Trachtenkapelle Lech

The Trachtenkapelle Lech was founded in 1927 by Engelbert Wolf and Meinrad Zimmermann after a music festival visit to the Bregenzerwald. Marc Gusner is a member of the club since 1993. As a conductor, he embodies his passion for music with every bar. As part of the preparations for the  winter concert, he answered a few questions about the club.

At the moment we are 50 active musicians, four marketers, one ensign, one flag goddess and seven honorary members. The oldest active member is 78 years old and the youngest are 12 years old.

First you have to learn an instrument at the music school. After 3 years at the earliest, depending on individual progress, an examination, the bronze performance badge, can be taken. This is also the “entrance ticket” to the Trachtenkapelle Lech.

Beginning with the flutes, clarinets, saxophones and trumpets to flugelhorns, trumpets, trombones, basses, French horns, percussion, tenor horns and baritone.

To spend time with like-minded people and to make music together is simply something beautiful. If the camaraderie is right, then it’s quality leisure time.

Our fixed dates include the Winter Concert every February and the numerous evening and square concerts in summer. In addition, there are several church-related occasions, such as First Communion, Mother's Day, Corpus Christi, or All Souls' Sunday. In the 2024/25 music year, this added up to a total of 172 dates, including 76 musical performances and 53 rehearsals. At music festivals or on trips — for example to our partner towns Kampen, Beaver Creek, or Hakuba Happo — we naturally also perform outside of Lech.

The Kleine Partie, like the Lecher Alphorn Players, is part of the Trachtenkapelle and consists of about 20 musicians who play exclusively Bohemian-Moravian brass music. The group is very much in demand, especially for social occasions such as fire brigade festivals, the Fischerfest (fishermen's festival), or the Zug village festival. Joining them is our newest formation, the "Feinkost-Musig": with around 10 musicians, it's ideal for smaller festivities or celebrations.

The club life in Lech Zürs is still satisfying, but of course we would prefer to have a lot of requests! The times for the clubs have changed massively almost everywhere due to the oversupply of leisure activities WITHOUT any obligations. Fun yes, but with as little effort and obligations as possible. We as a club have to face this actively and present ourselves positively!

The Trachtenkapelle was my first real club. Music connects, and even if you invest a lot of time in mastering your own instrument or rehearsing, you always get something back and together you are happy about the success of a good concert!