Wednesday, December 9, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Transfiguration choir
sings in Vienna
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By Jim Cornelius, News Editor
The Germanic countries do Christmas like
nobody else. It would be hard to envision a
more immersive Christmas experience than a
visit to Vienna at the beginning of advent.
That’s the once-in-a-lifetime adven-
ture shared by the Transfiguration Choir,
based out of Sisters Episcopal Church of
the Transfiguration. Sixteen singers from
the choir returned last week from a pres-
tige gig at the Vienna Advent Festival. The
Transfiguration Choir was among dozens of
vocal ensembles from around the world that
participated in the event, staged at venues all
across the historic city.
The choir was honored with a position
among the choirs performing on the festi-
val’s opening night at Vienna’s palatial city
hall. It was a wonderful experience, despite
challenges.
“Acoustically it was challenging,” said
choir director Stephanie King. “It’s so big, the
sound kind of gets lost in there.”
Overcoming challenges was part of the
experience for the singers. In one perfor-
mance, they had to deviate from their pre-
pared repertoire on the fly, because the previ-
ously performing choir had just done one of
their planned songs. Like a quarterback call-
ing an audible, King made the adjustment and
the choir lifted their voices in song.
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Transfiguration Choir singing before the Schonbrunn
Palace in Vienna, Austria.
One of their performances was in front of
Schonbrunn Palace, a royal Hapsburg summer
home. One of Europe’s famed Christmas mar-
kets was going on in the shadow of the palace,
and the choir’s performance was mic’d and
broadcast across the market for thousands to
hear.
Speaking of Christmas markets, the choir
made a side trip to Nuremburg, Germany,
where one of the oldest and largest Christmas
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