Boat trip June 11th 2023

The Leiden English Choir, which started out as an informal carol-singing group at Leiden University’s English Department, celebrated its 50th anniversary in style: the choir performed a magnificent concert together with two guest choirs, Chór Astolabium from Toruń (Poland), and the City of Oxford Choir from England. The programme featured two world premieres: “To see […]

Christmas matinee 2021

Christmas matinee Leiden English Choir. Marekerk, December 18, 2021 It was a pleasure to be able to give our traditional Christmas concert! Supported by Anna Marieke Zijlstra on oboe and Takashi Mizumoto on piano, and conducted by Hebe de Champeaux, we were able to present an attractive program. The program included Three Nativity Carols by […]

Performance on July 11, 2021

After a year and a half, finally another performance, together with the children’s choir ZingZang, on the Pieterskerhof in Leyden.

LEC in a cow shed

In June 2021 we could rehearse live, but Corona proof, in a former cow shed.

Online rehearsals

A premier during lockdown 2020 – our first virtual choir numbers! We didn’t let the COVID lockdown stop us from making music.