2019 Festival Information

Join us for the 11th International Choral Festival, July 17-20th!

This summer, in the Northern Rocky Mountains, hear extraordinary choral music brought to you by the International Choral Festival.

Choirs from around the world are hand selected to participate based on their musical excellence and variety. Our international choir visitors stay with welcoming hosts throughout the Festival, sharing friendship, food, stories, and song. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, our choirs will give Missoula and the surrounding region, a world of music from July 17-20, 2019.

Participating Choirs

Daarler Vocal Consort from Germany

Eller Girls’ Choir from Estonia

Shenzhen Yantian Foreign Language Primary School Children’s Choir from China

Pedavoces from Finland

Pannon Children’s Choir from Hungary

Veus – Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió from Catalonia

Sunday Night Singers

University of Montana Chamber Chorale

Boys’ Choir “Dagilėlis” from Lithuania

Batavia Madrigal Singers from Indonesia

Phoenix Girls Chorus from ARIZONA, USA!

Schedule

Wednesday – July 17 | Free Admission

11am-2pm: Out To Lunch Concert | Caras Park
1:30–4:30pm: Choir Crawl | various locations including Conflux Brewery, Dana Gallery, Florence Building Lobby, and the Top Hat
7-9pm: City Band and Youth Concert Bonner Park

Thursday, July 18th | Admission with Festival Button

9-11am: Conductor’s Seminar at the UM Music Recital Hall (presentations by conductors from Lithuania, and Spain!)
Afternoon Concerts:
2- 3pm | UM Music Recital Hall
3:15- 4:15pm | Dennison Theatre
4:30–5:30pm | Dennison Theatre
Evening Concerts:
7:30-9pm | UM Music Recital Hall, Dennison Theatre, and St. Anthony Parish

Friday, July 19th Admission with Festival Button

Afternoon Concerts:
2-3pm | Music Recital Hall
3:15-4:15pm | Dennison Theatre
4:30-5:30pm | Dennison Theatre
Evening Concerts: Admission with Festival Button
7:30-9pm | UM Music Recital Hall, Dennison Theatre, and St. Anthony Parish

Saturday, July 20th Admission with Festival Button

7-9pm: Finale Concert | Adams Center
$20 Festival Buttons can be purchased at Fact & Fiction, Fresh Market, Good Food Store, Orange Street Food Farm Rockin’ Rudy’s, and at our Festival Office: 312 E.Pine St., Missoula

2019 Choirs