Beerthoven’s first season, and ultimately, it’s existence, simply would not be possible without the initial support of the Austin Saengerrunde. When our founder Daniel Swayze dreamed up the first form of Beerthoven, it was Bart Goddard who saw the same dream of hope and of community and took immeasurable steps to help Beerthoven be born and take its first steps. Much like we all do in life, we are constantly growing to become far more than we were the past year, or ever dreamed of being years ago. It takes a loving environment of people who believe in your mission and passion, and it was Bart Goddard —along with the help of the whole Austin Saengerrunde— that made our dreams come true, ensuring to help Beerthoven grow into more than it conceived of in it’s infancy.

To all of you in the first year that helped us get our start, what words are there to truly express our gratitude? This thing that we’ve become, and that which we dream to grow into, would likely never have been possible without you. From the bottom of our hearts, we are eternally thankful to your generosity, guidance, and sheer will of force to help give us the foundation we needed to open our doors to this local Austin community.

Bless you all, and thank you to each and every board member, volunteer, performer, and of course above all, our audience. We are so blessed to have such a great audience that allows us to push the boundaries of our styles and explore new ventures in which to enrich this community we’re all in.

2018 Austin Critic's Table Awards
3 Nominations for Beerthoven:

- invoke for Best Classical Ensemble Performance
- invoke for Best Classical Chamber Performance
- Carla McElhaney for Best Instrumental Performance

WINNER: Best Classical Ensemble Performance: invoke at Beerthoven! 

Austin Chronicle Review of 2019 Program “Czechs Mix”:
”A bigger energy – perhaps the biggest of the concert – was saved for last. Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor was written in the wake of great tragedy in the composer's life: the death of his 4-year-old daughter from scarlet fever. The work teems with powerful emotion, with anguish and grief on an elemental scale. A visitor to West Texas might have seen something like it in a raging thunderstorm, with sheets of rain lashing a mountain range, and the musicians here pulled that storm into the upstairs of Austin Saengerrunde on a sunny afternoon. It was the grand finale of showing us what makes these Czech composers at home in this state. We like everything bigger in Texas, and that's just what their music gave us.”

Full-length story by the Austin Chronicle in 2014.

Check out more Beerthoven Videos on our YouTube Channel

Kraft Piano in the Austin American Statesman