INTERNATIONAL TOURS
We are excited to announce our 2027 International Tour—and invite all singers and Choral Society friends to join us.
Imagine spending 10 unforgettable days exploring Northern Europe with fellow singers, family, and friends. You’ll discover iconic cities and cultural treasures with expert local guides, stay in comfortable 3- and 4-star hotels, and leave all the planning and logistics to a professional tour manager.
Then imagine the thrill of performing in magnificent cathedrals and historic landmarks, where stunning architecture and extraordinary acoustics bring choral music to life. Ask anyone who has toured with The Choral Society—it’s an experience you’ll never forget.
Our 2027 itinerary includes: Stockholm, Sweden; Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; and Vilnius, Lithuania, with an optional pre-tour extension in Stockholm.
The tour is open to everyone. Community singers are welcome to audition for the touring chorus while members of invited ensembles may participate without an additional audition. Family members, friends, and other non-singing travelers are also warmly invited.
If you’re not a member of an invited ensemble, please register your interest by July 31 so we can schedule your audition.
The Choral Society has enjoyed memorable performance tours throughout Europe, singing in world-famous cathedrals, collaborating with local musicians, and sharing music with enthusiastic audiences. Along the way, travelers have also experienced unforgettable cultural highlights, from historic landmarks to exceptional local cuisine and performances.
Whether you join us as a singer or as a traveler, our international tours offer inspiring music-making, meaningful cultural experiences, and memories that will last a lifetime.
We look forward to travelling with you!
American baritone, Ralph Cato has travelled the world extensively, telling stories in song with his warm, clarion baritone voice.
Tenor, Benjamin Brecher has performed over fifty operatic roles with many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies, specializing in the high lying lyric tenor repertoire. He has performed 16 roles with New York City Opera alone. Career highlights include performances with Opera Orchestra of New York, L’Opera de Nice, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, L’Opera de Montreal, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among many others. His orchestral solo repertoire includes Mozart, Handel, Orff, Bach, Haydn, as well as many performances of Britten. In 2000 he began performing the great Irish Tenor songs in a concert produced for him entitled A Celtic Celebration, Twenty years later, the show has become a North American hit with performances with 45 Symphonies in North America. Ben continues his discography having added his twelfth recording in 2016 Forgotten Liszt, with pianist Robert Koenig, and will record a new release in 2022 entitled “Three Centuries of Thomas Moore” including the music of Britten, Berlioz, and Sarah Gibson on MSR Classics. He is a Professor of Voice at University of California Santa Barbara, where he has served as the Head of Voice.
Tracy Van Fleet is pleased to return to the Santa Barbara Choral Society. As a soloist, she has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lüneburg Symphony in Germany, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Mexico, Pasadena Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Los Angeles Bach Festival, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, USC Symphony and Chorus, and others. She has had many appearances with the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera and Opera Colorado.
Born and raised in Southern California, April Amante is a versatile soprano with expertise and facility in repertoire spanning from early music to contemporary musical theater.