The Ensemble 22

The Ensemble 22 was founded in 1998 and belongs together with the University Choir and the Student Madrigal Choir to the Collegium Musicum Vocale of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

Through demanding concerts we have gained a good reputation both in Westphalia and Germany as well as in other European countries. Shortly after our foundation we won a good reputation by participating in the III. International Choir Festival in Grado won first place in the categories "Spiritual Music" and "Mixed Voice Vocal Ensembles". Artistic highlights of the past years have been various concert tours. Our first trip to Italy in 2001 with concerts in Bologna, Florence, Rome and Venice was followed in 2003 and 2005 by tours through Denmark and Norway with concerts in Christiansfeld, Søgne, Kristiansand, Tonstad and Bergen. In September 2004 Ensemble 22 gave guest performances at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and at the 5th German Edvard Grieg Congress. In addition to numerous concerts and performances of major choral works (Mozart's "Requiem" in D minor (2015), Tippett's "A child of our time" (2018), Brahms' "Ein deutsches Requiem" (2019)) with the student Madrigal Choir and the University Choir, we have also participated in the concert series "Neue Wände" several times in recent years. New music composed for our ensemble by Wolfgang Stockmeier and Matthias Bayer, among others, was premiered in concerts in 2017 and 2018. Another highlight was our last concert tour to France in 2018 with concerts in Orléans, Portiers and Le Mans, from which a close friendship and connection to the local partner choirs developed. This will take us back to France in May 2020. In addition to our five concerts so far this year, there will be two more appearances during Advent, with the Christmas concert on 08.12.2019 closing our concert year 2019.

Direction: Volker Hagemann