Smíšený pěvecký sbor KOS

Чешская Республика

Mixed choir KOS is a part of College and Secondary Teacher’s Training School in Litomyšl. Its work is built on more than fifty years of choir tradition at the school. As every school choir it changes its members every year. The choir has been successfully presenting itself at festivals and choral competitions both at home and abroad where it traditionally occupies the best places. The choir has performed throughout Europe, 2008 in Canada, 2016 in USA. During the 15-year-existence of mixed singing, the choir has released seven CDs. A double album called Gufo where chamber choir KOKOS is presented too, contains also premieres of contemporary authors compositions (Luboš Hána, Jiří Teml, Jan Vičar). On their last CD called Mosaic of Memories you can find a world premiere of Missa Festiva by a present day American composer John Leavitt. Members of the choir participate in various vocal-instrumental projects: children opera Budulínek (Robert Mimra), musical Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber), rock oratorio Eversmiling liberty (Jens Johansen and Erling Kullberg), Celebration Jazz Mass (Karel Růžička), baroque opera Pygmalion (Jean Philippe Rameau) and many other piece. The artistic director of the choir is Milan Motl, Marie Jovbaková plays the piano.