The chorus “Espace Chant”, directed by Maire-France Lahoute, has existed for twenty years now and still the members feel the same pleasure and motìvation to sing.
This vocal and theatrical group of about thirry chorists has become well-known for the quality of its work and has received the medal of the city of Villeneuve Loubet. They participate in concerts, masses, various local events, and in get-togethers with other choruses in the PACA region. They have also taken pan in chorus festivals in Italy and Spain, and have sung in support of Rotary, the Red Cross, and Amnesty International.
The choir director, Marie-France, knows how to transmit her passion to the chorists. She teaches them vocal and theatrical techniques, expressive gesture, staging, and how to promote personal development by singing.
Most of all she tries to transmit the values of sharing and friendship.

Stylistic and musical diversity characterises the modern choir “vocalis” under the direction of Mercedes Guerrero, a trained opera singer and choir director from Colombia.
The choir is part of the Liedertafel Ettlingen 1842 e. V., one of the oldest associations in Baden in south-west Germany.
The repertoire of vocalis is demanding, wide-ranging and international. It includes new German choral literature as well as modern arrangements of art songs, sacred music and world music from different cultures from Africa to South America.
The internationality and versatility that characterise vocalis as a choir are reflected both in the variety of nationalities represented in the choir and in the repertoire for the Festival Corale Verona Garda Estate. In doing so, vocalis succeeds in covering a surprising and broad range of music, from German Romanticism and world-famous melodies to iconic pieces of film music and modern choral ensembles. Works by Mendelssohn, Lauridsen, Duruflé and Mancini are just a few examples.
Around 40 singers are currently active in the choir; the age range extends from late 20s to mid-70s.
In addition, vocalis regularly organises joint choir projects and performances with other choirs and orchestras in southern Germany and internationally, e. g. in Madrid.

Söngsveit Hveragerdis was founded in 1997 by enthusiastic people from the village of Hveragerdi and surrounding areas. Our conductor from the beginning has been Mrs. Margret S. Stefánsdóttir.

Söngsveit Hveragerdis has focused on singing Icelandic songs, classical vocal music, traditional folk songs as well as popular songs.

Also emphasizes on seasonal concerts like, Christmas concert, Wienna Concert, Spring concert and recently also participated in music accompaniment by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Söngsveit Hveragerdis has participated in choir concerts across the country. Abroad has the choir been to several countries; in Hungary 2002, in Canada and USA in 2005 where the choir performed for Icelandic communities in Vancouver, Edmundton and Winnipeg as well at Icelandic festivals in Gimli and Mountain in North Dacota.
In 2011 Söngsveit Hveragerdis went to Faroe Islands. At last but not least has the choir participated in FESTIVAL CORALE „Verona -Garda Estate“ 2015.
This year Söngsveit Hveragerdis has an addition from a choir in next village „ Söngfélag Thorlakshafnar“ , their conductor is Mr. Örlygur Benediktsson.

Hljómfélagið is a mixed choir led by Fjóla Kristín Nikulásdóttir, founded in the spring of 2015. The choir has established a strong presence in Iceland’s choral scene, collaborating with numerous Icelandic artists and internationally renowned artists including Jethro Tull and Yo-Yo Ma. Hljómfélagið is an ambitious choir with a particular enthusiasm for performing new and classical Icelandic works, while also enjoying works from a wider range of the choral spectrum.
The annual Christmas concert is the main event of the calendar year for Hljómfélagið but there the choir often collaborates with other Icelandic artists, such as Ragnheiður Gröndal and Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir. Hljómfélagið has performed grand pieces such as Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and Misa Criolla by Ramirez with professional singers and orchestra.
Fjóla Kristín Nikulásdóttir completed a Masters degree in opera singing from the Vienna Conservatory and has since then built a diverse career as a choir conductor, singer and teacher in Iceland.

The “Altrenote” Chorus is born in Rome (Italy) in January 2000.
The main objective of the Chorus is to sing the theme of “Universality”, by representing, even with limits of non-professionals, different cultures, populations, tradition from all over the planet. To be in Rome makes this objective realistic, as the city is really the centre of different countries and of universal Christianity. In fact, the Chorus repertory includes songs from the Christian and the close Jewish traditions, from various continents (Europa, America, Asia e Africa), all linked to hope, peace, freedom, celebration and pray themes. The most of the songs have no author, some of them are very old, passed on by many generations, with consequent modifications and interpretations.

