Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D
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Romantic Scotland

 In the Footsteps of Felix Mendelssohn and the Romantics
​From Edinburgh to Iona

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September 22- October 2,  2020
From Edinburgh to Iona Abbey

A magical  journey through Scotland, tracing  the enchanting path that awakened Felix Mendelssohn's  musical imagination.  In partnership with Carpenter Holidays, of Great Britain , we'll follow  Mendelssohn's footstep through haunting  Holyrood Palace, home of  the doomed Mary Queen of Scots. It was here in the misty ruins of the chapel that the seeds of the "Scottish" Symphony N0.  3  in A Minor were sown.

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After concerts in abbeys and a walking tour of the charming old town of Edinburgh, we'll journey to the countryside to see the stunning colors of fall and the steam train made famous as the "Hogwarts Express" in the Harry Potter movies. We'll feel the powerful sense of mystery  that Mendelssohn experienced in the mystical islands of  Scotland that inspired him to pen the great "Hebrides"Overture.  We will travel to Mull,  Iona and Lindisfarne, places of great spiritual history and stunning natural beauty. Along the way there will be lecture-performances by Kayleen Asbo and Stephen  Carpenter and guest musicians and bards.
Click here for the full itinerary and costs and to apply


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Our host,and trip director Stephen Carpenter, spent  his career in orchestra management, starting in Scotland in the early 1980s with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and later the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In  1988 he moved  to  London to take on the role of  Chief Executive first of the City of London Sinfonia and then the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . His  passion for Felix Mendelssohn led him to begin researching  Mendelssohn's  experiences in Great Britain.  Now in addition to serving as the orchestral manager for  Chineke, a pioneering and award winning youth orchestra  in London dedicated to multicultural diversity and social change, Stephen directs  his  own cultural tour company. Carpenter Holidays  including planning and leading "Mendelssohn in Scotland" which follow exactly in Mendelssohn's footsteps nearly 200 years after his visit in 1829. Read more at www.carpenterholidays.com, ​

​Mythica was delighted to begin our partnership with Stephen for our first musical journey in the fall of 2019, and we are  eagerly anticipating future collaborations to Austria ( June, 2020(, England (Spring 2021)  and Italy (Fall, 2021)

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Contact Kayleen Asbo: mythicamuse@gmail.com
  • Home
  • Pilgrimages/ Retreats
    • The Blessing Thread 1: Mary Magdalene and the Contemplative Tradition: Provence
    • Pilgrimage 2: Wales and Ireland >
      • Beginning Your Pilgrimage
      • Morning Circle
      • Schedule and Links
      • Celtic Knots and Brigid's Cross
      • Doll Making with Polly Paton Brown
      • Celtic Legends with Justin Coutts
      • Brigid's Blessing Hand Instructions
      • Recipes
    • Claiming Our Light Retreat
    • Mystical Scotland
    • From Grief to Garden: Holy Week with Mary Magdalene
  • Heroines
    • Ariadne's Thread
    • The Map of the Heroine's Path
    • The Art of Lamentation: Isis and Nepthys
  • Classes
    • Anchored in the Heart >
      • Week One: Drinking From the Well of Virtue
      • Week Two
      • Week Three
      • Week Four: Images and Visions
      • Week 6: Time and Seasons
    • Dante Retreat >
      • Welcome letter
      • Session One: Love, Loss and Longing
      • Session Two: Hot Sins
      • Session Three: Where Our Hearts Grow Cold
      • Session Four: Arriving on the Shores of Humility
      • Session Five: Returning to Innocence
    • 22 Days of Magdalene
    • The Mystic Path and Poetry of T.S. Eliot >
      • Week One: Prophet of Despair
      • Week Two: Beethoven, Dante and Eliot
      • Burnt Norton
      • East Coker
      • Dry Salvages
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • About