Choir of the Philharmonie Salzburg

The Salzburg Philharmonic Choir was founded in 2018 by Elisabeth Fuchs as a participatory music education project and has now become a fixture in the Salzburg music scene.

Together with the Salzburg Philharmonic, the choir regularly performs in a large ensemble of up to 200 singers, and also as a chamber choir in a smaller ensemble of 25 to 60 singers.

The program ranges from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana about Beethoven's Ninth, Mahler's Second, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Bruckner's Te Deum to famous opera choirs and crossover projects such as Herbert Pixner meets Salzburg Philharmonic & Choir sowie Symphonic Tributes (ABBA, Queen, The Beatles).

An overview of upcoming choir concerts of the Salzburg Philharmonic can be found here.

Unsolicited registration for the Salzburg Philharmonic Choir

Thank you for your enormous interest in participating in the Salzburg Philharmonic Choir. Hundreds have registered for the audition in January 2024! The selection has been made and no further registrations are currently being accepted. We ask for your understanding.

As soon as new audition dates or registration options become available, we will publish them here. Please check this page regularly.

Since the choir administration is done on a voluntary basis, we ask you – in order to reduce the high volume of emails – to ask questions during rehearsals or to look through the frequently asked questions and answers below. Thank you!

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

The Salzburg Philharmonic Choir is made up of professional singers and amateur singers. No new registrations can currently be accepted. We ask for your understanding. As soon as new audition dates or registration options become available, we will advertise them here on this page. Exception: tenor and bass voices – please contact us if you have singing or choir experience as a tenor or bass.

The auditions for the current 2024 season have already taken place. No further dates are planned for this year. New dates will be announced here as soon as they are fixed. Exception: tenor and bass voices – please contact us at chor@philharmoniesalzburg.at if you have singing or choir experience as a tenor or bass.

If you have any questions about tickets or ordering tickets as a choir member (including ordering tickets with a choir discount), please contact not the choir administration but directly the ticketing: tickets@philharmoniesalzburg.at or by phone +43 650 5172030.

Depending on the size of the project, between 80 and 250 singers sing in the choir of the Salzburg Philharmonic.

If you have received an invitation to a choir project, you must register using the registration link provided. If, in rare cases, a technical error occurs, please simply fill out the online form again. Make sure that you fill out all fields correctly - especially your email address (!) and your name - and then click Submit or Register.

The current rehearsal plan will be sent to all participants by email.

The choir rehearsals always start 6-8 weeks before the respective concert date and then take place 1-2 times a week in the evening.

The current rehearsal plan will be sent to all participants by email.

All rehearsals take place in the rooms specified in the respective rehearsal plan.

These are:

Rehearsal room of the Salzburg Philharmonic, Pfarre St. Paul, Eduard-Hergetstraße 5, 5020 Salzburg

Stiegl-Brauwelt, Bräuhausstraße 9, 5020 Salzburg
Odeïon Culture and Event Center, Waldorfstraße 13, 5023 Salzburg
Schüttkasten, Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz 11, 5020 Salzburg
Large Festival Hall, Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg

The current rehearsal plan will be sent to all participants by email.

Most of the choir rehearsals are conducted by Elisabeth Fuchs herself. If she is prevented, another choir director will be organized.

All singers should be present at all rehearsals if possible. For pure choir rehearsals, it is permitted to miss up to two times without consulting the choir director (please refer to the respective rehearsal schedule for exact information). All singers are required to be present at the general rehearsals with the orchestra and soloists as well as the dress rehearsal immediately before the respective concert.

No, you do not have to print out or buy sheet music yourself. The sheet music is prepared by the Salzburg Philharmonic and handed out at rehearsals or sent by email before the first rehearsal.

Concert clothing will be specified in the respective rehearsal plan.

The following generally applies to all concerts:
Damen: black long (also applies to women who sing tenor): This includes long black trousers and skirts with blouses/elegant tops and long dresses. Black dresses (at least above the knee length!) with black, opaque tights are also possible.
Herren: black suit, white shirt, white bow tie

White clothing is sometimes included in crossover projects:
Damen: completely white (pure white!): white pants and white top/white skirt at least knee length/white dress at least knee length, covered shoulders, white shoes
Herren: black pants, black shoes, white shirt (pure white!)

 

The following applies to all projects:

Participation is only possible if all concerts in a project can be sung.

It is Z. For example, it is not possible not to sing at an afternoon concert due to work reasons and only sing along at the evening concert.

Even though we are pleased about the great interest and personal congratulations, due to the high volume of emails from many hundreds of singers, we ask that you only send really important emails to us (chor@philharmoniesalzburg.at) and include them with a meaningful (!) Subject to be provided. Examples:

  • Please delete [name] from the mailing list
  • Change contact details [name]

That helps us a lot. Thank you!!

Depending on the project, a written cancellation is only required from the second or third time of absence (see information in the respective rehearsal schedule!!), please do not send us any message beforehand. This helps us to reduce the volume of emails. Please use a meaningful subject (“Notice of sickness/absence [name] from rehearsal on [xx]”). Attention: Attendance at orchestra and dress rehearsals is mandatory without exception!

Also: If you miss a rehearsal, please ask other choir members about what was discussed musically and organizationally. With so many choir members, we are very happy about doing things independently 🙂

We rely on common sense and collegial consideration: Please do not come to rehearsal if you feel sick, cough, sneeze violently, sniffle or are otherwise contagious. You are welcome to attend a rehearsal with a mask on, for example, to just listen and take notes on what is discussed if you want. If you miss a rehearsal, please ask other choir members what was discussed musically and organizationally. With so many choir members, we are very happy about doing things independently 🙂

Yes. The same rules apply to everyone. For information about sickness reports/absences from rehearsals, see the entry “Sickness reports/absences from rehearsals” above.

Unfortunately no. Only selected choir members who have already auditioned can register. They will receive an invitation with a personal registration link for the respective project. As soon as new audition dates are planned, we will announce them here on this website. Exception: tenor and bass voices – please contact us if you have singing or choir experience as a tenor or bass.

Due to enormous demand, we are currently unable to offer new audition dates. As soon as new audition dates are planned, we will announce them here on this website. Exception: tenor and bass voices – please contact us if you have singing or choir experience as a tenor or bass.

Unfortunately no. Dress rehearsals are not public. People without access cards will not be admitted. The numbered access cards for choir members are handed out at one of the last rehearsals and must be returned after the end of the concert (for several concerts after the last concert) (numbers are checked).

No. Concert attire is usually not required for the dress rehearsal. If there are exceptions (e.g. due to photo sessions), this will be announced in good time during rehearsals.

No. Dust jackets are not required. Sheet music with a black cover will be handed out at rehearsals (please handle them with care so that they still look good at the concert). If someone sings along at the concert with different sheet music, please do so with a black folder or black cover.