European Youth Choir 2025
Valencia, Spain | 16 – 28 July 2025
Organisers: European Choral Association in cooperation with Fecocova
Conductors: Donka Miteva (DE/BG) and Francesc Valldecabres (Valencia, ES)
There are many choirs in Europe, but only one European Youth Choir – fka EuroChoir!
This is a special choir project to promote the networking of talented young singers at the European level, and to foster the emergence of the next generation of talents. Organised every year in a different country, the event offers the opportunity to young singers to get together to rehearse a challenging program with renowned conductors, improve their vocal skills and present the results of their work in public concerts.
Join the European Youth Choir!
PROGRAMME
Dates of session including concert tour: 16 – 28/07/2025
Place for rehearsal session: Valencia, Spain
Concerts: Final concert in Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Spain on 270/7/2025 – others performances to be announced!
The full programme will be published soon!
CONDUCTORS
Sing with our excellent conductors
Donka Miteva (DE/BG)
Francesc Valldecabres (Valencia, ES)
APPLICATION
Who can apply?
- Young singers between 18 and 30 years old
- Citizens or residents of a European country
- Good singers ready to prepare scores in advance
- English will be the working language.
Applications for the European Youth Choir will open on January 2025 and will end on 1 March 2025!
How to apply?
Starting from January, it will be possible to apply through an application form that will be published here. Check out our channels to keep yourself updated!
Keep in mind that you will need a google account to fill in the form.
The audition for 2025’s session consists of:
- an audio recording (a capella) of the bars 1-24 for the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and for the Bass until bar 33 (with dynamics) of Johannes Brahms’s “Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen” [Score available here]
- an audio recording of a solo song (Lied / art song or folk song) of your choice. The song has to be no more than 2-3 minutes long. It can be sung a capella or with accompaniment
- an audio recording (a capella) of the following warm up exercise (your singing range), starting from suitable key for the voice and then continue to show the full range of your voice:
- Please, add a picture that can be used to introduce you in our social media and website in case you are selected as a singer of the European Youth Choir session
Please clearly name your files with LastName_FirstName_filecontent (ex: Miteva_Donka_Brahms.mp3)
Every applicant will receive an email letting them know if they have been selected for the European Youth Choir Session 2025.
PRICE AND CONDITIONS
Tuition fees (per person and country)
| Country groups | Indirect* Members | Non-members |
| 1 | €310 | €330 |
| 2 | €250 | €270 |
| 3 | €190 | €210 |
* Indirect members are members of member organisations of the European Choral Association in categories A1 and A2 (see here) or members of the Friends of the European Choral Association. The full list of country groups is found right here. In case of doubt which group your country belongs to, please contact us.
The fee includes all the activities, accommodation, travel costs during the session and meals. Scores will be an additional cost, but will be subsided and singers will keep the scores post-course.
Payment Instructions
When your application is approved (after 1 April 2025), you will receive an email with further instructions on paying your tuition fee.
