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Cantamus, the nationally recognized women’s choir at Iowa State University, is eager to announce we will be traveling, by invitation, to Bulgaria in May for our very first international tour! We are excite to celebrate our 20th anniversary by immersing ourselves into Bulgaria’s rich heritage, learn about the culture, and perform in established concert venues. Our performances will take place in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, ending with a special evening solo performance at the Varna International Choral Festival.
Will you help support this exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
This tour costs $2500 per person and includes travel, hotel, breakfasts and a few group dinners. Each singer is responsible for coming up with this cost in addition to spending money for the remaining meals, bus transportation and gratuities for porterage and tour guides. Our fundraising goal is set at $5,000. However, we are aiming to raise as much as possible so that we can reduce the price each woman will pay out of pocket. Most of our members are full-time students and many are also working one or two part-time jobs to pay for their own education.
Your support allows our singers an opportunity to experience the adventure of singing together at an international level. We ask that you consider making a tax-free donation via this page, cash, or check made out to Cantamus.
Please click on the link to learn more about Cantamus: https://www.music.iastate.edu/ensembles/cantamus
Please click on the link below to learn more about our trip to Bulgaria:
https://varnainternational.com/events/participant.php?Event=CantamusTour
We thank you in advance from the bottom of our vocal registers!
Please feel free to take a look at just few of our previous achievements.
In January, Cantamus was invited to sing at the inauguration of Iowa’s first female governor. We traveled to Des Moines and performed for more than 1,500 people, including the Supreme Court and the entire General Assembly, as well as countless Iowa Public Television viewers.
Cantamus performs at Kim Reynolds' inauguration. Click here to view our performance of The Blessing at 23:20:
https://www.pbs.org/video/inauguration-of-the-governor-2019-ghc3vv/
Cantamus was invited to give a solo performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2018. We had an absolutely amazing time!
Cantamus was invited to perform at the 2013 National American Choral Directors Association Convention in Dallas, Texas. In March of 2017 we performed again at the National ACDA Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In total, we received four jump-up standing ovations. This marked the first time a collegiate women’s choir was invited to perform at two consecutive national conventions, an unprecedented accomplishment that remains unmatched.
Cantamus performs at the ACDA National Convention.
Cantamus meets two international composers we commissioned, Ko Matsushita (Japan) and Ambroz Copi (Slovenia), at the 2017 National ACDA Convention.
The following link is a video from the convention performing Angel Za Bolne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEeSv1u6lY
Thank you for your donation! Every donation is appreciated and gets us closer to our goal of $5,000.
Thank you for your donation! Every donation is appreciated and gets us closer to our goal of $5,000.
Thank you for your donation! $100 is equivalent to the cost of meals for one woman during our eight-day trip. Cantamus will send you a thank-you shoutout from Bulgaria!
Thank you for your donation! $500 is equivalent to the lodging cost for two women during our seven-night trip. Your donation gets us 10% to our goal of $5,000. Cantamus will send you a thank-you shoutout from Bulgaria as well as an .mp3 of us singing “The Bells of Iowa State.”
Thank you very much for your donation! $1,000 is equivalent to the airfare for one woman. Your donation gets us 20% to our goal of $5,000. Cantamus will send you a thank-you shoutout from Bulgaria as well as an .mp3 of us singing “The Bells of Iowa State.”
Thank you so very much for your donation! $2,500 is equivalent to the entire cost of the trip for one woman. Your donation gets us halfway to our goal of $5,000! Cantamus will send you a thank-you shoutout from Bulgaria as well as an .mp3 of us singing “The Bells of Iowa State.”