Cunard is pleased to announce a partnership with The Juilliard School that will present stellar jazz performances on select 2010 eastbound Transatlantic Crossings aboard Queen Mary 2. Students and faculty from Juilliard, which has set America’s standard for education in the performing arts, will perform programmes in the ship's Royal Court Theatre, treating guests to the best in classic and contemporary jazz. These presentations are part of Cunard’s entertainment and award-winning enrichment programme, which showcases a variety of compelling entertainers – from new and emerging world-class talent to today's most enduring and iconic artists. Last August, Juilliard Jazz scholar Jumaane Smith became the first student from the school to take the stage onboard Queen Mary 2, presenting a trumpet recital that proved to be very popular with the voyage’s guests.
"Our partnership with Juilliard will provide our guests access to outstanding, world class performances, reflecting both the rich history and lineage of Juilliard, as well as Cunard’s ongoing commitment to supporting the arts and to offering our guests exclusive onboard experiences," said Peter Shanks, president of Cunard Line.
“We are honored that a famous and trusted brand such as Cunard has invited Juilliard to help enhance their legendary Transatlantic voyages with the talents of our students and faculty,” said Dr. Laurie A. Carter, the School’s vice president and general counsel, as well as executive director of Jazz Studies. “At Juilliard, we seek to foster the skills of our musicians, while helping them share their gifts with the world. With these special performances, we are proud to be able to provide them the opportunity to do so and, in return, bestow upon them what are sure to be unforgettable journeys.”
Juilliard performers are scheduled for the following Transatlantic voyages (*denotes a Juilliard Jazz faculty member):
15 - 22 April
Brandon Lee* – Trumpet: One of 18 students admitted to the inaugural class of the Juilliard Institute of Jazz Studies, thus forming the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. In the fall of 2008, Lee became the youngest member of the Juilliard Jazz faculty as an assistant to the Director of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. After spending one year as the Assistant, he has been named the Director of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra for the fall of 2009.
Kris Bowers – Piano: Currently a bachelor of music student at The Juilliard School. Since his arrival in New York, Bowers has shared the stage and/or recorded with artists such as Terell Stafford, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard, Clarence Penn, Carl Allen, Ben Wolfe, Ron Blake, Rodney Jones, Benny Green, Bobby Watson, Kurt Elling, Duane Eubanks, EJ Strickland, Ambrose Akinmusire, Walter Smith and Ingrid Jensen, to name a few.
Philip Kuehn – Bass: As a member of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, he will appear this year at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. In September 2006, he performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for John Coltrane’s 80th birthday celebration. He also has performed with Dr. Billy Taylor’s Jazz and the New Generation II at the Kennedy Center and the White House.
Aaron Kimmel – Drums: Currently a bachelor of music student at The Juilliard School, where he studies with Billy Drummond, Kenny Washington and Carl Allen. While in junior high, Kimmel was selected for the Mellon Jazz Festival’s “Swing into Spring All-Star Student Big Band” for three consecutive years. In high school, he was selected for the Pennsylvania All-State Jazz Ensemble in 2005 and 2006.
21 - 28 May,
James Burton – Trombone: A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Jackie McLean’s Institute for Jazz Studies and the Juilliard Jazz Studies Artist Diploma program. Burton recently completed a master of music degree in jazz studies from The Juilliard School, studying with trombone icon Steve Turre. He currently is the Director of Jazz Studies at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.
7 - 14 June
Rodney Jones* – Guitar: Hailed by guitar master George Benson as “a legend among musicians,” Jones continues to push the boundaries of modern jazz guitar playing, while at the same time, working with many notable artists, including Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Ruth Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. He currently is the professor of Jazz Guitar Studies at The Juilliard School.
6 - 13 July
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Saxophone: Recently completed his master of music degree at The Juilliard School. Since moving to New York in 2004, Viner has had the honour to work and perform with many popular musicians in the jazz and new classical music communities.
Chris Burbank – Trumpet: Since beginning his studies at The Juilliard School, he has been fortunate enough to study with the great Eddie Henderson. Burbank has been honored to share the stage with such jazz icons as Terence Blanchard, Maria Schneider, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller and Benny Golson.
8 - 22 August
Michael Cottone – Trumpet: Recently completed his master of music degree at The Juilliard School in New York City. Cottone’s performance experiences include the Downbeat Award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, The Grand Hotel Orchestra on Mackinac Island and the Broadway Production of Hair.
