Baltic 2011

Baltic 2011

The Story

After auditioning in Fall 2010, our 23 AYS Youth Chorale members were chosen for THE BALTIC 2011 Tour Team. In addition to regular weekly rehearsals and an intense 35th Anniversary performance season, the Youth Chorale Tour Choir also worked hard in monthly all-day rehearsals, performed additional AYS engagements (including an invitation to sing in the 125th Anniversary Choir for The Coca-Cola Company!) and raised hard-earned money for their trip.

ATLANTA YOUNG SINGERS has toured in 20 countries over the last 35 years, but this is the first time we have traveled to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Sweden! We are proud to be the only American choir at the Europa Cantat junior 6 festival for 900 singers 8-18 years old, and will participate in an atelier studying the Reekviem of living Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek with conductor Tanu  As we visit the land of White Nights –the sun goes down (somewhat) at 11PM and comes up around 3AM  – we bring the music of Georgia, living American composers, and countries all over the world to breathtaking Scandinavia.