About Us: The SKOWRONKI Girls’ Choir from Poznań, Poland was established in 1950. From its beginning it has been affiliated with ZAMEK Culture Centre. Experienced and respected pedagogues-musicians look after the musical development of the girls and artistic progra... moreThe SKOWRONKI Girls’ Choir from Poznań, Poland was established in 1950. From its beginning it has been affiliated with ZAMEK Culture Centre. Experienced and respected pedagogues-musicians look after the musical development of the girls and artistic program.
The Choir is conducted and creatively inspired by its Artistic Director and Conductor Alicja Szeluga, an educator and choral music aficionado. The Vocal Coach Marzena Michałowska, and accompanying pianist Czesław Łynsza, as well as percussionist Beata Polak complete the musical team.
The SKOWRONKI Girls Choir also has programs for younger groups. The ensemble is consists of 140 girls aged between 6 and 22. The singers of the choir are secondary school students as well as students from universities of Poznań. The group’s repertoire rediscovers and promotes works of various composers from different periods as well as performs pieces commissioned especially for the choir.
The Choir has taken part in festivals and choral workshops in Wrocław, Poland (Wratislavia Cantans), Latvia (Riga), (Wolfenbüttel, Usedom), Italy (Torino), and Israel (Jerusalem), Hungary (Veszprem), Great Britain (Worcester). It co-operates with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, and has received invitations to participate in opera spectacles.
The SKOWRONKI Girls' Choir recorded for television, radio and released several CD albums. In 2010, the Choir was awarded received an “Honorary Badge for Services to Wielkopolska Province". Skowronki Girl’s Choir is the organizer of the “Trillme” biannual
International Girls Choir Festival in Poznań. The Choir is an active participant of Poznań’s and Great Poland’s musical life.
The Choir has received many main prizes in nineteen European choir competitions of which the most important is the Grand Prix of National Choir Tournament LEGNICA CANTAT (2007) and Grand Prix of International Choir Competition in Ohrid in Macedonia (2011), and Grand Prix of Freamunde International Choir Competition in Portugal. It tours regularly, bringing Polish culture closer to the world and has performed in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, France, Spain, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Portugal, Israel and in the United States.
The group’s performance highlight was a concert on one of the world’s most prestigious stages - Carnegie Hall, New York City. The two-hour performance, exuberantly applauded by American audience, was a huge success.
The choir’s discography includes nine CDs and twelve DVDs with concert recordings. less
Additional names: The SKOWRONKI Girl's Choir
Location: Św. Marcin 80/82 , Poznań, Wielkopolska, Poland [map]
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