Another objective of Altrenote Chorus is the musical research, by searching texts, music, voices, books, worldwide travels, meeting other choruses.

The chorus is made up by thirty or so mixed singers and has participated in several festivals in Italy and Europe: Krakow, Amsterdam, Barcellona, Praga, Lisbona, Budapest, Cork, Freiburg, Val Pusteria, Croatia, Provenza ecc.

The chorus director, Mrs. Francesca Palombi, even non-professional, acquired a wide experience in organizing and realizing recitals, concerts and evening gatherings, moved by a great passion for popular music from all over the world. In her musical career, by travelling and participating to festivals and ethno-musicological research centres, she collected various songs and music from popular traditions from Africa, Asia, North- America and Europe. Furthermore, she focused on sacred music, always of popular origin and of “no-author”.

The choir Berico InCanto of Alonte, Vicenza, is a mixed-voice choir formed in May 2021 by singers coming from different choral experiences with the aim to share their passion for music.
The repertoire ranges from traditional folk and authorial songs, to mountain songs and religious songs, including some pieces of ancient music. Passionately directed by conductor Loris Vantini, it immediately consolidated its experience by participating in various events.
It took part in cultural events in collaboration with Centro Musica e Cultura of Alonte and in charities for the local AIDO organ donors groups and with Leonicene Associations.
In addition to having been performing in numerous Christmas concerts in Vicenza, Verona and Umbria over the last few years, the choir participated to ASAC Veneto’s ”Venice in choir 2024” as guest of Coro Voci della Riviera in Fiesso d’Artico in occasion of the traditional Christmas Concert, followed by the annual Epiphany Concert in Alonte.

Saint Maur Choir is born on the banks of the river Loire, in Saint Maur Abbey near Angers, western France.
During concerts we all wear on our chest he Carolingian cross engraved on the fronton of this ancient abbey. In 2024 our choir celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Sister Noëlle was one of the founders of the choir and ever since our conductor. Through all these years she welcomed many singers of the wide area. A true family, where everybody‘s pains and joys are considered and give music its value and meaning.

Year after year, the catalogue spread from Renaissance and secular songs to baroque and classical works due to the creation of an orchestra composed of 14 talented musicians who share our passion for a high-level music.

The choir is composed of 70 singers who meet for weekly rehearsals with the valuable help of a pianist accompanist and group tutors. The choir performs four or five times a year in concerts in the area. It enjoyed singing in Chicoutimi (Canada), in Germany, Wales, as well as in several counties in France. To close this jubilee year, Saint Maur Choir is really delighted to share its passion for music with the other invited choirs to the international choir festival Verona Garda Estate.

Helensburgh is a small-town northwest of Glasgow, Scotland. Helensburgh Oratorio Choir has entertained audiences for 60 years since its first inaugural concert in October 1963.

This choir performs large-scale works with professional soloists and orchestra and enjoys an active calendar of social/fundraising events. It has provided many opportunities for young soloists, many of whom have had international success. The choir has also presented concerts outside of Helensburgh and broadcast on radio and television.

Throughout its history the choir has sung music by a wide range of composers, much of it for the first time in Helensburgh. Previews included works by Rick Potter, Iain Galbraith, Derek Clark and Aileen Sweeney. The choir’s performances have received critical acclaim. In February 2024 we marked our 60th birthday by performing Ralph Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in Glasgow City Halls.

The choir is an Alumnus of Distinguished Concerts Singers International, members having taken part in New York performances of Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light (2016) and Will Todd’s Mass in Blue (2019).

In 2023, 15 singers travelled to Sardinia (with our musical director) to perform in an “Al sole della Sardegna” international choral festival and we are delighted to take part in the Festival Internazionale Corale Verona Garda Estate 2025.

The “Izydorki” choir has been active since 2005 and currently has more than 40 members. It is a children’s and youth choir operating at the Nicolaus Copernicus Elementary School in Biadki, in the municipality of Krotoszyn, Greater Poland Province.
The choir is led by conductor Klaudia Szubert – a lecturer at the King S. Leszczynski College of Humanities in Leszno, regional superintendent of the National Program for the Development of School Choirs Singing Poland – Choral Academy, a graduate of Music Education at the Pedagogical College in Czestochowa.
The choir adopted the name “Izydorki”, referring to the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Izydor the Ploughman in Biadki. The choristers sing sacred as well as secular songs. The vocal skills of the ensemble result in invitations to the Final Concerts of the National Program Singing Poland – Choral Academy, as well as to the musical setting of environmental events.
The choir participated in festivals and concerts of communal, district, provincial and national range, among others : participation in the final concerts of the project Choral Academy – Singing Poland at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, at the Gorzow Philharmonic in Gorzow at the Warmia and Mazury Philharmonic in Olsztyn, at the Grand Theater of the National Opera in Warsaw.

