SONG

Чешская Республика

The Song Choir has been active at Masaryk High School in Vsetín for 29 years. They hold regular concerts in Vsetín and perform in other towns and cities across the country. They have sung in partner towns, including Vrgorac, Bytom, Mödling, and Stará Ľubovňa, and have toured internationally in Italy, Germany, Croatia, Greece, Slovakia, Austria, and Latvia. They have also competed in international competitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. The Song Choir has achieved top rankings in the Chrám i tvrz, Opava Cantat, Song Festival Olomouc, and Gymnasia Cantant Brno competitions, as well as participated in the prestigious FSU in Jihlava and the Czech-German Music Week in Coburg.The preparatory choir, Gaudeamus, collaborates with Song at the school, while the graduate choir, Hekal, participates in most of their concerts. Together, the choirs of Masaryk Gymnasium have recorded and released a total of nine CDs, three programs for the radio stations Český rozhlas and Proglas, and eight video clips. Since the choirs’ founding, they have been conducted by PaedDr. Helena Kaločová..