The Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice

The Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice was established in March 2006. The Conductor of the Choir since March 2013 has been Michał Brożek. 

The Choir has 60 members. The team represents the University mostly during academic ceremonies, concerts and regional events, competitions and choral music festivals in Poland and worldwide. 

The Choir has concerted in Italy, Lithuania, Turkey, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, North Macedonia, China, Greece.

The team won over 30 prizes in national and international competitions. The Team concerted also in many festivals in Poland and worldwide such as: 56th International Festival of Sacral Music “Virgo Lauretana” in Loreto, Italy (2016), “Beijing International Choral Festival” in China (2018), “Ohrid Choir Festival” in North Macedonia (2018), 7 th Festival BACH organized by Choir Rencontres Musicales en Loire in Saint-Étienne, France (2019), International Choir Competition “MUNDI CANTANT” in Olomouc, Czech Republic (2019), Grand Prix of the FESTIVAL “M U S I C & SEA” in Paralia, Greece (2022), XVII International Choir Festival „Gaude Cantem” in Bielsku-Biała, Poland (2022), National Choir Competition “Magnificat” in Bytom (2022).

The repertoire of the Choir covers early, classical, romantic and contemporary music including compositions with sacral theme, arrangements of popular music, songs inspired with folk of various nations also vocal and instrumental performances such as Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Joseph Haydn’s Missa Brevis, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9. Symphony, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, John Rutter’s Magnificat, Johann Sebastian Bach The Mass in B minor BWV 232, Wojciech Kilar Missa pro pace for 4 Solo Voices (SATB), Mixed Choir and Orchestr or Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater 

Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice has recorded five albums. 

The Choir is the organizer also Metropolitan Choral Festival since 2018. The fifth edition took place in April 2023. 

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