chor.com
chor.com is the official .com website for chor.com, a major German and international meeting place for people involved in choirs and vocal music.
What is chor.com mainly used for?
The chor.com website is the online home of a biennial event that combines professional training, concerts, networking, and a trade fair for the vocal music community.
The German Choral Association, known as Deutscher Chorverband, organizes the event for choir conductors, singers, music teachers, church musicians, composers, publishers, academics, concert organizers, and other professionals.
The event has operated since 2011 and normally brings the professional and amateur sides of choral music together in one place.
When and where is chor.com 2026?
The next chor.com takes place in Leipzig, Germany, from October 1 through October 4, 2026, according to the German Choral Association.
This is the first chor.com hosted in Leipzig after Dortmund hosted the event from 2011 through 2017 and Hanover hosted it from 2019 through 2024.
Leipzig is expected to remain more than a one-time location because the association announced the city as the event's new host beginning in 2026.
How large is the 2026 program?
The 2026 edition includes about 150 workshops, masterclasses, and reading sessions covering different vocal genres, ensemble types, professional levels, and teaching methods.
The German Choral Association also announced plans for around 100 European exhibitors, while chor.com's 2026 media information estimates an audience of approximately 2,000 professional participants.
Leipzig's official tourism organization says the public concert program contains 20 concerts spread across three evenings at venues including Thomaskirche, Peterskirche, Philippuskirche, and Kupfersaal.
What can visitors do at the chor.com Forum?
The chor.com Forum acts as the public-facing trade and networking area where publishers, labels, educational institutions, technology suppliers, associations, artists, and event organizers can present their work.
Entry to the Forum and exhibition area is free, making this part of chor.com accessible even to visitors who do not hold a full professional-participant ticket.
The program also includes talks, presentations, open singing sessions, and opportunities to meet organizations working across the vocal music industry.
What makes the workshops important?
The workshop program is designed for people who actively teach, conduct, organize, perform, publish, or study vocal music rather than functioning only as entertainment for concert audiences.
Topics can extend from conducting and new concert formats to digital tools, choir management, music education, contemporary repertoire, and methods for working with children and young people.
Participants can also attend specialist masterclasses and reading sessions where musical ideas can be tested in a practical setting.
What is the theme for chor.com 2026?
The 2026 edition uses the theme "Building Bridges" to explore how choral music can connect different people, communities, musical styles, and professional fields.
The 2026 program announcement says this idea appears across both workshops and concerts, with participants encouraged to explore unfamiliar approaches and perspectives.
Artists and ensembles announced for the event include Latvian Voices, Calmus Ensemble, Sjaella, SWR Vokalensemble, Chorwerk Ruhr, and Leipzig's historic Thomanerchor.
Does chor.com offer anything beyond normal workshops?
A new 2026 format called Speed-Matching creates short one-to-one meetings where composers can introduce works directly to publishers, choir directors, singers, and other interested participants.
The Speed-Matching project is intended to encourage discussion of contemporary music and help new compositions reach amateur choir programs and potential publishers.
This format shows that chor.com functions partly as an industry marketplace where creative work, professional contacts, education, and performance can meet.
Can people still buy tickets for chor.com 2026?
Online registration for professional participation closed on August 31, 2026, but chor.com says professional-participant tickets can still be purchased at the information desk in Leipzig's Kongresshalle when the event begins on October 1.
Tickets for individual concerts remain available online separately, while workshop availability can change as individual sessions fill.
The main workshop locations are Volkshochschule Leipzig and Kongresshalle am Zoo Leipzig, with the Forum and exhibition also based at the Kongresshalle.
Who will find chor.com most useful?
chor.com is especially useful for choir directors, vocal teachers, music students, composers, publishers, church musicians, professional singers, choir managers, and organizations looking for current ideas or contacts within Europe's choral sector.
Casual music fans can still benefit from the concerts and free Forum, while professionals receive the greatest value from the site's detailed workshop schedules, contributor profiles, event information, and networking opportunities.
What does the chor.com domain tell visitors?
The short chor.com domain matches the German word "Chor," meaning choir, so the address directly reflects the site's focus despite using the internationally familiar .com extension.
Rather than being a general choir-information portal, chor.com mainly serves a specific recurring event and provides the practical information needed to attend, perform, teach, exhibit, network, or follow its program.