Musiksommer: Chanticleer

"Our American Journey"

The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is known 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 Direction

Admission: € 44.00 - Half-price pass does not apply!
Tickets available at the Vitalwelt Tourist Information office in Bad Schallerbach 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at  or Ö-Ticket.
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Chanticleer
Globally known for its versatile repertoire and virtuosity, the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer – under the direction of Musical Director Tim Keeler – captivates audiences with exceptional vocal precision, tonal purity, and stylistic expressiveness. The Boston Globe praised Chanticleer as “breathtaking in intonation, sound balance, richness of colors, and stylistic sovereignty.” Founded in 1978 in San Francisco by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly established itself as one of the world's most productive touring and recording ensembles. Dubbed the “orchestra of voices,” the ensemble has performed thousands of live concerts and sold over a million recordings.

Chanticleer has its roots in Renaissance music, but today its repertoire also includes classical works, gospel, jazz, and popular music. A special highlight is the program A Chanticleer Christmas, which the ensemble takes on tour every December. In the fall of 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 its 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, longtime singer and music director of the ensemble, received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his outstanding work in 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 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 pays homage to 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 newly commissioned work by composer Trevor Weston that 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 like “Calling My Children Home” and “Shenandoah,” as well as arrangements of modern American music classics like Queen's “Somebody to Love” and “Home” from The Wiz.

“The ovations after each song reached tsunami waves [...]. Because vocally, each of the twelve (individual) jurors works as a soloist and as part of the ensemble like a piece of a clockwork. The intonation is perfect, free of murkiness, the dynamic range, the palette of emotional expression seems endless and varies anew in its nuances.” — Die Rheinpfalz

“They can do anything, these ‘roosters’ after whom Chanticleer is named. But they do not crow like vain cocks; they are proud singing roosters with particular vocal virtues: a cultivated and balanced overall sound, precise, unmatched in homogeneity across all voice parts, transparent in vocal guidance, and exceptional in dynamic gradations.” — Markgräfler Tagblatt

General Info
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* Entry starts about 45 minutes before the beginning.
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Promenade 2, 4701 Bad Schallerbach
+43 7249 420 710
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 9:00 - 12:00
(excluding holidays)

Discounts
Half-price pass
Especially for regular audiences from the region, valid year-round. For just € 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 Seniors Association and OÖ Pensioners Association
€ 2.00 discount on many events.

Vitalwelt Guest Card
50% discount in advance sale only with personal notification in the Vitalwelt office.

Ö1 Club
10% discount

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

For students of the Upper Austria Regional Music School under 18, the fixed price of € 5.00 applies upon mentioning the music school and teacher.