Mozart
Eric Conway writes:
Hello Morgan Fine and Performing Arts Community,
Yesterday, the Morgan State University choir arrived safely in Vienna, Austria without incident!
After
more than a week of rain in Baltimore, coinciding with our 2018 May
Commencement ceremony and Baltimore's Preakness stakes, we had a
beautiful day of weather upon departure on Monday, May 21, 2018, to
Dulles Airport in Washington DC. We arrived to the airport with plenty
of time to spare. Our carrier this time was the quality airline of Air
France. We had a short layover in Paris, France to arrive in Vienna,
Austria on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. All went according to schedule,
including not one person losing any luggage (small miracles!).
Vienna
is a great city if you are a musician or artist. Because of the
Habsburg dynasty, who reined for over six centuries, the cultural
aesthetic is very much in the forefront of the cities of their rule.
The Habsburgs appreciated good music and fine art. If you were a
musician or artist of any note or talent during their tenure, you were
employed by the Hapsburg family to create beautiful music or art. During
our time in Austria, we will visit the homes of several musicians.
Yesterday while on the bus, we drove by an apartment where Beethoven
lived while in Vienna.
Prior
to our welcome dinner, we enjoyed a bus and walking tour of Vienna.
While on the bus, our guide pointed out the homes of the Vienna opera
and Vienna Philharmonic orchestra (respectively). Statues were erected
throughout the city of many of the most acclaimed artists from the
region including Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Goethe!
After
the tour, we all had a group dinner where we experienced a typical
Austrian meal of meat and potatoes, which was quite tasty! One cannot
visit Austria without tasting some typical Apple Strudel for desert.
No
one from the group lost any items. Everyone appeared to be well. What a
great first day in Europe! See some photos attached.
EC
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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Eric Conway, D.M.A.
Fine and Performing Arts Department, Chair
Morgan State University
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