HHYC Tour to Austria

June 22-29, 2024

This June, 49 intrepid young singers from our H+H Youth Choruses will have the adventure of a lifetime - a tour of Vienna and Salzburg, learning about music in one of the world's historical centers of Western classical music. All of these singers will perform in incredible venues for local audiences, they'll collaborate with local performing ensembles, and will walk in the footsteps of some of music's greatest voices.

Thank you

We extend our heartfelt thanks to those donors and in-kind supporters who helped to make this incredible adventure possible.

Curtis L. Barnes
Mark C. Brockmeier & Kathleen Silva
Sarah Cummer
Martin & Kathleen Jewell Fogle in memory of Jean Anne Jewell
Dr. Douglas Horst & Ms. Maureen Phillips
Karen Secunda Levy
Timothy & Deborah Moore
Diane N. Palmer
Dana & Carolyn Pope
Emily F. Schabacker
United Parish, Brookline
Kathleen & Walter Weld
Two Anonymous Donors

About the Singers

  • 49 HHYC singers
  • Representing 38 different zip codes
  • Most on their first international tour with HHYC
  • 9th graders to 1st year HHYC alumni

H+H Tour Leaders

  • Alyson Greer Espinosa, conductor
  • Andrew Milne, assistant conductor
  • Pei-yeh Tsai, pianist
  • Emily Reed, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
  • JongHun Kim, Associate Director of Learning

Performance Highlights

  • June 15 at 10:00am: Bon Voyage Concert in Brookline
  • June 24: Masterclass with Andrea Fournier, the choir master of Salzburg Cathedral
  • June 25 at 4:00pm: Performance at Salzburg Cathedral
  • June 26 at 1:30pm: Performance at Melk Abbey
  • June 27 at 10:00am: Collaborative concert with the Hegelgasse School choir at St. Elisabeth Church, Vienna
  • June 27 at 7:00pm: Performance at Capuchin Church in Vienna
  • June 28 at 12:10pm: Performance at Esterházy Palace

What will the singers see?

  • Salzburg's Mozartplatz
  • Mozart's birthplace
  • The Sound of Music Churchyard
  • Vienna's Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), where Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Salieri, Gluck, and other famous composers are buried
  • The Esterházy Palace (where Haydn rose to fame), including the Haydnsaal performance space, and the Haydn mausoleum at the Haydnkirche
  • The architectural and historical wonders of Vienna and Salzburg

What will the singers sing?

Works + Texts     Program Notes