Austrian yodelers take their voices underground, turning a parking garage into the Alps
Up to 30 participants joined classes in an underground garage, where echoes helped them recreate Alpine sound and keep the tradition alive.
- On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, yodeling teacher Anna Maria Gutschi led 30 students through a Graz underground parking garage, practicing their vocal skills for over an hour in the city's largest facility.
- Representing Styrian Volksliedwerk, Gutschi organized the session to replicate the natural echoes of the Alps, part of a broader effort to keep the yodeling tradition alive in modern times.
- Participants included New York teacher Thomas Button, who described yodeling as "like a form of meditation," and South Korean student Jamey Sohn, who found the practice "more approachable than I first expected."
- "It's a form of communication from mountain to mountain, without the need for a phone," Gutschi said, contrasting the art with modern messaging as "not as boring as writing an SMS."
- Yodeling evolved from centuries-old Alpine communication between herders and animals into a distinct musical genre, with the film The Sound of Music helping popularize the tradition internationally and ensure its survival today.
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Yodelers take their voices to underground parking lot
No mountains to practice on? No problem. Yodeling fans in Austria have moved their practice sessions to an underground parking garage, since it produces echoes like those they can get in the landscapes of the Alps.“It’s not too dissimilar to the high mountains,” yodeling teacher Anna Maria Gutschi s
Austrian yodelers take their voices underground, turning a parking garage into the Alps – WTOP News
GRAZ, Austria (AP) — No mountains to practice on? No problem. Yodeling fans in Austria have moved their practice sessions to an underground parking garage, since it produces echoes like those they can get in the landscapes of the Alps. “It’s not too dissimilar to the high mountains,” said yodeling teacher Anna Maria Gutschi as...
Around 30 Jodelfans move singing through a underground car park in Graz - in search of the best reverberation. With the offer, the Styrian folk song work wants to keep the yodel tradition alive.
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