He has received Golden Bands at the School Choir Competition in Wroclaw, Ostrów Wielkopolski and Leszno as part of the National Choir Development Program “Singing Poland”. It has won competitions in Niepokalanów, Brzeg, Raszków, Cieszków or Kobierno.
On March 16, 2023. The choir was the winner of the Krotoszyn Oaks in the category of science and culture.
In September 2023. The Choir participated in the XII Canco Mediterrania International Festival and Choral Competition and the Pau Casals International Choral Competition in Barcelona and LIoret de Mar (Spain), where it took second place in the sacred category and second place in the folklore category. In addition, the Choir organized and performed concerts in Madrid: at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena and the Basilica of Sant Isidro, and at the Church of the Holy Family in Torrejon de Ardoz.

Oratorium choir Heiloo is an amateur choir that was founded immediately after WW II and celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. The choir wants to promote the (choir) singing art and to contribute to the love of classical music by performing classical choir works.

It also wants to be a connecting factor in the community of Heiloo. The choir focuses mainly on baroque works – for example, Vivaldi is regularly on the program – and the classical period, but sometimes also performs more modern repertoire.
The choir, consisting of about 100 singers, strives for a high artistic level, works with a professional conductor – at concerts – with professional soloists and orchestres.

By recently designing a singing academy and a digital learning environment, the choir makes itself extra attractive, also for young singers, and thus ensures its own rejuvenation. Various ‘trips’ outside the choir – participation in opera productions, to the Messiah-Scratch in the Royal Albert Hall, and to the choir festival in Verona – also contribute to that attractiveness

The choir drew attention with a special about its activities on national television. This is also the case through a recent master class by Ton Koopman, world-famous baroque and Bach specialist, in preparation for the John Passion by J.S. Bach perforemed at Easter this year.

Founded in 1995 under the direction of M. Gianfranco Rocca, the San Pancrazio Choir actually counts 60 singers. Born as a parish chorus, it is strongly active in the Santa Maria Assunta Parish animating the Liturgical functions.
The Choir repertoire ranges from the 15th century till our days, going through composers such as Palestrina, Bach, A. Scarlatti, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and English carols, folk songs, rearranged modern songs and Gospel. Beside the liturgical engagement, the choir also performs a concert activity by participating in different events and obtaining great appreciation for the preparation and its vocalism. In the latest years it has elaborated its polyphonic repertoire through the study of important themes for orchestra and Chorus only. Some real examples are: Credo, Gloria, Magnificat of A. Vivaldi, Alleluia and Amen of Hendel, Missa brevis et solemnis, Missa Brevis in DO Maggiore, missa Brivis in Sol maggiore, Coronation Mass of Mozart and Requiem of Faure.

The Choir receives not only the Montichiari inhabitants’ affection but also widespread approval. The San Pancrazio Choir also performed several concerts in the National Territory.
In April 2013 , it was invited to solemnize the Sunday Santa Messa Vespertina in the San Pietro Cathedral in Rome.
In April 2015, it had the opportunity to sing in the Basilica Inferiore of Assisi and in October of the same year in the Basilica dei Frari and in the famous Basilica of San Marco in Venice.
In March 2017 , it was also invited to solemnize the Sunday Messa Vespertina in Duomo of Siena.
In March 2019 , our Choir had the possibility to sing in Monte Oliviero Maggiore Abbey and Duomo of Pienza
In April 2016 it also performed outside of Italy, with the concert in Wagna and the accompaniment of the Sunday Vespertina mass in Leibnitz, Austria . Since 2013 the San Pancrazio Choir has been participating to the Festival Internazionale Corale Verona Garda Estate and in 2014 joins the “Cori Lombardia” (Associazione dei cori lombardi)

The “Coro Euterpe S. Maria di Zevio” Musical Association was founded on 18 January 2010 under the presidency of our baritone Fulvio Piccoli, on the solid roots of the pre-existing “Coro Euterpe”, which takes the name “enchanting” from the homonym Greek muse. It is a male choir with equal voices, born in S. Maria di Zevio (VR) in 1981 with Bepi Andreoli, who directed it for about thirty years, with the success of some awards. Since 2009 the director has been Music Master Gianluca Brigo; since 2019 the president is Vincenzo Zucchetti. The repertoire includes popular songs from not only the Italian regional tradition, especially Northern and Sardinian, but also European (English, French, German, Russian). There is no shortage of liturgical pieces, sometimes created ad hoc by Music Master Friar Terenzio Zardini, who formed a true partnership with the Euterpe Choir.

