About: Sandefur

On our way home! Our “load the bus” time was a grotesque 3:15 am following our late-night concert the night before. We bussed to the Bilbao airport, then flew to Amsterdam, then to Salt Lake.

Tuesday morning started with a trip to the “Winner’s Concert” hosted by the competition. Having won top 3 trophies in both categories, we were invited to perform a piece from each set for the audience of judges, contest officials, the general public, and a combination of other choir nerds. It felt good to put an

Happy Halloween!

One particularly bright spot on this international experience was our competition guide and friend, Nora. Nora was a local who was assigned by the Tolosa competition to help us find our way around, communicate between Dr. Crane and the competition officials, and make sure we all had a good time. She spoke perfect Spanish, Basque,

What happened on Saturday was a kind of magic and miracle that can’t really be described.