List of choirs
Below is a list of choirs that a. are known and renowned worldwide for their high vocal level and also have an article entry in Wikipedia. The list is sorted by type of choir, country, city and then alphabetically.
Mixed voices
mixed choir
Adult choirs with male and female voices in the classical line- up S A T B
Germany
- Cappella Aquensis , Aachen
- Carmina Mundi , Aachen
- The Aachen Young Choir , Aachen
- Aachen Chamber Choir , Aachen
- Madrigal Choir Aachen , Aachen
- Sorbian National Ensemble , Bautzen
- Zamirchor , Bayreuth
- Berlin Oratorio Choir , Berlin
- Berliner Singakademie , Berlin
- The Happy Disharmonists , Berlin
- Mendelssohn Chamber Choir Berlin , Berlin
- Philharmonic Choir Berlin , Berlin
- Reger Choir Bruges and Wiesbaden
- RIAS Chamber Choir , Berlin
- Rundfunkchor Berlin , Berlin
- Sing-Akademie zu Berlin , Berlin
- Chur Cölnischer Chor Bonn , Bonn
- Philharmonic Choir , Bonn
- Bremen Cathedral Choir , Bremen
- Bremer RathsChor , Bremen
- Darmstädter Kantorei , Darmstadt
- Darmstadt Concert Choir , Darmstadt
- Vocal Ensemble Darmstadt , Darmstadt
- Dresden Chamber Choir , Dresden
- Saxon Vocal Ensemble , Dresden
- Cäcilien Choir , Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurter Kantorei , Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurter Singakademie , Frankfurt am Main
- Giessen Concert Association , Giessen
- Chamber choir Gießen-Wetzlar , Gießen and Wetzlar
- Bach Choir Gütersloh , Gütersloh
- Halle Madrigalists , Halle (Saale)
- University Choir Halle , Halle
- Bergedorfer Chamber Choir , Hamburg
- Kodály Choir Hamburg , Hamburg
- NDR choir , Hamburg
- Bach Choir Hanover , Hanover
- Young Vocal Ensemble Hannover , Hannover
- North German Figural Choir , Hanover
- Jena Jubilee Singers , Jena
- Bach Association Cologne , Cologne
- Gürzenich Choir , Cologne
- Kartäuserkantorei , Cologne
- WDR radio choir , Cologne
- Dionysius Choir Krefeld
- Friedenskantorei , Leipzig
- Leipzig University Choir , Leipzig
- Vivat academia student choir , Leipzig
- MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig , Leipzig
- Hugo Distler Ensemble Lüneburg , Lüneburg
- Bach Choir Mainz , Mainz
- Mainz Figuralchor , Mainz (dissolved in 2014)
- Marburg Bach Choir , Marburg
- Maulbronn Chamber Choir , Maulbronn
- Madrigal Choir of the Munich University of Music and Theater , Munich
- Munich Bach Choir , Munich
- MünchenKlang , Munich
- Münchner Madrigalchor , Munich
- Münchner Motettenchor , Munich
- orpheus chor münchen , Munich
- University Choir Munich , Munich
- via-nova-chor Munich , Munich
- VoicesInTime , Munich
- Canticum novum , Münster
- Rostocker Motettenchor , Rostock
- Fischer choirs , Stuttgart area
- Gächinger Kantorei , Stuttgart
- Chamber Choir Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- Swabian Singing Circle , Stuttgart
- Singakademie Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- Württemberg Chamber Choir , Stuttgart
- Cathedral Youth Choir Trier
- Trier Bach Choir , Trier
- Oratorio Choir Ulm , Ulm
- Chamber choir Wernigerode , Wernigerode
- Wupperfelder Kantorei , Wuppertal
- Youth choir of the Wurzner Cathedral , Wurzen
Austria
- Leonfeldner Kantorei , Bad Leonfelden
- KammerChorus Klosterneuburg , Klosterneuburg
- Bachl Choir , Linz
- Salzburger Liedertafel , Salzburg
- Arnold Schoenberg Choir , Vienna
- Chorus sine nomine , Vienna
- Vienna Jewish Choir , Vienna
- Vienna Chamber Choir , Vienna
- Wiener Singakademie , Vienna
- Wiener Singverein , Vienna
- Mozart Boys Choir Vienna , Vienna
Switzerland
Other countries
- Collegium Vocale Gent , Ghent, Belgium
- Brussels Brecht-Eislerkoor , Belgium
- Havnarkórið , Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Accentus , Rouen, France
- Nijmeegs Studentenkoor Alphons Diepenbrock , Netherlands
- Det Norske Solistkor , Oslo, Norway
- Prague Chamber Choir , Prague, Czech Republic
Mixed youth choir
Choirs that appear in the line-up of SATB are sorted here, i.e. with male voices in the lower voices, but with boys and girls or only girls in the upper voices
- Christophorus Kantorei Altensteig , Altensteig
- Schaumburg fairy tale singer , Bückeburg
- Schaumburg Youth Choir , Bückeburg
- Concert choir of the Goethegymnasium / Rutheneum Gera , Gera
- New Heidenheim Chamber Choir , Heidenheim
- Kölner Jugendchor Sankt Stephan , Cologne
- Young Choirs Munich , Munich
- Osnabrück Youth Choir , Osnabrück
- Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode , Wernigerode
- Youth Choir Koča Kolarov , Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
- Youth Choir Gloria , Chișinău, Moldova
Mixed boys and men choirs
The mixed boys' choirs (SATB) are sorted here, consisting only of boys before the voice change and male voices as lower voices.
