Bella Is On The Bus To Rochester

Expected arrival time in Rochester is 1:30 AM.

Music From Italy: I Got Rhythm

"I Got Rhythm" by Bella Voce Choir

Bella's bringing the rhythm with this favorite from George & Ira Gershwin.

Recorded during Bella's performance at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, a basilica in Rome, June 2012.

Music From Italy: Two Strings, But One Voice

"Two Strings, But One Voice (O Sweetest Of Songs)" by Bella Voce Choir

Recorded during Bella's performance at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, a basilica in Rome, June 2012.

This piece, by Z. Randall Stroope, was commissioned in 2012 by George Malkasian for Bella Voce and is dedicated to Mary Ellen Malkasian, Bella's "Pianist Emeritus". The text is by Ranier Maria Rilke.

Back Home USA - June 27, 2012

Back in the USA! We landed safely in Chicago and are settling in for our epic layover, getting reacquainted with McD's for fun and for Mark & Shelly's wedding anniversary dinner. Speaking of places for dinner, Bella Mamma Kathy found the only public outlet near our gate - yeah, in the bathroom!

Music From Italy: A Pentatonic Alleluia

A Pentatonic Alleluia by Bella Voce Choir

Recorded during Bella's performance at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, a basilica in Rome.


A Pentatonic Alleluia is by Ross Whitney

Bella is in the air on the way home

Bella's flight departed Rome at 11:54 local time this morning -- 4:54 AM Rochester time.

They are scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 3:28 this afternoon and they have a seven hour layover before their flight to Minneapolis.

Arrevederci Roma - June 27, 2012