The Vienna Girls Choir was founded in 2004 as a counterpart to the Vienna Boys Choir. What began with a handful of singers
has now grown into a professional chamber choir of 25 dedicated young ladies between the ages of 10 and 14. The girls are
taught using the methods of the Vienna Boys Choir. The aim is to achieve a natural, effortless sound and a wide-ranging repertoire.
The Vienna Girls Choir sings its own concerts. In 2022, they performed in Joe Zawinul's oratorio «Mauthausen – vom großen
Sterben hören»; in 2023, they appeared at the wien modern festival in Mark Andre's «RWH 1-4» in St. Stephen's Cathedral in
Vienna; In 2024, they participated in a performance of Carl Orff's «Carmina burana» at the Vienna Konzerthaus. That same year,
the girls sang in Arthur Honegger's «Jeanne d'Arc» at the Musikverein, joining a cast headed by Academy Award winner Marion
Cotillard.
On special occasions, they appear with the Vienna Boys Choir –in 2018 at the Climate Summit in the Vienna Hofburg, in 2023
at the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert and at the reopening of the Austrian Parliament, at the gala concert celebrating
525 years of the Vienna Boys Choir and in 2025, at the Vienna Boys Choir Mother's Day Concert at Vienna’s Musikverein.
In 2023, the Vienna Girls Choir received the Austrian Music Theatre Award, and in 2024, they were awarded the European Culture
Prize together with the Vienna Boys Choir.
As of September 2024, the girl choristers have been attending the Vienna Boys Choir grammar school. The academic year is divided
into terms: two terms are devoted to school, the third term is devoted to concerts and touring. In 2025, the choir visited
Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany and Italy; in 2026, they are set to tour China.
The Vienna Girls Choir is officially part of the historic Vienna Hofmusikkapelle (Chapel Imperial), and from September 2026,
the girls’ choirwill take turns with the four boys’ choirs at singing mass in the Imperial Chapel.
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A Day in the Life of a Choir Girl
Monday - FridaySchool starts at 7:30 am. We have four academic lessons to start with, each lesson lasts 45 minutes. There is a longer break at 9 am, and another just before 11 am. Our daily choir practice begins at 11. We practice for two hours, we prepare for our concerts, for our tours, for recording sessions. From 1 pm to 2:30 pm, we break for lunch and some free time. Between 2:30 pm and 5:50 pm, we have four more lessons, some of which we can use for prep. Sometimes we have a rehearsal instead of a class.
Saturday
On Saturdays, we rehearse from 8 am to 11 am. There are no academic classes on a Saturday, and one Saturday in four is free.
Admission to the Vienna Girls Choir is by audition. If you are interested,
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Choristers in the 2025-2026 season:
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Choristers in the 2025-2026 season:
Stefan Foidl
The choirmaster of the Wiener Chormädchen studied choral conducting, composition and jazz at the University of Music and Performing
Arts Vienna and the University of Miami/USA.
While still a student, Stefan Foidl served as assistant to Günther Theuring at the Vienna Jeunesse-Chor and as choirmaster
at the Vienna Tonkunstvereinigung. He founded the Vienna Jazz Choir, which he led for many years: In addition to appearances
at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Tyrolean Easter Festival, the Freiburger Münstersommer, the choir participated at the opening
of the Wiener Festwochen. In 2004, Foidl and his choir won a Ward Swingle Award at vokal.total in Graz.
Stefan Foidl received the Composition Prize of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Downbeat Award as a
member of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble of the University of Miami, and in 2015 the Erwin Ortner Fund Prize for the promotion of
choral music. He is active internationally as a lecturer, e.g. at the Krems Choir Academy, the International Singing Week
Zell/Pram, the Freistadt Voice Festival and the Erlangen Choir Days.