Andrew Gutauskas – Alto Saxophone: Attended the Artist Diploma program at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra baritone saxophonist, Joe Temperley. During his short but impressive career, Gutauskas has shared the stage with such artists as Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Michael Buble, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Antonio Hart, Jon Gordon, Tom Harrell, Carl Allen and many others.
12 - 19 September
Juilliard Jazz Faculty Ensemble
Eddie Henderson* – Trumpet: Has been on the faculty at The Juilliard School since 2007. Henderson received his first few trumpet lessons at the age of nine from Louis Armstrong and went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Eddie first got worldwide recognition for his jazz-trumpet playing from the popular recordings he made with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi group during the early 1970s.
Frank Kimbrough* – Piano: Currently on the Jazz Studies faculty at The Juilliard School and previously taught at The New School University and New York University. Kimbrough has been active on New York’s jazz scene for more than 25 years. He currently is a Palmetto Records artist, with previous recordings as a leader for OmniTone, Soul Note and Mapleshade, and nearly 50 more as a sideman.
Ben Wolfe* – Bass: Currently on the teaching faculty at The Juilliard School: Jazz Division. Early on in his career, Wolfe performed with Harry Connick, Jr., the Wynton Marsalis Septet and Diana Krall’s touring band. He recently released his fifth album.
Carl Allen* – Drums: Currently Juilliard Jazz Artistic Director. With more than 200 recordings to his credit, Allen is a drummer, sideman, bandleader, entrepreneur and educator. He has toured and recorded with a number of notable artists, including Freddie Hubbard and The Brecker Brothers. His latest release on the Mack Avenue label is “Work to Do” with co-leader, bassist Rodney Whitaker.
12 – 19 October
Randall Haywood – Trumpet: Recently received his master of music degree in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School. At age 15, Haywood joined the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, becoming the youngest member in the prestigious organization. He also has shown his multi-talented skills by performing as a drummer with great artists such as jazz vocalist Nneena Freelon, saxophonist Bill Pierce and pianist/actor Johnnie Oneal.
Queen Mary 2 offers an array of accommodation combining classic Cunard touches with a stylish, refined elegance. The liner's legendary Queens Grill and Princess Grill Suites afford guests spacious five-star accommodation and dedicated single-seating dining in the famed Grills Restaurants, along with a private sun terrace and cocktail and concierge lounges. Guests sailing in Britannia category accommodation enjoy gourmet dining prepared by world-class chefs in the Britannia Restaurant, the liner's grand three-tier dining venue. As an added bonus, guests can experience the culinary creativity of celebrity chef Todd English in the first restaurant at sea bearing his name.
Nights are filled with themed Royal Balls and Galas, where guests can dance the night away to a live orchestra in the Queens Room, the largest ballroom at sea. Days are filled with such activities as perusing a vast selection of 8,000 books in the largest library at sea, enjoying traditional afternoon English tea or exploring the cosmos in the only planetarium at sea.
Queen Mary 2's Transatlantic Crossings reflect the pinnacle of civility in ocean travel and refinement. The only company offering regularly scheduled Transatlantic liner service, Cunard is sailing 21 crossings in 2010, singularly offering the New Golden Age of Ocean Travel through such unique Cunard experiences as Cunard Insights, the line's award-winning enrichment programme. The Crossings afford guests opportunities for leisurely pursuits, ranging from wellness in the first Canyon Ranch SpaClub at sea to wine tastings with a world-class sommelier.
This year marks the introduction of extended Crossing options. Now, in addition to classic six-day Crossings between New York and Southampton (UK), a seven-day option also is available.
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About Juilliard
The Juilliard School established this country's standard for education in the performing arts, beginning with music in 1905. In 1951, its Dance Division was established, with combined training in contemporary and ballet technique. Juilliard became part of Lincoln Center in 1968, and added a four-year drama program. A residence hall - the School's first - was completed in 1990, and in 2001, Juilliard broke new ground with the addition of its jazz program; a graduate program in Historical Performance begins in Fall 2009, the same year that Juilliard inaugurates its partnership with the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. As Juilliard commences its second century of excellence, it is expanding its facilities with a 39,000 square-foot addition, due for completion in 2009. Currently more than 800 young artists from 39 states (plus Washington, D.C.) and 46 foreign countries attend Juilliard. For more information, visit Juilliard's Web site at www.juilliard.edu.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Mayor Gavin Newsom Gives Cunard's Queen Victoria a Golden Gate Welcome during Maiden Call to San Francisco
27 January 2010 - Wrapping up her Expedition of the Americas segment, a part of her current world voyage, Cunard Line's Queen Victoria made her inaugural visit to San Francisco today. Welcoming her to this historic maritime port was the honourable Mayor Gavin Newsom, along with travel agents, media and local dignitaries - including the British Consul-General of San Francisco, Julian Evans. In addition, by official order of proclamation, Mayor Newsom declared today as "Cunard Queen Victoria Day" in San Francisco.
