News Release

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November 28, 2005

Boise State Offers Music/Art Study Tour to Paris
 

Boise State University music professor Del Parkinson will lead an educational music and art study tour of Paris, France, May 21-28, 2006. Parkinson has led more than a dozen previous study tours to New York City and London. The trip is organized through Boise State�s Division of Extended Studies.

While in the �City of Lights,� participants will attend world-class performances of opera, ballet and symphonic music productions, enriched by informal discussions tailored to accommodate all levels of interest. Tour members will also have the opportunity to visit several cultural sites, including the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe, Invalides, Montmartre, the Left Bank, the fashionable Champs-Elys�es, Versailles Palace and Monet�s inspirational Giverny. Participants may also view art at the Louvre, the Cluny, the Rodin and the D�Orsay.

Cost is $2,900, which includes round-trip airfare from Boise, six nights of hotel accommodations and continental breakfast, selected meals, tickets to concert, opera and ballet performances, Paris museum and metro passes, excursions to Versailles and Giverny, and credit or noncredit fees.

Space is limited. For more information or for a complete itinerary, contact the Division of Extended Studies at (208) 426-3293 or 1-800-824-7017, ext. 5.

An additional study tour to New York will run from March 27-April 2.

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Contact: Del Parkinson, Department of Music, (208) 426-3300, dparkins@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu




 

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