ABOUT THE TUTOR:

Amy Bebbington is a highly experienced tutor of choral courses, and brings a fresh, dynamic and creative approach to choral leadership. She is a passionate advocate for choral singing and is in great demand as a workshop leader, choral clinician, animateur, adjudicator, mentor and teacher. With clear musical goals at the root of her work, Amy shares an infectious sense of enthusiasm, joy, camaradarie and good humour when engaging with amateur singers. She has appeared on the BBC2 programme “The Choir: Sing while you work” and is the Director of Training for the Association of British Choral Directors. Amy has adjudicated for festivals in the UK and Ireland, and is a published composer. She is currently the Musical Director for Corra Sound, Harlequin Chamber Choir and Nota Bene.

INAUGURAL COURSE MUSIC (June 2022):

(For information only – Final repertoire to be decided based on voice ranges present)

Ave Verum Corpus – William Byrd
Jesu Dulcis Memoria – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Oi Khodyt’ Son Kolo Vikon, Ukrainian lullaby – arr. Jake Alexander
Harbour – Anna Tabbush
Fields of gold – Sting, arr. Wendy Sargeant
Here comes the sun – The Beatles, arr. Craig McLeish
Weeping – from Songs of a Rainbow Nation, arr. Alexander L’Estrange
La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire – Pierre Certon
Tourdion – arr. Pierre Attaingnant

COURSE MUSIC (June 2023):

All the way home – Sarah Quartel
Fly not so fast – John Ward
Sumer is icumen in – M S Harley
Super Trouper – Abba
The simple things – Fiona Lander
Though Philomena lost her love – Thomas Morley
Wellerman – trad. New Zealand sea shanty
Motet, Ave verum corsus – Mozart
Venga nel nostro coro – Salieri

TRAVEL INFORMATION
By plane:
The closest airports are in Florence, Pisa and Bologna. From Florence airport you can take a tram directly to Florence’s central train station, Firenze Santa Maria Novella. From here, you can take a 25 minute intercity train to Figline Valdarno station, which is only a 10 minutes’ drive from us.
You can also fly into Pisa or Bologna. From Pisa airport, a tram will take you to Pisa’s central train station in 5 minutes, from where you can catch a train to Florence. At Bologna airport there is a shuttle bus to Bologna’s central train station, from where you can reach Florence in 40 minutes.

Car rental companies can be found in all the airports with typical drive times directly to us as follows:

Florence Airport (FLR): 50 minutes
Pisa Airport (PSA): 1 h 30 minutes
Bologna Airport (BLQ): 1 h 45 minutes

Complimentary transfers from Figline Valdarno train station are offered by Antico Borgo La Torre on the first and last day of the holiday. If you need to arrive or depart outside of the designated pick-up times, or if a transfer from a different location is required, private transfers can be arranged at extra cost.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BOOKING
To reserve your place in the singing holiday you should write an email to Federica:  info@anticoborgolatorre.it

A non-refundable deposit of €200 is due upon registration.
The remaining balance can be paid in full or in two instalments of 50% each, one by 28 February 2024 and the 2nd one by 31 March 2024.
For bookings made less than 12 weeks in advance of the start of the singing holiday, the full amount must be paid at the time of the booking.
In the unfortunate event that you need to cancel your booking for any personal reason (e.g. illness) claims should be pursued through your travel insurance policy.
If for any reason the singing holiday is cancelled by Antico Borgo La Torre, the full payment, including deposit, will be 100% reimbursed to you. Please note that we only refund our own singing holiday fees, we do not refund the cost of travel or other third party costs.
For the comfort of all guests, smoking is not permitted inside the accommodation.