Day 11 We spent the morning recovering from the activity from the day before, then was picked up Lan to do a bit of shopping...
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Category: Maestro’s Vietnam Adventures
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 10
Jan. 5 Concert Day. We leave the hotel at 8 AM for a 9 AM rehearsal. There is a huge poster outside the opera house...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 9
January 4 It is the day before the concert and there is still much work to be done primarily on the Dvorak Symphony. We’ve arranged...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 8
January 3 Another morning rehearsal this time back on the Copland which was a bit rusty from the weekend’s activities. The music came back soon...
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Maestro Wes Kenney to Conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Fort Collins Symphony Music Director Wes Kenney will conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Hanoi Opera House on January 5, 2018 as...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 7
After three days off from this concert repertoire, it is time to renew our preparations for the performance on Friday. This is one of the...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 6
Jan. 1. Happy New Year! For western tastes there will be no parades or football this year. Instead we use the day to continue to...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 5
Dec. 31. After Leslie has Pho and I opt for an omelet for breakfast, we are picked up by Lan and Thang and driven an...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 4
Dec. 30 Catching any kind of a bug on an international trip is not fun, but compound that with two days of double rehearsals in...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 3
Dec. 29 The day began the same as the previous day with another international breakfast in the hotel and then the 30 minute drive to...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 2
December 28 The Sheraton Hanoi serves an international clientele and the breakfast in the lobby restaurant shows it. There are stations for Korean, Japanese, Chinese,...
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Maestro Kenney’s Adventures in Vietnam – Part 1
December 25 to 27: There is something to be said about international travel in regards to patience. The cliche “hurry up and wait” absolutely applies...
