General
The Dutch Nightingales youth choir consists of boys and girls who travel the world singing. The members of the choir come not only from Oosterhout, but from the entire region. Before joining the choir's concert group, they are prepared for the Nightingale life in the training group by qualified teachers.
Training
The Nightingales have their own choir school. Here young singers are trained in vocal and auditory skills before being enrolled in the concert class. They start out as ‘sparrows’, proceed as ‘titmouses’ and conclude their preparatory training as ‘finches’. After one or two years they enter the part rehearsals. The training class rehearses once a week. The concert choir rehearses twice a week.
Repertoire
The Nightingales’ extensive repertoire includes both sacred and secular music. It ranges from motets, chorals and spirituals to songs from musicals, pop songs and songs that were taken home from other countries. It is a good custom to add local music from visited countries to the repertoire. The choir performs in more than fifteen different languages.
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