong

 

Session 5: Royal Albert Music Hall (London, England)

           Great Composers, great concerts, Great commissions

           Royal Choral Society – 150 Years of Handel’s Messiah

           BBC Proms

 

Session 6: Norwich Cathedral (Norwich, England)

           The Organ

           The Choir

            Julian of Norwich

          

Session 7: St. Thomas Church (Leipzig, Germany)

           Martin Luther

           Johann Sebastian Bach

           Bach Festival

 

Session 8: Bayreuth Festival Theatre (Bayreuth, Germany)

           Richard Wagner

           Ring Cycle

            Bayreuth Festival

 

Session 9: La Scala (Milan, Italy)

          

Session 10: Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi (Cremona, Italy)

           Violin Museum      

           Antonio Stradivari

           Cremona Cathedral

 

Session 11:  Reggio, italy and Renato Negri

 

Session 12: Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)

           Polyphony

           The Fire

           The Resurrection

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Joe  Marchio and Renato Negri play in Reggio, Italy

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The Musikverein, Vienna,

Sankt Thomas Kirche, Leipzig

Notre Dame, Paris

Hosts

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Joe Marchio
Instructor & Guide

Joe Marchio is a graduate of the College of Wooster, where he earned both a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance and a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies. He earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, and a Master of Music degree in choral conducting at the Boston Conservatory. Joe became Music Director of the Chatham Chorale in 2010. He is also the Pastor and Director of Music of the First Congregational Church of Chatham.

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Joan Hill
Owner, Host, & Director

Years ago, it was suggested to Joan that she might offer an art program, and she jumped at the chance of a lifetime. Bringing together all of her life's passions, the development and administration of Artful Journeys is an exhilarating process for Joan.

 

Joan was born and raised in the apple country of the Hudson River Valley in New York; her father was a gentle, very tolerant, educated land surveyor, and her mother was the efficient business administrator and home engineer. The youngest of four children, Joan was encouraged to pursue anything she wanted, but also to do her best. Sometimes that was very difficult, especially succeeding three very accomplished siblings.

ARMCHAIR JOURNEY COST

Cost

  • Each session will cost $20 or listen to the entire series of 12 for $220

  • PayPal is preferred; however, we do take checks   

  • You will receive an email with the Zoom link to the lecture with instructions on how to login within 24 hours of presentation

To register for a session or the series, please click below:

A Zoom link will be provided by email within 24 hours of each meeting.

For details or questions, please click here to contact Joan Hill.
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