Canticum Anglicum, Amsterdam Conducted by Marga Schoutens, there are around 25 singers with an average age of about 35 years. For more than fifteen years we have been singing English choir music; the beautiful works from the Cathedral tradition of the Anglican Church. This explains the ‘Anglicum’ in the name of our choir. A large part of our repertoire consists of anthems of composers like Byrd, Tye, Tallis, Purcell, Croft, Wesley, Stanford, Wood, Britten and Howells. Hymns and psalms on chant are also familiar to us and mainly used for services. Within this English setting, we do not prefer a specific time or period: we sing renaissance, modern and anything in between. All this music was written for use in church so we are happy we have one in which we can have rehearsals. That is the Vredeskerk, in the Pijnackerstraat in the south of Amsterdam, near the Okura hotel. We rehearse there every Wednesday evening from 8 till 10.30 pm. In return for the hospitality of the Vredeskerk we sing Sunday mass there once in every six weeks.

English Reformed Church Choir, Amsterdam We are a warm, welcoming and international mixed group of four voices and have around 30 members. We rehearse in English and have a wide-ranging repertoire. And while we are in essence an amateur choir, we pride ourselves on singing at our very best.

FireChoir, Amsterdam FireChoir is a cross-cultural community choir of over 100 people singing American style black gospel music. Everyone is welcome; the only requirement is to be able to sing on pitch. We rehearse weekly in the spring and the fall for 14 weeks, followed by concerts in Amsterdam and other cities and/or countries. In 2013, FireChoir was chosen to sing with Barbra Streisand for her two concerts in Amsterdam. FireChoir is professionally managed by American directors from New York. Our membership is international and our repertoire and rehearsals are in English

The Leiden English Choir is a high-quality and sociable amateur choir made up of singers of all ages. The choir numbers about 40 members, with a shared love of singing and an interest in English-speaking countries. We rehearse in Dutch and English, and perform two concerts per year. Each programme is self-contained, so it’s possible to join for just one project.

Luscinia Choir (The International Women’s Choir of The Hague)  is an open and friendly female choir with members from Holland, Italy, England, USA, Ireland, Mexico, Indonesia, Canada and South Africa. Members vary in age from 21 to… well, somewhere in the region of 50.

Morgana Kamerkoor A small and dedicated chamber choir in The Hague. We seek to be challenged by known and unknown choir music from the Middle Ages to the present day, and perfect our singing abilities on the go. Our conductor Taco Sorgdrager, who is also a composer, specializes in vocal training and choir improvisation techniques, which are included in our concerts.

Nederlands Concertkoor Choir of nearly 100 amateur singers that performs with major Dutch orchestras.