School choir will hit high notes in Austria and Germany

July 5, 2023

The Chapel Choir, under the baton of Mr David Lawson, will be embarking on a summer tour to Austria and Germany next week

Monmouth School for Boys’ enchanting Chapel Choir will be embarking on a summer tour to Austria and Germany next week.
Under the leadership of Mr David Lawson, Director of Music at Monmouth School for Boys, the choir will be singing in the beautiful cities of Salzburg and Munich.
It promises to be an incredible experience for the boys, whose performances are to be held in beautiful churches and cathedrals.
The Chapel Choir will be performing alongside the school’s strings group and close harmony singers.
Mr Lawson launched the tour with a concert at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Monmouth, followed by a lunch.
On Tuesday (11th July), the musicians are scheduled to perform a short concert in Salzburg Cathedral.
On Wednesday (12th July), the choir will be delivering a full concert in the Basilica of St Michael, Mondsee, Austria.
Next Friday (14th July), the musicians will be performing a full concert at Erding in Bavaria.
They will then be rounding off the summer tour in Germany’s capital city next Sunday (16th July) with Lutheran Mass in St Matthäus München.