More thoughts from the bus

In Bad Schönau / Austria, we enjoyed a discussion with the Head of Cultural Department and Deputy Mayor of the community, who told us that there is a fierce competition between choirs and chorals from Europe and overseas to get a chance to sing in Bad Schönau, and everyone wanted to come back. – We know why!
Ro, alto

Schola choir and soloists are sounding very beautiful and our audiences are loving it.
Bob – Schola Roadie

I got to scat in our encore performance of Blue Skies. The choir sounds very cool and the audience was great, clapping along, and laughing in just those private moments that are known in the music by Jazz listeners.

Sherry Kosinski, soprano

Was happy and proud to bring our American music to a part of the world that has such a rich musical history. Our audiences were terrific…appreciative and kind-hearted. Looking forward to our next performance., after a bit of rest.

Don Strangfeld, bass

There have been so many memorable moments on this tour. The most memorable for me actually came from our tour guide. We had gone to dinner at a restaurant located at the top of a mountain. We passed some picturesque vineyards along the way. The restaurant itself was quaint and there was an accordion player there to entertain us. We sang along to some of the songs and several choir members even danced. We finally left and boarded our tour bus for the drive back to the hotel. That’s when the tour guide surprised us with a lullaby. His voice was dark yet resonant and his Czech pronunciation was authentic as that was his first language. The melody was plaintive and the countryside darkness seemed to envelope us. It was so surreal. Time seemed to come to a stand still. Of course, later I would come to learn that he was a classically trained singer, which explained why he had such a lovely legato.

Lazarita Perez