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MUSIC PEDAGOGY TOUR TO BUDAPEST

April 18 – 25, 2009

Organized and led by Lilla Gábor

ceaa@t-online.hu

Please contact us for inquiries and application forms

Mary A. Epstein, Co-Director, Kodály Music Institute

New England Conservatory, maryepstein1@aol.com, 617-738-5259

Dr. Sandra Mathias, Artistic Director, Columbus Children’s Choir

Name (Mr. Mrs. Miss)_________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________

City State Zip_________________________________________________________

Email address________________________________________________________

Telephone: home__________________________________________________

Work___________________________________________________

PAYMENT FOR PROGRAM COSTS

Deposit: Due at time of application (This is non-refundable) $75__________

PAYMENT 1: Deposit check due October 1, 2008 $300 __________

PAYMENT 2: 2nd payment due by January 15, 2009: $300 __________

TOTAL $575__________

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LODGING

Official lodging will be the Radio Inn Apartments. You may also make lodging

arrangements independently. If you do so, please send us your plans, address, and

contact number. We reserve the right to add an additional hotel should Radio Inn

Apartments not have enough space for everyone.

Located in the embassy district the Radio Inn Apartments is quiet, away from black

market dealers, a short walk to the subway - the easiest way to get around Budapest and a

five-minute walk to the Kodály Museum. I will be making reservations very soon

hopefully by October 1, 2006. These apartments include a kitchenette, small sitting room

with television, telephone, bathroom with shower and separate water closet room. Each

bedroom has two single beds. A smoky glass door separates the two bedrooms in the

two-bedroom apartments. Ceiling to floor doors open onto the street and all room

surround a courtyard. Stairs and elevators reach all five floors.

Radio Inn Apartment

Address: Benczur Street 19

Budapest HU 1068

Tel: 011-361-342-8347

Email: RadioInn@hu.inter.net

View Hotel rooms, map, prices:

The rates below are 2007 rate and they will definitely change by 2009.

Please select your choice of rooms below. Choose only one option.

Rates are high season ones in April 2008.

Remember that if April 17-18 and 21-22 are travel days, you can calculate

the number of nights you would need lodging.

See Universal Currency Converter: www.xe.com/ucc/

Per night charges: 78 Euros = about 123 USD / 120 Euros = 189 USD

________One bedroom for one person will cost a total of 78 EU.

________One bedroom for two peopl e cos ts 39 EU each

________Two bedroom for two peopl e costs 120 EU

________Two bedroom for thr ee peopl e cos ts

60 EU for pr ivate bedroom and

30 DU for each person i f two sharing a bedroom

or, if all agr ee, the costs may be spl it equall y @ 40 EU each

________Two bedroom for four people cos ts each person (30 EU each)

For alternate or extended-stay arrangements, please read on.

A. If you make your own arrangements for lodging, please specify contact information here plus telephone

number so that Lilla Gábor, Dr. Mathias or I will be able to contact you via telephone in Hungary.

___________________________________________________________________________

B. If you extend your Budapest stay beyond the TOUR DATES, please explain. If you stay longer in

Budapest and wish to stay at Radio Inn Apartments please note on your application form.

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CONTRACT

1. I will make my own flight plans and pay for my own travel

(airline, taxi to/from hotel, train) to and from Budapest and the

hotel apartments.

2. I will take full responsibility if I need to change my own flight

plans.

3. I have made alternate housing arrangements. Here are the

details.

4. I will send my travel itinerary to Mary Epstein as soon as I have

made those plans probably around February 15, 2009.

5. If I am bringing a guest and he/she will not participate fully in all

tour events, please list the tour events he/she would like to join and

inquire about the pricing. ________________________________

6. I have read and agree to the terms of the

MUSIC PEDAGOGY TOUR TO BUDAPEST

April 18 – 25, 2009 as explained on pages 1 - 3.

