Rehearsals with Eph Ehly – very pleased! He’s an amazing conductor and encourager, and the chorus loved him. I personally very much appreciated his openness to involving me in the concert, as well. And because we had him for ourselves for these rehearsals, we will take back a lot of helpful ideas that our choir will be able to use!

Festival performance in Minoritenkirche – great! Helmut had done a fantastic job of advertising, so that there was a full and appreciative house! It was a highlight experience.

Recital for the Salzburg Mayor’s rep – good, and fun to be involved in that place. They treated us so well (we were the first Canadian group they had welcomed!), with presents and reception!

Morning Mass at the Salzburg Dom - good. We all felt good about singing in this historical place. A very different sound than the other places (such a large space to fill, and lots of reverb!). The rehearsal hall was wonderful!

Concert in the Pfarrkirche Azrl – this was possibly the best singing experience of the trip. Again, the arrangements had been great. We had a full and appreciative house, the sound in that church was great, and the reception in the yard following the performance (with their choir singing, and us joining together in a song!) was a memory that will stick with us a long time!

I feel that we saw a lot of Austria, and got the highlights of the musical area in. We all fell in love with Austria!

Go here to visit the choir’s tour blog.

Dr. Joy Berg, Director
Concordia Community Chorus