<p>Berlin's Sing-Akademie is thought to be the world's oldest mixed choir. It was founded in 1791 as an association of free citizens and as an "art society for sacred music". For the first time in the history of music, men and women of all confessions came together to sing old and new compositions for multiple voices.</p><br />
<p>Then as now, the Sing-Akademie is an established part of Berlin's musical life. With its concerts, open sessions, singing groups, auditoria and lectures, it presents a diverse range of events for children and adults, students, amateurs and professionals. As an association run by its dedicated members, it feels a special commitment to the ideals of the enlightened Berlin civil society of the period around 1800. This includes the aims of mediating between research and musical praxis, listeners and performers, avant-garde and tradition, and of being a meeting place for today's academics, authors and composers.</p><br />
<p><strong>"Every stranger and every new member finds something where virtue gladly lingers: attention without visible effort, beauty without preference, diversity of class, age and trade, without affected choices; delight in a fine art, without tiring; all manner of mixtures, like a flower garden."</strong></p><br />
<p>Carl Friedrich Zelter</p>

SING-AKADEMIE ZU BERLIN

Berlin's Sing-Akademie is thought to be the world's oldest mixed choir. It was founded in 1791 as an association of free citizens and as an "art society for sacred music". For the first time in the history of music, men and women of all confessions came together to sing old and new compositions for multiple voices.

Then as now, the Sing-Akademie is an established part of Berlin's musical life. With its concerts, open sessions, singing groups, auditoria and lectures, it presents a diverse range of events for children and adults, students, amateurs and professionals. As an association run by its dedicated members, it feels a special commitment to the ideals of the enlightened Berlin civil society of the period around 1800. This includes the aims of mediating between research and musical praxis, listeners and performers, avant-garde and tradition, and of being a meeting place for today's academics, authors and composers.

"Every stranger and every new member finds something where virtue gladly lingers: attention without visible effort, beauty without preference, diversity of class, age and trade, without affected choices; delight in a fine art, without tiring; all manner of mixtures, like a flower garden."

Carl Friedrich Zelter