Culture

Choir trips for children and youth

The Wilo-Foundation supported the choirs of the CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V. on various trips abroad to ensure that as many young children as possible could participate in these tours.

Kinder in Fuchskostümen auf der Bühne im Rahmen einer Aufführung

Worldwide

Germany

Dortmund

Funding period: 2013-2020

Der Jugendkonzertchor vor dem "amsterdam"-Schriftzug in den Niederlanden — The Youth Concert Choir in the Netherlands 2015. Photo: CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V.

Since 2002, the choirs of the CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V. – which calls itself Europe’s largest singing school – have been touring around the world, for instance to Poland, Croatia, Italy, China, France, Austria, Portugal and the USA. Concert tours to Beijing, Boston and Fátima have even led to long-term partnerships with local children’s and youth choirs, and the young singers made new friends.

The Dortmund-based Choral Academy seeks to develop the artistic abilities of the choir singers but also to enhance their social skills. Leisure time activities and vacation projects have proved to be effective for building the team spirit within the Academy, as have regular international exchange projects and international concert tours.

Mehrere Kinder mit grünen Halsbändern des WDR-Kinderchors stehen auf einer Bühne und singen — The WDR Children's Choir is a collaboration between the WDR Radio Choir and the CHORAKADEMIE Dortmund. Photo: CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V., Credit: Claus Langer

Der Jugendkonzertchor der Chorakademie Dortmund posiert in einer Werkshalle — The Youth Concert Choir of the Dortmund Choir Academy. Photo: CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V.

The Wilo-Foundation has provided financial support for several concert tours. For the opera children’s choir: 2014 Croatia, 2015 “Singspiel” (children’s opera) The Magic Word, 2016 Portugal, 2017 Austria, 2018 Croatia, 2019 South Korea.
For the youth concert choir and youth girls’ choir: 2014 Tuscany, 2015 Netherlands, 2016 Ireland, 2017 United States, 2018 United Kingdom and the Netherlands. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the foundation made available additional funding for the virtual choir project “One call away”.

The support provided by the Wilo-Foundation was necessary to reduce the financial burden on parents and to ensure that as many young children as possible could participate in these tours.

Photo Header: CHORAKADEMIE am Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V., Credit: Claus Langer

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The CHORAKADEMIEam Konzerthaus Dortmund e.V. , founded in 2002, has up to 1,000 singers today, making it the largest singing school in Europe. With its more than thirty different choirs, the Academy offers a large variety of singing opportunities, from the joy of singing together up to solo singing on a very high, almost professional level.

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The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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