Choral and solo pieces, taken from Italian opera, are sung thanks to the precious collaboration of the young soprano Cecilia Rizzetto from Zevio. The Euterpe Choir is also active in celebrations for institutional and civic anniversaries, together with the “Edoardo and Oreste Tognetti” Band Complex of Perzacco di Zevio.
The Zevian Music Master Gianluca Brigo (1983) graduated in piano under the guidance of concert pianist Vittorio Bresciani at the “F. E. Dall’Abaco” Conservatory in Verona; there he also specialized as a pianist collaborating with singers. In addition to the “Città di Soave” Choir (Verona) and “Santissima Trinità” of Volon di Zevio, Music Master Brigo directs the “Maria Callas” Lyrical-Interpretative Academy, organizing, with other Music Masters, concerts and music courses.

Angelica is a Hastings-based women’s chamber choir that was founded in 1996. The group has developed a rich repertory of music ranging from early anonymous music to contemporary compositions.

Angelica also performs a unique variety of music, including chant, Sephardic, Balkan, American folk, and jazz, and sometimes incorporates instrumental accompaniment.

The group performs concerts throughout the year in both Manhattan and Westchester. Angelica has also performed at choral festivals in Italy and Lithuania.

Eugene Sirotkine, former Assistant Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and director of the NY Metamorphoses Orchestra, describes Angelica as having “a gorgeous sound, rich sonorities, and transparent harmonies.” Others have described the music as “angelic.”

The Royale Union Wallonne 1847 is a male choir made up of around forty singers.

It is also the oldest choir in Belgium, having been founded in 1847 in the small town of Malmedy (in eastern Belgium) by Arsène de Noue.

Under the direction of Mr Benoît Scheuren, the choir performs traditional Walloon repertoire (local dialect), as well as traditional and popular music in a variety of languages (German, English, French and Italian).

The Breganze Choir was founded in 1948 by Don Piero Carpenedo. In this long period the group followed the seasons of Venetian choral singing, passing from liturgical animation, for which it was born, to alpine and mountain songs, to sacred and profane polyphony, to international folklore, participating in some national choral competitions (3rd classified in Vittorio Veneto). The Choir has had several conductors, who have enriched its repertoire, always opening up new horizons. From 2000 to 2003, with Maestro Daniele Dalla Costa, the Choir deepened the study of popular songwriting and classical polyphony, recording the CD “Lieder und Gesänge”, with ten unpublished Lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn.

In recent years the Choir has participated in events and reviews throughout the Veneto, but also beyond the regional borders. In particular, in 2003 and 2004 it performed at the 2nd and 3rd Festival of Venetian Choral.

In 2005 it gave two concerts in Tourenne (France). In 2006, 2007,2010 and 2018 it participated in the European Choral Singing Festival “Città di Soave”. In 2009 it performed in Heves (Hungary).

In 2012 he animated in Rome the official celebrations for the 69th anniversary of the battle of Nikolajewka and those for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War at the Verdi cinema-theater in Breganze in May 2015. In 2018 it celebrated the 70th anniversary of its foundation. Since 2007 the choir has been directed by Maestro Filiberto Zanella, with whom it has faced international folklore songs and contemporary songs. Since 2014 Mr. Zanella has availed itself of the collaboration of Maestro Manuel Canale, who has enriched the liturgical repertoire with effervescent pieces from the 19th century and of modern sensibility.
The Choir regularly collaborates in the initiatives of the “Alpini Group” of Breganze and in the most significant local events. On the occasion of the “Fiera di San Martino” it organizes the “Autumn Concerts”, evenings of folk songs, alpine and mountain songs, sacred and profane polyphony

Young Voices of Melbourne is one of Australia’s finest choral programs for young singers, renowned for its passionate performances, engaging repertoire and outstanding Kodály-based music education program. Under the direction of Juliana Kay, YVM trains singers from age 0 to 30 across six choirs and an early childhood program. The 2025 touring choir consists of singers from the main children’s performing choir and YVMen, a group for boys with changed and changing voices. They are conducted by Juliana Kay and accompanied on piano by Julia Piggin.

