The fabled birthplace of Aphrodite, mountainous Cyprus floating in the Mediterranean retains much of the natural beauty that has drawn in the Greeks, Romans, Venetians and Turks over millennia.
Classical Movements started traveling to the Middle East and Mediterranean in 1994, first with its brochure program under Blue Heart Tours. It has organized 50 different trips with individualized itineraries in recent years for the Collegiate Chorale, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Alumni Chorus, George Washington University, Yale Glee Club and the Yale Institute of Music (among others). Classical Movements also works closely with Middle Eastern musicians: in 2003, it arranged the historical tour of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra to the United States.