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The Program
The Vienna Boys’ Choir returns to Walla Walla with Strauss For Ever, a program celebrating the music of the Strauss family. Known for waltzes and polkas, this music has long been part of the choir’s tradition and gives the singers a chance to show their energy, precision, and charm.
The program includes songs filled with sailors, ghosts, bandits, and even hamsters. It’s playful, lively music meant to be enjoyed by listeners of all ages, with a mix of humor, story, and classic Viennese style.
This concert features Vienna Boys’ Choir only, without Walla Walla Symphony musicians.
What Makes This Concert Interesting
Boys’ choirs have been singing at Vienna’s Imperial Chapel since the 13th century. Today, the Vienna Boys’ Choir still carries on that tradition, both in Vienna and on concert stages around the world.
Wine Sponsor
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Good to Know
Doors open at 6 PM
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This concert has reserved seating. You’ll choose your seats when you purchase tickets.
Wine, sweet treats, and non-alcoholic drinks will be available before the concert and during intermission. All proceeds support the Walla Walla Symphony.
Listen Ahead
Want to get familiar with the music before the concert? Start with this YouTube playlist.
This playlist offers a sample of the Vienna Boys’ Choir’s music. The exact concert program will be announced closer to the performance.
About the Guest Artist
VIENNA BOYS’ CHOIR
Credit: Lukas Beck
The Vienna Boys’ Choir, renowned as one of the finest vocal ensembles in the world for over five centuries, is a frequent visitor to North America, performing throughout the country in everything from houses of worship to great concert venues like New York’s Carnegie Hall and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. The enormously popular chorus is actually comprised of four separate ensembles of boys between the ages of 10 and 14, totaling 100 choristers at the Vienna Boys’ Choir school at any given time. The four choirs are of equal standing, and the group’s tours, concerts in Vienna and audio and video recording projects are shared among them. Each choir has a choirmaster and two tutors who travel with the boys. Approximately eleven weeks of the school year are devoted to touring, and each choir member sings about 80 concerts a year. Many of the boys have siblings, fathers, uncles and even grandfathers who have also been members of the choir.
The Vienna Boys’ Choir can trace its history as far back as the 13th century but it was formally established at Vienna's Imperial Chapel in 1498 by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. The many incarnations of the group have been performing continuously ever since. The modern Vienna Boys’ Choir represents quite a departure from the composition of the original medieval choir of six boys. Today's Vienna Boys’ Choir is comprised of talented young singers from all over the world who are admitted by audition. The choir visiting the U.S. has included boys hailing from Austria, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Slovakia and the U.S.