BY LAUREN ROTHERING
Arts & Entertainment Editor
The Vienna Boys Choir will perform Nov. 8 at the Chapel of Saint Mary of the Angels on the Saint Teresa campus as a special event of the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
The Vienna Boys Choir has been in existence for more than 500 years and is considered one of the world’s best boys
choirs. The choir is divided into four subgroups. Each group is named after a famous Austrian composer: Brucknerchor, Haydnchor, Mozartchor and Schubertchor. The choirs still perform many pieces by these composers. The sub-groups share the touring, appearances in Vienna and vocal recording equally. Each choir has a choirmaster and two tutors who travel with the boys.
The sub-group Brucknerchor will be performing in Winona. Directed by choirmaster Manolo Cagnin, the boys have an average age of 11, making them the youngest of the four choirs. Brucknerchor spent the month of September filming and will be touring in the United States until December.
Although the choir is based in Vienna, its members come from several countries, including Germany, France, Hungary and
the United States. Overall, there are about 100 boys in the choir ranging in age from 10 to 14 years old, who perform
300 concerts a year. Tickets for the show are sold out. For more information, contact Ned Kirk, artistic and managing director for the Minnesota Beethoven Festival, at nkirk@smumn.edu.
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