Young Voices of Melbourne was founded in 1990 by Mark O’Leary and has a proud history of performing, recording and touring. Aside from hosting regular concerts in Melbourne, its choirs have performed at major events and festivals, including the 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony (Melbourne), National Folk Festival (Canberra), Festival of Voices (Hobart) and three concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2024. The choir has released 13 CD recordings of Australian and international children’s choral music.

Young Voices of Melbourne has a proud history of touring, having undertaken 38 tours to all states and territories of Australia as well as to Europe, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, the USA, Ireland, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Samoa, New Zealand and Japan.

As a choral conductor and composer, Juliana Kay works with children, community groups and professionals to create musical experiences that are both engaging for singers and memorable for audiences. Armed with a Master of Teaching (University of Melbourne) and an Australian Kodaly Certificate, she has been conducting choirs and teaching music in schools since 2016, while maintaining her own practice as a singer and award-winning composer. She is regularly commissioned to write new music for chamber choirs, amateur choirs and school choirs across Australia, and in 2024 was one of four finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards: Choral Work of the Year.

Novi Sad Jewish Community Choir “Hashira” The (Hebrew word “hashira” means “the song”) was founded in 1993 and since than it has been dedicated to cherish Jewish synagogal and folklore music heritage.

However, the choir performs almost every kind of choral music, singing in several languages (Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Serbian, Spanish, Latin, Italian, English, Basque…). It has won numerous awards at local and international festivals (Slovakia Cantat 2009; Prague 2010; Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012; In Canto sul Garda, Italy 2013; 13th International Choir Competition “Antonio Vivaldi”, Greece 2015; 10th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition, Germany 2017).

The main quality of this ensemble is variety of its members with different national and religious backgrounds.

In 2016 Choir of the Jewish Community of Novi Sad, in competition with 22 individuals and institutions received the Medal for Cultural Preservation of the Cultural Institute of Vojvodina.

Conductor Vesna Kesic Krsmanovic studied composition with Enriko Josif and conducting with Stanko Sepic at the Music Academy in Belgrade, and attended the conducting master classes in Siena (Italy) and Hungary (Bartok Seminary). For more than 20 years she has been conducting The Opera Choir of Serbian National Theatre (Novi Sad) and since 2004. – “Hashira”. Although the town of Novi Sad is mainly known as The Exit Festival site, it is above all, a lovely multicultural and multiethnic center and the capital of North Serbian province of Vojvodina.

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Coro Monte Dosso takes its name from the mountain that rises over our hometown Varsi (PR). Several members of the choir were already part, in the early 80s, of the La Rosta choir, directed by Maestro Mario Fulgoni at the time, who performed a brand new program of original music.

In 2019, some singers of the former group formed the new Coro Monte Dosso with the collaboration of the current conductor Antonia Corsini – already a member of the La Rosta choir at a very young age – initially starting as an all male choir to which several female voices were soon added, thus forming a group of about thirty elements.

After a period of preparation, the choir began its concert activity, receiving wide recognition and consistently maintaining the essential characteristics and identity of the old repertoire but, at the same time, expanding it with the new musical ideas of Mario Fulgoni and other authors. Participation in the non-competitive Festival related to the G. Savani choral competition in Carpi in 2024 was also met with great appreciation.

Antonia Corsini graduated in Flute from the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory in Parma under the guidance of Professor M. Grazia Bovio; she participated in advanced courses with the maestros Glauco Gambursano (1st flute of the Scala Orchestra in Milan) and Carl Klam. She has a degree in Music Education and taught music education and flute in elementary schools in the Fornovo Taro School District and in Borgo Val di Taro Music Orientation School.

The “Coro Lirico San Giovanni” debuted in June 2008 in Monza with the “Messa di Gloria” by Giacomo Puccini.

His lyrical vocation led him quickly to establish itself in numerous concerts, performed with orchestras and conductors of national and international fame.

Since its inception, the choir has been directed by Maestro Nicola Tumicioli and Nicolò Dal Ben. Since January 2023 the choir has been led by Maestro Andrea Cristofolini.