"The City is proud to welcome Queen Victoria to San Francisco's waterfront as we so warmly welcomed her sister ship, Queen Mary 2, in 2007. Her arrival creates work for our longshoremen and women and business for our hotels, restaurants and shops," said Mayor Newsom. "As part of our commitment to create jobs and economic vitality, the City is working diligently to renovate San Francisco's Pier 27 into an international cruise terminal. We invite Cunard and all the lines to return often to this world-renowned cruise destination," added Mayor Newsom.
"We are once again delighted by the warm welcome we received today, and it is with great pride that we now add San Francisco to the list of more than 150 different ports visited since Queen Victoria began service two years ago," said Captain Paul Wright, Master, Queen Victoria. "Our maiden call today marks Queen Victoria's third maiden call on this world voyage and our only U.S. maiden call of the eight in total on this around-the-world-journey," he added.
Also welcoming Queen Victoria to the City by the Bay was the CEO and President of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, Joe D'Alessandro; President of the San Francisco Port Commission, Rodney Fong; and the President and CEO of Nautilus International Holding Corporate (parent company of Metro Cruise Services), James Callahan.
Queen Victoria continues her third World Voyage upon departing San Francisco this evening at approximately 6:00pm, crossing the Pacific en route to her next port of call: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.
Queen Victoria will spend more time on the west coast in winter 2011, sailing her Americas voyages, when she will make two transits through the Panama Canal, two roundtrip voyages from Los Angeles to Hawaii, and her first short Getaway voyage to Mexico.
For more information about Cunard and to book a voyage aboard Queen Victoria or Queen Mary 2, consult your Travel Professional, call toll-free 1-800-7-CUNARD or go to www.cunard.com.
"The City is proud to welcome Queen Victoria to San Francisco's waterfront as we so warmly welcomed her sister ship, Queen Mary 2, in 2007. Her arrival creates work for our longshoremen and women and business for our hotels, restaurants and shops," said Mayor Newsom. "As part of our commitment to create jobs and economic vitality, the City is working diligently to renovate San Francisco's Pier 27 into an international cruise terminal. We invite Cunard and all the lines to return often to this world-renowned cruise destination," added Mayor Newsom.
"We are once again delighted by the warm welcome we received today, and it is with great pride that we now add San Francisco to the list of more than 150 different ports visited since Queen Victoria began service two years ago," said Captain Paul Wright, Master, Queen Victoria. "Our maiden call today marks Queen Victoria's third maiden call on this world voyage and our only U.S. maiden call of the eight in total on this around-the-world-journey," he added.
Also welcoming Queen Victoria to the City by the Bay was the CEO and President of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, Joe D'Alessandro; President of the San Francisco Port Commission, Rodney Fong; and the President and CEO of Nautilus International Holding Corporate (parent company of Metro Cruise Services), James Callahan.
Queen Victoria continues her third World Voyage upon departing San Francisco this evening at approximately 6:00pm, crossing the Pacific en route to her next port of call: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.
Queen Victoria will spend more time on the west coast in winter 2011, sailing her Americas voyages, when she will make two transits through the Panama Canal, two roundtrip voyages from Los Angeles to Hawaii, and her first short Getaway voyage to Mexico.
For more information about Cunard and to book a voyage aboard Queen Victoria or Queen Mary 2, consult your Travel Professional, call toll-free 1-800-7-CUNARD or go to www.cunard.com.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Cunard Queen Victoria transits the Panama Canal January 2010: an amazing video
An amazing video of the Queen Victoria as it transits the Panama canal on 20 january 2010
If video not running see it on YouTube: click here
Read the posting on the wearecunard blog that also has photos of the transit and comments: click here
If video not running see it on YouTube: click here
Read the posting on the wearecunard blog that also has photos of the transit and comments: click here
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Interview of Cunard President and Managing Director, Peter Shanks after the Float Out Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth
Alastair Greener interviews President and Managing Director, Peter Shanks after the Float Out Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth on 05 January 2010.
Visit his blog at http://www.wearecunard.com
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Float Out: amazing video of the event
Alastair Greener of Cunard shows us through the float out ceremony of Cunard's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth on 05 January 2010. Watch as the water from the Adriatic touches the hull for the first time ...
