Choirs of the International Study Center
Camerata Carolina begins rehearsals
The Camerata Carolina chamber choir is rehearsing the programme ‘Bach. Brahms. Bruckner: The Great Motets’ for the concerts on 31st of May in Heidelberg, on 5th of July in Hanover - in collaboration with the choir of Leibniz University Hannover -, on 19th July in the Sankt Blasien Cathedral as well as on 20th of July 2025 in the Saint Pierre et Paul Cathedral, Rosheim/Alsace (FR).
Rehearsals for this challenging and fascinating programme will begin on Tuesday, 18 February 2025 on Tuesdays from 8 pm to 10 pm at Max-Weber-Haus, Ziegelhäuser Landstr. 17.
For an audition, please make an appointment with the conductor by e-mail.
G. Verdi: Requiem
The Capella Choir, assembling over 150 participants, performed G. Verdi's Requiem on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 8 p.m. as well as on Sunday, February 16, at 5 p.m. at Neue Aula, Neue Universität. As a special highlight, the choir of the Collegium Paedagogicum (Charles Universität, Prague) was our guest this year.
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Camerata Carolina on tour!
From September 16 to 23, 2024, the Camerata Carolina embarked on a concert tour to Imperia, Sanremo and Montpellier. The Camerata Carolina had been preparing its program “European Choral Music from 6 Centuries and 7 Countries” since the beginning of the year.
The Camerata Carolina consists mainly of students and young researchers, for whom the trip represents a financial challenge. We have therefore launched a crowdfunding project through which you can directly support the choir on its journey and promote musical and cultural exchange.
European choral music from 6 centuries
Europe should be a unity of diversity - musically, it has been for a long time. With its program “European Choral Music from 6 Centuries”, the Camerata Carolina demonstrates this in its concert on Sunday, June 30, 2024 in the Peterskirche Heidelberg.
The works presented range from Gregorian chant to the 21st century. Well-known names - Bach, Bellini, Fauré, Soler, Stanford, Verdi - are represented with impressive compositions, but we have also selected lesser-known gems. The most recent work is Valentin Silvestrov's “Prayer for Ukraine” for twelve-part choir, which he wrote in 2014 to mark the uprising on Maidan Square in Kijiv. We consciously include this brave country in European music. The Camerata intensively cultivates the high art of a cappella singing and is regularly praised by audiences and the press for its transparent and warm choral sound. It will continue its frequent travels this year: it will present this program in Italy (Liguria) and France (Montpellier).
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WILLKOMMEN WELCOME BIENVENUE BENEVENUDO
Our choir is composed of mainly students and is open to all people who are musically inclined and who enjoy singing in an open, international, concentrated yet relaxed atmosphere. As choirs of the "Internationales Studienzentrum" at Heidelberg University, it is very important for us to have international students feel welcome during our choir rehearsals, performances and celebrations. The “Camerata Carolina”, the prize-winning chamber choir of the university, welcomes new members with choir experience and very good vocal and musical qualifications. We also have a small troupe, the GSG9, which performs at private parties, company events and university galas. The music repertoire ranges from contemplative sacred to lively secular.
