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AVENA TRAVEL is a professional organiser of concert tours for performing groups coming to Poland: choirs, orchestras, classical ensembles, and varius music bands.We are proud of our extensive experience in cooperation with High Schools, Colleges and University choirs, bands and orchestras, church choirs and community ensembles from all over the world.
Administrating group travel can be time consuming and challenging You but using experienced group organizer guarantee our professional help to deal with these problems on your behalf and then your artists could focus on the educational and cultural aspects of the tour only. We provide your group with the most creative, cost-effective and through arrangements in Poland. 

Our experts will coordinate all your travel arrangements as:
tour planning
- searching the venues
planing the concert arrangements 
- booking accommodation
- handling local promotion
- providing transportation
- arranging any sightseeings/excursions.


All we need from you is to provide us with: the biographies of the ensemble and the director, a photograph and a CD recording of your group. In due course, we will also need to know in advance what music will be performed at any sacred venue. 
 
Vocal Ensemble, the advanced mixed choir at Bexley High School, is one of five choirs in the Choral Department. The 40 members are chosen through a competitive audition in spring of the previous year. Vocal Ensemble performs a wide variety of music at various performances around the city. They participate in the Ohio Music Educators Association District and state Large Group Contest each year, consistently receiving Superior ratings. Since 2005 they have received straight Superior ratings ai Class AA.
 
In 2004 and 2007 Vocal Ensemble members were guests of The Ohio State University Chorale on their Spring concert. They also performed with the Galron choir from Israel in 2004.  Vocal Ensemble members have worked with mamy conductors including Rollo Dilworth, John Goldsmith, Robert Harris, Clayton Parr, Raymond Wise, Jeffrey Redding, Robert Ward and Hilary Apfelstadt.
 
Since 2003  Vocal Ensemble has toured throughout the United States and Canada including major cities such as New Your, Toronto, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Summer of 2006 took them to Venice , Salzburg, Vienna and Prague to celebrate the 250 th anniversary of Mozart`s birth.Vocal Ensamble will return to Europe in June of 2009 visiting Vienna, Budapest and Krakow.
 
Amy Johnston Blooser is in her sixth years Choral Director and Bexley High School. She is a member of ACDA ( American Choral Directors Association ) and OMEA ( Ohio Music Educators  Association ).She has presided and conducted and has students participate ain honor Choirs at conventions for both organizations.Under`s Blooser direction, since 2004 all Bexley choirs who attended OMEA State Large Group have received Superior ratings. In June 2006 she led the Bexley Vocal Ensemble on a performance tour of Venice, Salzburg, Vienna and Prague and in June 2009 will travel with them to Vienna, Budapest and Krakow. 
 
Concerts had held in Krakow, date: the 20th of June 2009 
- at 10.00 o`clock     Recital in SS Peter & Paul`s Church in Grodzka Street in Krakow
- at 19.30 o`clock     Concet in St. Joseph`s Church in Zamoyskiego  Street (Podgórze) in Krakow.