Click here to watch on YouTube if video not running above
Click here to watch on YouTube if video not running above
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Cunard Royal Rendezvous: Queen Mary 2 ~ Queen Victoria ~ Queen Elizabeth: 13 January 2011
Cunard Royal Rendezvous™
Queen Mary 2 ~ Queen Victoria ~ Queen Elizabeth
13 January 2011
New York Harbour
Save-the-Date for another history-making maritime event with The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World when they call on New York Harbour.
Exactly two years to the date - this will be the second time in Cunard's more than 170 year history that three regal Queens have called for a Royal Rendezvous in the same port as the first meeting of the Queens in 2008.
Festivities for the celebration are in planning and this web page will be updated with more detail later this year.
Viewing locations include:
Battery Park
On the southern shoreline of Manhattan, www.thebattery.org
Map link: http://www.bpcparks.org/bpcp/map/map.php
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
Overlooking the Hudson River with great views of the Statue of Liberty
Just south of the Museum of Jewish Heritage
By subway: 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, or N or R to Whitehall
The Esplanade
Running the entire length of Battery Park City, along the Hudson River from Stuyvesant High School, on the north end all the way south to Battery Park
Hudson River Park
550-acre Park extending for five miles along the Manhattan shoreline from Battery Place to West 59th Street
SCHEDULE - Arrival and departure schedule to be confirmed.
Bookmark http://www.cunard.com/rendezvous/ to check back for the most current information on the day's events.
Queen Mary 2 ~ Queen Victoria ~ Queen Elizabeth
13 January 2011
New York Harbour
Save-the-Date for another history-making maritime event with The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World when they call on New York Harbour.
Exactly two years to the date - this will be the second time in Cunard's more than 170 year history that three regal Queens have called for a Royal Rendezvous in the same port as the first meeting of the Queens in 2008.
Festivities for the celebration are in planning and this web page will be updated with more detail later this year.
Viewing locations include:
Battery Park
On the southern shoreline of Manhattan, www.thebattery.org
Map link: http://www.bpcparks.org/bpcp/map/map.php
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
Overlooking the Hudson River with great views of the Statue of Liberty
Just south of the Museum of Jewish Heritage
By subway: 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, or N or R to Whitehall
The Esplanade
Running the entire length of Battery Park City, along the Hudson River from Stuyvesant High School, on the north end all the way south to Battery Park
Hudson River Park
550-acre Park extending for five miles along the Manhattan shoreline from Battery Place to West 59th Street
SCHEDULE - Arrival and departure schedule to be confirmed.
Bookmark http://www.cunard.com/rendezvous/ to check back for the most current information on the day's events.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
More offers: Complimentary Upgrade to a Balcony Stateroom
This email received today:
Complimentary Upgrade to a Balcony Stateroom
Fares from just £549 per person
Could you imagine a better way to banish these winter blues than booking a luxurious balcony stateroom on the world's grandest ocean liner, Queen Mary 2?
Look forward to joining Queen Mary 2 on 28 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 4 night voyage to Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Normandy (from Cherbourg) before arriving back in Southampton on 1 June 2010.
When you book an inside or oceanview stateroom on this special promotion you will receive a complimentary upgrade to a premium or deluxe balcony stateroom.
Book now as this offer expires on 28 February 2010
M008 Summer Getaway
Book Inside Stateroom Grade Receive Balcony Stateroom Grade
Alternatively you may prefer to take advantage of this special complimentary upgrade offer on Queen Victoria on her 5 night V007 Spring Getaway voyage departing Southampton on 26 May 2010? For more details please click here.
Complimentary Upgrade to a Balcony Stateroom
Fares from just £549 per person
Could you imagine a better way to banish these winter blues than booking a luxurious balcony stateroom on the world's grandest ocean liner, Queen Mary 2?
Look forward to joining Queen Mary 2 on 28 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 4 night voyage to Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Normandy (from Cherbourg) before arriving back in Southampton on 1 June 2010.
When you book an inside or oceanview stateroom on this special promotion you will receive a complimentary upgrade to a premium or deluxe balcony stateroom.
Book now as this offer expires on 28 February 2010
M008 Summer Getaway
Book Inside Stateroom Grade Receive Balcony Stateroom Grade
Alternatively you may prefer to take advantage of this special complimentary upgrade offer on Queen Victoria on her 5 night V007 Spring Getaway voyage departing Southampton on 26 May 2010? For more details please click here.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
GOOD OFFERS ON CUNARD SHORT CRUISES IN GRILLS NOW!
