Salzburg Philharmonic Choir

The Salzburg Philharmonic Choir was founded in 2018 by Elisabeth Fuchs as a participatory music education project and has since become a permanent fixture on the Salzburg music scene. Together with the Philharmonie Salzburg, the choir regularly performs with a large ensemble of up to 200 singers as well as a smaller chamber choir of 25 to 60 singers. The program ranges from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana to Beethoven's Ninth, Mahler's Second, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem and Bach's St. John Passion to crossover projects such as the Herbert Pixner Symphonic Project with choir and symphonic tributes (ABBA, Queen, The Beatles, Michael Jackson).

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

Initiative registration for the Salzburg Philharmonic Choir

Thank you for the 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 there are new audition dates or registration opportunities, we will publish them here. So 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 mail - to ask questions at rehearsals or to look through the frequently asked questions and answers below. Thank you very much!

FAQ - Frequently asked questions

The Salzburg Philharmonic Choir is made up of professional and amateur singers. No new registrations can be accepted at the moment, we ask for your understanding. As soon as new audition dates or registration options are available, we will announce 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 audition dates 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 parts - please contact us at if you have singing or choral experience as a tenor or bass.

For questions about tickets or ticket orders as a choir member (including ticket orders with choir discount), please contact not the choir administration but directly the ticketing: or by telephone +43 650 5172030.

If you have received an invitation to a choir project, you must register via the registration link sent to you. If, in rare cases, a technical error occurs, please simply fill out the online form again. Make sure that you fill in all the fields correctly - especially the e-mail address (!) and your name - and then click on Send or Register. You will then receive a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address you entered (please check your spam folder if you do not receive a confirmation e-mail).

The current rehearsal schedule will be sent to all participants by e-mail.

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 schedule will be sent to all participants by e-mail.

All rehearsals take place in the rooms indicated in the respective rehearsal schedule.

These are:

Rehearsal room of the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Paul Parish, 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
Großes Festspielhaus, Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg

The current rehearsal schedule will be sent to all participants by e-mail.

All singers should be present at all rehearsals if possible. It is permitted to be absent from choir rehearsals up to 2 times without consulting the choir director (please refer to the respective rehearsal schedule for exact information). At the full rehearsals with orchestra and soloists as well as the dress rehearsal immediately before the respective concert, attendance is compulsory for all singers.

No, you do not have to print out or buy sheet music yourself. The sheet music will be prepared by the Philharmonie Salzburg and handed out at the rehearsals or sent by e-mail before the first rehearsal.

Concert attire is specified in the respective rehearsal schedule.

The following applies to all concerts:
Ladies: long black (also applies to ladies who sing tenor): This includes long black pants and skirts with blouses/elegant tops and long dresses. Black dresses (at least over-the-knee length!) with black, opaque tights are also possible.
Men: black suit, white shirt, white bow tie

White clothing is sometimes required for crossover projects:
Ladies: completely white (pure white!): white pants and white top/white skirt at least knee-length/white dress at least knee-length, shoulders covered, white shoes
Men: black trousers, black shoes, white shirt (pure white!)

 

This applies to all projects:

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

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

Even though we are pleased about the great interest and personal congratulations, due to the high volume of e-mails from many hundreds of singers, we ask that only really important e-mails be sent to us () and provide them with a meaningful (!) subject line. Examples:

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

That helps us a lot. Thank you very much!

Depending on the project, a written cancellation is only required from the second or third absence (see information in the respective rehearsal schedule!!), please do not send us a message before that. This will help us to reduce the volume of mail. Please use a meaningful subject ("Sick note/absence [name] at rehearsal on [xx]"). Please note: Attendance at orchestra and dress rehearsals is compulsory without exception!

Also: If you are absent from a rehearsal, please ask other choir members about what has been discussed musically and organizationally. With so many choir members, we are very happy when you take responsibility for your own activities 🙂

We rely on common sense and collegial consideration: please do not come to the rehearsal if you feel ill, cough, sneeze or sniffle heavily or are otherwise contagious. However, you are welcome to attend a rehearsal wearing a mask, for example, just to listen and take notes if you wish. If you are absent from a rehearsal, please ask other choir members about what was discussed musically and organizationally. With so many choir members, we are very happy when you take responsibility 🙂

Yes, the same rules apply to everyone. For sick notes/absence from rehearsals, see the entry "Sick notes/absence from rehearsals" above.

Unfortunately not. 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 choral experience as a tenor or bass.

Due to the enormous demand, we are currently unable to offer any 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 not. Dress rehearsals are not open to the public. Persons without admission tickets will not be admitted. The numbered admission cards for choir members will be handed out at one of the last rehearsals and must be returned after the end of the concert (after the last concert in the case of several concerts) (numbers will be checked).

No. Concert dress is not normally required for the dress rehearsal. Should there be any exceptions (e.g. due to photo shoots), this will be announced in good time during rehearsals.

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