Elisabeth von Trapp before the concert is over she will have the crowd gasping with

Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria

and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music. Singing

professionally since childhood, Elisabeth has enthralled audiences from European

carried on the legacy of the internationally renowned Trapp Family Singers. She

began taking piano lessons when she was eight and by the age of sixteen she was

playing guitar and traveling the back roads of New England performing with her

siblings at weddings, gospel meetings and town halls.

style, at once ethereal and earthy, delicate and powerful. Listeners have likened her

to Judy Collins and Loreena McKennitt. Critics have called her voice ...“ hauntingly

clear “ “ joyfully expressive “ and “ simply beautiful.”

With equal ease and eloquence she sings timeless wonders like Rodgers and

Babbino Caro, soaring gospel tunes, pop classics like A Whiter Shade of Pale and her

own stunning compositions.

Her cathedral program includes sacred and secular music extending from Gregorian

chants, songs by 12th century mystic Hildegard of Bingen, early American hymns,

spirituals and psalms set to her own compositions. She is accompanied by the

elegant arrangements of her guitar and acclaimed cellist and longtime musical