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Grazer Kapellknaben
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The Grazer Kapellknaben Choir was founded in April 2003 by
Matthias Unterkofler, and has since grown to become Styria's
largest boys' choir, dedicated to solo and ensemble training.
There are a hundred boys in the choir, divided into four levels,
the Vorchor (beginners), Aufbauchor (elementary), Hauptchor
(intermediate) and the Konzertchor (concert choir), who are
trained by the choir director and four voice trainers. In
addition to weekly choir practice, all the boys are given
individual voice training. Members of the choir come from
the city of Graz and its surrounding districts.
The Grazer Kapellknaben Choir has performed throughout Styria:
in 2004 it put on two performances of Mahler's 3rd Symphony,
in the Graz Stefaniensaal and in the Wiener Musikverein; on
24 December 2005 the choir took part in the television production
'Licht ins Dunkel'.
Soloists from the choir sing with the Graz Opera (in 2004/05
as the shepherd boy in Puccini's Tosca and in 2005/06 as the
three boys in the Magic Flute), in the Styriate (Styria's
annual music festival), and in the Vienna Volks- Opera (in
2006/07 and in 2007/08 as the elves in Britten's Midsummer-night's
Dream). The choir went to Greece over the New Year period
2006/07, its first foreign tour. In 2006/07 it was also involved
in the production of 'Der Besuch der alten Dame' at the Graz
Spielhaus Theatre.
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