______________________________________________

Your Signature date

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Program Details

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MUSIC PEDAGOGY TOUR TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

DATES:

April 18 – 25, 2009

TRAVEL DAYS

Departure Friday: April 17, 2009

Return can be Saturday or Sunday April 25- 26, 2009

PRICE

Price of the program: $675 (does not include accommodations, meals, and transportation)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

USA Coordinators:

[1] Mary A. Epstein, Kodály Music Institute at New England Conservatory,

maryepstein1@aol.com, 617-738-5259

[2] Dr. Sandra Mathias, Artistic Director, Columbus Children’s Choir,

Program does include the following:

followed by consultations with the music teachers

Advertisements in the following places:

OAKE website. www.oake.org

Kodály ENVOY Summer 2008

Capital University website: www.capital.edu

New England Conservatory website: www.newenglandconservatory.edu/kodaly

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GRADUATE CREDITS

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Availabl e for 2009 Music Pedagogy Tour to Budapes t

Through Capi tal Univ ersi ty, Columbus OH

This option fir st became availabl e on Aug. 30, 2006

CREDITS:

2 semester hours of graduate credit

Please contact: Dr. Sandra Mathias, Professor of Music

Capital University. Columbus OH

Website: www.capital.edu

Course Code MM693

Cost: $150 per credit = $300

Course Requirements:

1. Attend all observations.

2. Keep a reflective journal.

3. Submit a written paper within two weeks after returning to the US.

Guidelines for written paper:

This paper should demonstrate the impact and influence that the trip had on the teacher's

philosophy and teaching practice in his/her classroom. Students should include specific

examples observed, personal reflection from observations, and future plans for their own

teaching. Length of paper: 5-10 pages, double-spaced. (Resources listed will be the

names of the schools and teachers observed and any additional seminar discussions).

Paper must be submitted either electronically or hard copy:

[2] Hard copy version sent to Dr. Sandra Mathias, Conservatory of Music, Capital

University, 1 College and Main, Columbus, OH 43209-2394.

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FAQ’S

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Frequently asked questions about TOUR payments and procedures

1. When and how do I pay the $675 Program costs?

Answer: $675 due before departing for the TOUR in two installments

Make checks out to Mary A. Epstein. This amount covers the costs

of a city bus tour, two concerts, receptions, lectures, visits to the Kodály, Liszt and

Bárdos Museums, and observations planned by Lilla Gábor.

2. What do I need to do before leaving the USA?

Answer: Update your passport.

Secure release time from teaching.

Make your airline reservations and purchase plane ticket.

Send me your itinerary including departures and arrivals.

3. Where will I stay and how do I pay for hotel while in Budapest?

Answer: The hotel Radio Inn Apartments. They do not require a credit card to

hold your reservation, but upon arrival they will need your credit card imprint.

You will pay them with your credit card at the end of your stay.

4. What other expenses will I incur while in Budapest?

Answer: Other anticipated costs while in Hungary are for breakfast at hotel daily

for $13, other meals, taxis, public transportation, shopping at music and other

stores (Lilla Gábor will help you to buy a one- week subway pass – well worth the

investment). Presently the price of a weekly pass is 4000 forints – about 25 USD.

5. Who else is going on the TOUR?

Answer: Others from across the United States and Canada.

In February, I will send an address list of all TOUR participants.

6. How many people can fit into one hotel room.?

Conceivably as many as four but in case you value your privacy, my preferred

arrangement would be two people staying in a two-bedroom apartment.

However, in the 2005 Tour four people happily shared a two-bedroom apartment.

7. Is insurance offered for theft, medical, travel changes, or other unforeseen emergencies?

Answer: The Kodály Music Institute and the program leader Lilla

Gábor do not assume any responsibilities for the above.

You are traveling as an independent traveler.

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HOTELS

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Radio Inn Apartment

Address: Benczur Street 19

Budapest HU 1068

Tel: 011-361-342-8347

Email: RadioInn@hu.inter.net

View Hotel rooms, map, prices: www.radioinn.hu

2009 rates will become available Nov. 2008.

Meanwhile here are the 2007 hotel rates per night:

78 Euros for one-bedroom/120 Euros for two-bedroom apartments.

TOUR SCHEDULE

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PEDAGOGY TOUR TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

April 18 – 25, 2009

Leave USA April 17 2009 – Travel day (You fly to Budapest)

Saturday April 18, 2009 – Arrive in Budapest. You taxi to Radio Inn Apartments.

Check in time: 3 pm. Unpack and rest.

