If you have the
urge and the time, come and sing with us
we are taking on new members, singers in all voice categories.
Entrance tests take place from September to June,
every Monday and Thursday from 6 p.m.
in the Big Hall (entrance from Masaryk´s quay).
The exact date of an interview can be arranged with the choirmaster.
Contact:
Roman Z. Novák, phone +420 774 376 551
or e-mail: novak@hlahol.cz
we are taking on new members, singers in all voice categories.
Entrance tests take place from September to June,
every Monday and Thursday from 6 p.m.
in the Big Hall (entrance from Masaryk´s quay).
The exact date of an interview can be arranged with the choirmaster.
Contact:
Roman Z. Novák, phone +420 774 376 551
or e-mail: novak@hlahol.cz
Short from story:
- one of oldest
Czech choirs, found year 1861
- the first leaders of the choir
were Karel Bendl and Bedřich Smetana
- in 1903, construction started on
its own building on the bank of the River Vltava in a quintessential Art
Noveau style with wall paintings by Alfons Mucha
- the choir worked together with
prominent Czech orchestras, the radio and television during the 20th
century
- in 1957, the choir formed its own
orchestra but it later had to be dissolved after 1973 due to high
financial costs
- international cooperation was
strengthened after the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989
- there are currently 60 active
members, with the average age of 38 years
- in 2001, Roman
Z. Novák (*1967),
became regens chori and under his leadership the repertoire, so far mostly
Czech, has been enriched and become international featuring modern genres
- since 2006 she
has been working as the assistant choirmistress Klára Ježková (*1982)
- concerts are held on regular
basis in its own building (such as advent singing, Christmas concerts),
also in cooperation with Art-n