Got an email today with offers in Grill class on Cinatd short cruises from the UK
This is what it said:
Cunard Grills experience has long been the byword for luxurious travel and what better way to banish the weather woes than by treating yourself to a voyage on Queen Mary 2 or Queen Victoria?
With special guarantee fares on Queen Mary 2's Summer Getaway voyage and Queen Victoria's Spring Getaway voyage these fares guarantee you a minimum of the stateroom grade booked and you may be upgraded to a higher category, subject to availability.
Book now as this offer expires on 28 February 2010
M008 Summer Getaway
Look forward to joining Queen Mary 2 on 28 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 4 night voyage to Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Normandy (from Cherbourg) before arriving back in Southampton on 1 June 2010.
Grills Grade
Guarantee Fare:
Q6 £1,399
Q7 £1,399
P3 £1,199
V007 Spring Getaway
Look forward to joining Queen Victoria on 26 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 5 night voyage to Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Paris (from Le Havre) before arriving back in Southampton on 31 May 2010.
Grills Grade
Guarantee Fare
Q6 £1,499
P4 £1,199
Visit the site for more: http://www.cunard.co.uk or 08450710300
We are going to book the May one!!
This is what it said:
Cunard Grills experience has long been the byword for luxurious travel and what better way to banish the weather woes than by treating yourself to a voyage on Queen Mary 2 or Queen Victoria?
With special guarantee fares on Queen Mary 2's Summer Getaway voyage and Queen Victoria's Spring Getaway voyage these fares guarantee you a minimum of the stateroom grade booked and you may be upgraded to a higher category, subject to availability.
Book now as this offer expires on 28 February 2010
M008 Summer Getaway
Look forward to joining Queen Mary 2 on 28 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 4 night voyage to Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Normandy (from Cherbourg) before arriving back in Southampton on 1 June 2010.
Grills Grade
Guarantee Fare:
Q6 £1,399
Q7 £1,399
P3 £1,199
V007 Spring Getaway
Look forward to joining Queen Victoria on 26 May 2010 when she departs Southampton on a 5 night voyage to Amsterdam (from Rotterdam), Bruges or Brussels (from Zeebrugge), Paris (from Le Havre) before arriving back in Southampton on 31 May 2010.
Grills Grade
Guarantee Fare
Q6 £1,499
P4 £1,199
Visit the site for more: http://www.cunard.co.uk or 08450710300
We are going to book the May one!!
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Queen Victoria cruise ship faces U.S. ban after vomiting bug outbreak
this on: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241820/Queen-Victoria-cruise-ship-faces-U-S-ban-vomiting-bug-outbreak.html#
Thousands of passengers travelling on a British cruise ship could be refused entry into the U.S. after an outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
The Queen Victoria will not be allowed to dock if the virus reaches an epidemic rate, where 15 per cent of those onboard are affected, authorities warn.
So far, 30 people have been confined to their cabins.
The captain of the Queen Victoria cruise ship has ordered a major cleaning operation after an outbreak of a vomiting bug
The ship's captain has ordered a major cleaning operation of handrails, dining rooms and other public areas in a bid to protect the remaining 2,000 or so passengers and crew.The 90,000-tonne ship, the second largest ever built by Cunard, is due to arrive at New York on Tuesday before travelling to the Caribbean for a two-week tour. It left Southampton on Monday.
A spokesman for New York's City Economic Development Corporation, which is in charge of passenger arrivals, said it was monitoring the situation. One passenger said: 'It's actually very worrying here at the moment. We've saved up a lot of money for this cruise and now we're scared to leave our cabins in case we come down with the illness.
'When the message came around that we might not be able to dock in New York our hearts sank as my wife and I have never been there and that was going to be the highlight of the trip. 'We're keen dancers, but we haven't even done that yet as that's the place where you're most likely to catch it.'
The Queen Victoria is the second largest ship ever built by Cunard and weighs 90,000 tonnes. It has seven restaurants, 13 bars, three swimming pools, a ballroom and a theatre.A spokesman for Cunard Line said: 'We can confirm that there have been a small number of reported cases of viral gastroenteritis among the passengers and crew on board Queen Victoria during her current transatlantic crossing to New York.'The clinical symptoms are consistent with Norovirus, a mild but very common and highly contagious gastrointestinal virus, which is easily passed from person to person and this has been confirmed by sample analysis.'
It is the latest luxury cruise liner to by sickness in a matter of weeks.A total of 519 passengers fell ill with norovirus during three cruises on the Boudicca, despite its owners insisting the ship was free from the virus.Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said the vessel had been deep-cleaned twice following the outbreaks, but the virus has also returned to plague passengers at least twice..
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