The repertoire of the Coro Lirico San Giovanni includes the most famous songs for Choir and Orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, J. Offenbach, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, P. Iljic Tchaikosky and Mikis Theodorakis, and others, as well as unforgettable pages of the most beautiful scores, composed by one of the most famous Italians in the world,

Ennio Morricone, recently awarded the oscar, and Florian Hans Zimmer. The full choir his vast devoting great attention to sacred music, performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Georg Friedrich Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Lorenzo Perosi, Antonio Salieri, Antonio Vivaldi, Benedetto Marcello and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many more. The Choir has also faced an unusual repertoire for a Lyric Choir, such as jazz, swing and blues, with resounding success with critics and the public, in the year 2014 in collaboration with the Orchestra Big Band Ritmo-Sinfonica “City of Verona”. The Choir has also made her debut in costume works such as BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Rossini and CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Mascagni, directed and stage design by Luigi Barilone, in the city Guastalla (RE), in the city Rovereto (TN) and in the city Valeggio sul Mincio (VR), and in autumn 2016, in two other prestigious investments at Teatro Ristori Verona, still with BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Rossin and DON GIOVANNI by W.A. Mozart. The Choir has performed in the city of Fiume (CROATIA), at the Italian Community of Fiume, for some years now holding a fruitful exchange of reciprocal visits. The Conductor Andrea Cristofolini, born in Marebbe (Bolzano), graduated in piano at the Bolzano Conservatory of Music. He then continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Music, specializing in composition and orchestra conducting.
He taught orchestral exercises for two years at the Trieste Conservatory. From 1985 to 2021, he worked at the Fondazione Arena di Verona, first as maestro di sala and prompter and then, since 1995, as maestro del Coro. He has carried out an intense concert activity as a pianist, devoting himself mainly to contemporary and chamber music, performing in many countries in Europe.

Stylistic and musical diversity characterises the modern choir “vocalis” under the direction of Mercedes Guerrero, a trained opera singer and choir director from Colombia.

The choir is part of the Liedertafel Ettlingen 1842 e. V., one of the oldest associations in Baden in south-west Germany.

The repertoire of vocalis is demanding, wide-ranging and international. It includes new German choral literature as well as modern arrangements of art songs, sacred music and world music from different cultures from Africa to South America.

The internationality and versatility that characterise vocalis as a choir are reflected both in the variety of nationalities represented in the choir and in the repertoire for the Festival Corale Verona Garda Estate.

In doing so, vocalis succeeds in covering a surprising and broad range of music, from German Romanticism and world-famous melodies to iconic pieces of film music and modern choral ensembles. Works by Mendelssohn, Lauridsen, Duruflé and Mancini are just a few examples.
Around 40 singers are currently active in the choir; the age range extends from late 20s to mid-70s.
In addition, vocalis regularly organises joint choir projects and performances with other choirs and orchestras in southern Germany and internationally, e. g. in Madrid.

The “Corale San Bartolomeo Apostolo” is a mixed amateur choir, which today has about 20 members. It was founded in 2019 by a group of singers who already animated the liturgical celebrations of the parish of San Bartolomeo delle Montagne, in the province of Verona. The repertoire ranges from sacred music to traditional folk and mountain songs, performed both a cappella and with instruments.

During the restrictions period due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the choir devoted itself exclusively to the animation of liturgical celebrations in the parish. In 2023, it also resumed its concert activity. Some months ago, the “Corale San Bartolomeo Apostolo” begun a new cooperation with the “Coro di Vestenavecchia e Castelvero”, forming an ensemble of about 30 elements, with the aim of singing during the most important celebrations in their respective churches and organizing and participating in concert events.

In 2016, a group of singers and friends with a common passion for gospel music decided to set up a project with the goal of sharing the unique emotions that music gives. This is how OneSoul Gospel Choir was funded.

Since then we have performed several dozen concerts, mainly in the Milan area but also in the rest of Lombardy and outside the region. Over the years, we have performed in churches, theaters, and outdoor venues, both for fundraising events in support of charities and for private events. Our repertoire is largely based on traditional gospel, but it also includes a few pop songs rearranged with a gospel touch. For our live performances we are supported by a band of professionals. Depending on the event, on some occasions we perform accompanied only by the piano, while on others by a band (piano, keyboard, electric guitar, bass, and drums).

Since 2022, the choir has been conducted by Maestro Domenico Vena, who took over the artistic direction. Currently, the choir consists of 25 singers.