Sunday, April 19 – City bus tour of Budapest.

Reception at hotel to meet Lilla Gábor,

Monday April 20 – Friday April 24, 2009 – Detailed schedule to follow in March.

Saturday April 25, 2009 – Shop for music books 9 – 12 noon.

Check out time is noon from Radio Inn.

They will hold your luggage if your flight leaves past noon.

Leave Budapest April 25 or April 26, 2009 – Travel day (You fly to USA)

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About the Tour Leaders

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Lilla Gábor was born in Budapest, Hungary. She graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music

with honors, majoring in Choral Conducting and Music Pedagogy, and pursued post-graduate studies at

the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and at Temple University (Philadelphia, USA) in

Contemporary Music, Chamber Music, Piano Accompaniment and Choral Conducting. She was recipient

of grants from the Hungarian Ministry of Culture for musical research in Italy and Spain. Lilla Gábor has

extensive professional experience as choral conductor and as professor and lecturer in the fields of Choral

Conducting, Ear-Training, Music Theory, Music Literature, Chamber Music, Score Reading and Music

Pedagogy, both in Hungary and abroad. Her past positions include: Professor at the Zoltán Kodály

Pedagogical Institute of Music (Kecskemét, Hungary) for over ten years, Co-Director of International

House Budapest - Music Department, Co-Director of Vigadó-Redoute International Music Courses

(Budapest, Hungary), Professor at The Kodály Center of America (West Newton, Massachusetts, USA),

and Professor at Universität Duisburg (Germany), among others. She has constantly been in great demand

as a frequent guest professor, guest lecturer, choral conductor and adjudicator at universities,

conservatories and festivals in Hungary, Canada, United States, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland,

Slovakia, Denmark, Italy, Ireland, England, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and

Australia. Since 2006, Lilla Gábor has been Founder and Director of the International Summer Academy

of Choral Conducting and Music Pedagogy in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Mar y A. Epst ein, doctoral candidate at New England Conservatory, is a 2006 Lowell Mason Award

winner from the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. In 1971 she became a National Endowment

for Arts Fellow to study abroad the Hungarian Music Education System. In 1972 she joined the Kodály

Music Education Project of the New Haven CT Public School where she taught and collaborated with

NEA Fellows to establish this Kodály-inspired music program. The results have been materials rich in folk

and art music and the development of curriculae capable of sustaining daily, sequential music instruction

Grades K – 8. In 1973 she established a Kodály-inspired music education program at the Park School,

Brookline MA, which today is led Betty Hillmon. She has served on the board of the Organization of

American Kodály Educators and chaired the 2005 OAKE National Conference. Program committee. In

Fall 2004 she returned to Hungary for the first time since 1972 for a three week visit of museums, attending

concerts, observing choir rehearsals and performances, music classes in public singing schools and after

school instrumental music classes, as well as re-acquainting herself with the Hungarian language. This

2004 visit became the model for the 2005, 2007 and 2009 Music Pedagogy Tours to Budapest. Since 1998

Mrs. Epstein has been Founder and Co-Director of the Kodály Music Institute at New England

Conservatory.

Sandra L. Mathias , Ph.D. Sandra Mathias, Ph.D., Professor Emeritas of Music at Capital

University in Columbus, Ohio. While at Capital, Dr. Mathias developed The Kodály Institute at Capital,

the Capital in Hungary Honors Program, and the Master of Music in Music Education with Kodály

Emphasis.. She received her Kodály Certificate from The Kodály Center of America and Ph.D. in Music

Education from The Ohio State University. She is the Artistic Director of the Columbus Children’s Choir.

Under her direction, the New World Singers of this organization have performed in Russia, Canada,

Central Europe, and the Western U.S. The choir has performed at the national conferences of MENC,

AOSA, ACDA, and OAKE as well as summer festivals at Chautauqua, Breckenridge, and the Grand

Tetons. Dr. Mathias has delivered lectures and workshops on the Kodály philosophy in the U.S., England,

Hungary, Australia, and China. She is a recipient of the Kodály Intézetért, Columbus Symphony

Orchestra Community Music Educator of the Year, Southside Settlement House Arts Freedom Award,