Homewood-Flossmoor Master Singers Return from Europe
The Homewood-Flossmoor Master Singers, under the direction of Mike Rugen, recently returned from a successful concert tour to northern Italy, Switzerland & Austria, performing as part of the American Celebration of Music in Austria concert series. The Master Singers were warmly received at each performance (six in all) by large, appreciative audiences. The Singers had the opportunity to sing in some beautiful spaces of historical (and musical) significance. They were able to perform in Milan’s Duomo, Salzburg’s Dom, Vienna’s St. Stephan’s Cathedral, and Vienna’s Karlskirche.
One of the highlights on the tour was being hosted for dinner in a true Viennese apartment, the home of Dr. Jutta Unkart-Seifert, an accomplished Viennese Opera Singer. Dr. Unkart-Seifert does this regularly for MCI groups visiting Vienna as a fundraiser for the many charities she is involved with throughout eastern Europe.