- Aachen Cathedral Choir , Aachen
- Augsburger Domsingknaben , Augsburg
- Staats- und Domchor Berlin , Berlin
- Boys' Choir Our Dear Women Bremen , Bremen
- Aurelius Boys' Choir Calw , Calw
- Dresdner Kapellknaben , Dresden
- Dresden Kreuzchor , Dresden
- Boys' Choir Dresden , Dresden
- Freiburger Domsingknaben , Freiburg im Breisgau
- Göttingen Boys Choir , Göttingen
- Stadtsingechor zu Halle , Halle / S.
- New Boys Choir Hamburg , Hamburg
- Hamburg Boys Choir St. Nikolai , Hamburg
- Boys' Choir Hanover , Hanover
- Boys' choir of the Jena Philharmonic , Jena
- Kiel Boys Choir , Kiel
- Cologne Cathedral Choir , Cologne
- Thomanerchor Leipzig , Leipzig
- Limburger Domsingknaben , Limburg
- Lübeck boys' choir at St. Marien , Lübeck
- Magdeburg Boys Choir , Magdeburg
- Mainz Cathedral Choir , Mainz
- Münchner Chorbuben , Munich
- Tölzer Knabenchor , Munich
- Paderborn Cathedral Choir , Paderborn
- Regensburger Domspatzen , Regensburg
- capella vocalis , Reutlingen
- Boys' choir collegium iuvenum Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- Stuttgart hymn choir boys , Stuttgart
- Trier Boys' Choir , Trier
- Choirboys Uetersen , Uetersen
- Wiesbaden Boys Choir , Wiesbaden
- Windsbacher boys' choir , Windsbach
- Wuppertal carolers , Wuppertal
- Würzburger Domsingknaben , Würzburg
- Wilten Boys' Choir , Innsbruck
- Mozart Boys Choir Vienna , Vienna
- Knabenkantorei Basel , Basel
- Zurich Boys' Choir , Zurich
- Cantores Minores , Helsinki, Finland
- Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois , Paris, France
Same voices
Male choir
Adult male choirs, line-up TTBB
- Mountain Finches Dresden
- Saxon mountaineering choir "Kurt Schlosser" , Dresden
- First Cologne Barbershop Choir , Cologne
- Cologne Men's Singing Association , Cologne
- Leipzig men's choir , Leipzig
- Ensemble Vocapella Limburg
- Harmonie Lindenholzhausen , Limburg
- Philhomoniker , Munich
- Renner Ensemble Regensburg
- Montanara Choir , Stuttgart
- Corale Alpina Savonese , Savona, Italy
- Coro della SOSAT , Trento, Italy
- Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff , New York, USA
Women's choir
Adult women's choirs, cast by SSA
- 4x4 women's choir PH Heidelberg
- Münchner Frauenchor , Munich
- Barbershop Blend , Sonsbeck
- Elmer Iseler Singers , Toronto, Canada
- Sweet Honey in the Rock , Washington DC, USA
Boys' choir
Pure boys' choirs without additional male voices, SSA cast
- Boys Choir Berlin
- Schöneberger Boys' Choir , Berlin
- Boys' choir of the Dortmund Choir Academy
- Boys' Choir from the Vienna Woods , Mödling / Maria Enzersdorf
- St. Florian Boys' Choir , St. Florian Monastery
- Vienna Boys' Choir , Vienna
- Wilten Boys' Choir , Wilten Abbey
- Les Pastoureaux , Waterloo, Belgium
- Escolania de Montserrat , Montserrat Monastery near Barcelona, Spain
- Libera , London, United Kingdom
Girls choir
All girls choirs, cast by SSA. Since there is no broken voice in women's voices, the boundary to women's choirs is sometimes blurred.
- The Westphalian Nightingales , Ahlen (founded 1948)
- Girls' Choir Hannover , Hannover (founded 1952)
- Girls' Choir at Cologne Cathedral , Cologne (founded 1989)
- Schola Cantorum Leipzig , Leipzig (founded 1963)
- Girls Choir Wernigerode , Wernigerode (founded 1977)
Children's choir
Choirs mixed with boys and girls, but without male / adult voices
- Omnibus Choir , Berlin
- Gotha Children's Choir , Gotha
- Gewandhaus Children's Choir , Leipzig
- MDR Children's Choir , Leipzig
- Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano , Bologna, Italy