Music Summer: Chanticleer

"Our American Journey"

The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is renowned worldwide for its homogeneous sound, versatile repertoire, and stunning virtuosity, and has been described by The New Yorker as “the world’s leading male choir.”

Vocal; World Music

Tavian Cox: Countertenor
Luke Elmer: Countertenor
Cortez Mitchell: Countertenor
Bradley Sharp: Countertenor
Logan Shields: Countertenor
Adam Brett Ward: Countertenor
Vineel Garisa Mahal: Tenor
Matthew Mazzola: Tenor
Andrew Van Allsburg: Tenor
Andy Berry: Baritone & Bass
Jared Graveley: Baritone & Bass
Matthew Knickman: Baritone & Bass
Tim Keeler: Musical Director

Admission: € 44.00 - Half-price pass not valid!
Tickets available at the Vitalwelt Tourist Information Office in Bad Schallerbach 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at or Ö-Ticket.
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Chanticleer
Known worldwide for its versatile repertoire and virtuosity, the Grammy-awarded vocal ensemble Chanticleer – under the direction of Music Director Tim Keeler – captivates with exceptional vocal precision, tonal purity, and stylistic expressiveness. The Boston Globe praised Chanticleer as “breathtaking in intonation, sound balance, richness of color, and stylistic sovereignty.” Founded in 1978 in San Francisco by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly established itself as one of the most productive touring and recording ensembles in the world. As the “orchestra of voices,” the ensemble has given thousands of live concerts and sold over a million recordings. While Chanticleer has its roots in Renaissance music, its repertoire today also includes classical works, gospel, jazz, and popular music. A special highlight is the program A Chanticleer Christmas, with which the ensemble tours every December. In autumn 2025, the new Christmas album Joy to the World will be released. With a strong commitment to new compositions and arrangements, Chanticleer regularly highlights American repertoire and a distinctly American sound – a reflection of the ensemble's stylistic and personal diversity. Many of the numerous recordings document these commissioned works and have received prestigious awards – including two Grammy Awards for Sir John Tavener’s Lamentations & Praises and the collection Colors of Love. The album Our American Journey was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2025. Chanticleer has received the Dale Warland Commission Award and the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Joseph H. Jennings, long-time singer and music director of the ensemble, received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his outstanding work in the African American choral heritage. Named after the “clear-singing” rooster from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer was named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008 and was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. The ensemble’s award-winning education programs – honored with the Chorus America Education Outreach Award – have reached tens of thousands of students since their inception.

Our American Journey
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, Chanticleer honors the diverse voices, melodies, harmonies, and rhythms of our shared musical heritage. The ensemble explores how these musical traditions have influenced one another and what significance and impact they continue to have today. The centerpiece of the program is a specially commissioned work by composer Trevor Weston, which illuminates the connection between traditional American hymn music and African American spirituals. The additional repertoire traces the development of American choral music, from black gospel quartets and shape-note singing to barbershop quartets and vocal jazz. It is complemented by arrangements of traditional bluegrass melodies and popular folk songs such as “Calling My Children Home” and “Shenandoah,” as well as arrangements of modern classics of American music like “Somebody to Love” by Queen and “Home” from The Wiz. “The applause after each song reached tsunami waves at times […]. For vocally, each of the twelve (individual) jurors functions as a soloist as well as part of the ensemble, like a part of a clockwork. The intonation is perfect, free of murkiness, the dynamic range, the palette of emotional expression seems infinite and varies anew in its nuances.” — Die Rheinpfalz “They can do everything, these ‘roosters’ after which Chanticleer is named. But they do not crow like vain cocks; rather, they are proud singing roosters with special vocal virtues: a cultivated and balanced overall sound, precise, unmatched in homogeneity across all voice parts, transparent in vocal leadership, and extraordinary in the gradations of dynamics.” — Markgräfler Tagblatt

General Info
* The box office opens 90 minutes before the event begins.
* Entry starts about 45 minutes before the start.
* NEW: Reserved seating via oeticket

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Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(excluding holidays)

Discounts
Half-price Pass
Especially for regular audiences from the region, valid year-round. For only € 35.00, you can purchase your personal half-price pass for 2025, which is valid for many events! Excluded are events with agency involvement as well as concerts that would otherwise not be economically feasible.

OÖN-Card
15% discount

OÖ Senior Citizens Association and OÖ Pensioners Association
€ 2.00 discount on many events.

Vitalwelt Guest Card
50% discount in advance sales only with personal registration at the Vitalwelt office.

Ö1 Club
10% discount

Others
50% discount for children, youth, students, and people with disabilities.

For students of the Oö. Landesmusikschulwerk under 18 years, a flat rate of € 5.00 applies when mentioning the music school and teacher.