Afternoon: You may check-in at the front desk of the hotel anytime after 4:00 pm. Additionally, there will be a Road Scholar sign-in desk in the lobby where you can pick-up final program materials between 4:00 pm. and 4:30 pm. Group orientation begins at 4:30 pm. Please look for the hotel message board inside the elevator where you will find the name of the meeting room where the group will gather. Generally there is not an evening activity on the arrival day however, in some instances, due to a speaker's schedule or a performance, we may have an evening program. Your final information packet which is sent approximately 4 weeks prior to the program start date will advise you if activities are scheduled this evening.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel

Lodging: Doubletree Hotel

Meals Included: Dinner

Music and Art lectures- Evening student recital at The Curtis Institute of Music

Note: Low impact on walking

Breakfast: Served in the hotel restaurant

Morning: A noted Philadelphia musicologist will lecture on popular topic relating to the music week's performance

Lunch: Lunch will be at the hotel or at a local eatery close to the hotel

Afternoon: Attend an art lecture on the collections of The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Dinner: Dinner out a a local popular restaurant

Evening: Attend the Curtis Institute of Music student recital at The Curtis Mansion on Rittenhouse Square. The Curtis Institute of Music has graduated such outstanding performers such as Lang Lang, Sarah Chang, Anna Moffo and many more.

Lodging: Doubletree Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Music lecture in the morning/Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum/Dinner/Evening Activity

Breakfast: Served in the hotel restaurant

Morning: Musicologist will lecture on "Opera Is Hot"

Lunch: lunch at hotel

Afternoon: Art lecture on the collections of The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Dinner: After dinner, we will attend the Philadelphia orchestra concert conducted by Eschenbach with violinist Leonidas Kavakos playing Bartok.

Evening: Free evening

Lodging: Doubletree Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The Rodin Museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art/Free Afternoon and evening/dinner on own

Breakfast: Served in the hotel restaurant

Morning: This morning enjoy a music lecture presented by one of the cellists of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Then visit the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Depending on your interest in the museum, your free afternoon should begin about 2:30 pm

Lunch: This meal is not included in the program so that you may enjoy your choice of a local restaurant

Afternoon: Free afternoon

Dinner: An opportunity to dine out or to meet with friends.

Evening: The current schedule has this evening free. It is important to note that this could change based on the music performance schedule. Please review final schedule upon arrival.

Lodging: Doubletree Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Note: Moderate- wheel chairs available at the Barnes

Breakfast: Served in the hotel restaurant

Morning: Join us for an interesting lecture to discuss architecture followed by stroll along the Avenue of the Arts (Broad Street) to study the architectural periods of the noted landmarks on the avenue. Enjoy an organ recital at noon at the John Wanamaker store (now Macy's'). The Wanamaker organ is the largest working pipe organ in the world. The distance walked is 4 tenths of a mile.

Lunch: lunch out

Afternoon: Visit the Barnes Foundation at its highly acclaimed new Philadelphia location on the Benjamin Parkway. Our reservation is for 1:00 PM

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel or at a local restaurant

Evening: Attend a concert at The Kimmel Center. This is an outstanding program with violinist Joshua Bell. The program will highlight Bernstein and Brahms. We will attend a pre-concert lecture at the Kimmel

Lodging: Doubletree Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: At hotel. Check-out is 12 Noon. Bags can be stored with the concierge.

Morning: Morning lecture at 9:30 - 11:00.

Morning: Check-out is 12 Noon. Bags can be stored with the concierge.

Lunch: In Hotel

Afternoon: Program ends after lunch

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch