WALTER EHRET

The best part of high school was this man and his music.

Singing in his choir was one of the positive and enduring parts of SHS

2023 and I still remember Mr Ehret from my one year in the Scarsdale High School Concert Choir 1960-61.

The Ehret legacy lives on. Walter Ehret's family may never receive this note but none the less I feel compelled to write it. I sing in our church choir and we began to practice a piece arranged and edited by Mr. Ehret called, "Lord, At All Times", part of a Mendelssohn composition called, "Lauda Sion". I was spiritually touched by the arrangement and therefore decided to learn about Walter Ehret. What a truly gifted person he is and what great service he gives to those he taught and those...

I have such fond memories of Mr.Ehret. He clearly loved the music and the kids at Scarsdale High. Always inspiring, encouraging and spirited. I was in the choir, Choraleers and a pianist who often accompanied. On one occasion, he asked me to play the base line during rehearsal. Somehow I didn't hear him and kept playing the soprano part. As a teenager I was mortified about the miscommunication, but he made light of it in his kind way. I never forgot that! As demanding as he was, he...

Thank you Walt!
Walt gave us an appreciation for all music - classical, modern, Broadway shows,religious,in various venues - octets (Jubileers),acapella,concert choirs, etc. He worked with us individually and collectively to bring out the best in us, and I thank him for instilling in us a lifelong love of music. It was great to see Walt and Beverly at our 50th in 2006. I miss him and will always remember his influence in my life. My sincere condolences go out to Beverly and all the family.

I was a Choralette, in the chorus and even made it into madrigals if my memory serves me well. That was a big deal as here I was this Jewish girl singing Christian and pagan songs. But the lesson was not what the music lyrics were about, it was how it felt to be one of many and to realize that the whole can be much larger than the sum of its parts. There was a magic to those performances which was unique. There was joy, fear and soaring rolled into one. I still recall my vocal exercises,...

He put me in touch with my voice, in more ways than one. A long way back, SHS circa 1957, but never forgotten. A fine, committed professional and a good man.

He recruited me to sing in 8th grade, and I kept singing throughout high school, no matter how I otherwise felt about school or myself, or life in general. He taught me to show up on time, for one thing, and he taught me the importance (and joy) of working "in concert" with others. And this, too: he gave teens in the late Sixties a healthy way to experience and express extremes of emotion through sound. He modeled a way to make a living doing something one is passionate about. I'm 57 and...