International Choral Festival spreads global goodwill in Missoula
The eighth International Choral Festival, July 15-18, brings 13 world-class choirs to the Garden City for four days of outstanding concerts, cultural exchange and global goodwill.
Since 1987 hundreds of volunteers, host families and contributors have joined together making the triennial Choral Festival a unique Montana tradition. Since its beginning, the festival has brought 5,200 singers from 40 countries to make music and memories in Montana.
Choirs from Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan have been invited to participate. They’ll join choirs from California, Colorado, Michigan and Montana in offering 20 public concerts.
A sampling includes the Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia, KammerChor Saarbrecken of Germany, Coral Divertimento Mexico and Koritsia of Sweden.
“With the diverse line-up of outstanding choirs, our audiences are in for a real treat in July,” says executive director Carol Stovall.
Singers perform from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Out to Lunch in Caras Park; and 2-4 p.m. and… Read more
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