Forget the gray autumn weather. The Children's Choir of the Schola Cantorum invites you to an afternoon concert in the Festsaal of the Neues Rathaus. The young voices present a colorful program of musical rarities and well-loved favorites. The concert sets the perfect mood for the autumn season.

Autumn Concert of the Children's Choir

Neues Rathaus Leipzig

A concert featuring a cross-section of works by women composers for female voices, performed by the ensemble Reine Frauensache and the girls' and women's choir of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig. The evening is hosted by Marleen Hoffmann of the Archiv Frau und Musik. In cooperation with Edition Peters.

Uplifted Voices

Peterskirche

Festive opening event for the Leipzig Music Trail (Northern Route), with welcoming addresses and music with a focus on Jewish music; inclusion in the European Route of Jewish Heritage.

Opening of the Leipzig Music Trail

Höfe am Brühl

Peace prayer marking the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. In cooperation with St. Nicholas Church Leipzig and the Polish Institute.

Peace Prayer at St. Nicholas Church

Nikolaikirche

Max Bruch: Odysseus. Scenes from the Odyssey, Op. 41 for soloists, chorus and orchestra, text by Wilhelm Paul Graff

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Max Bruch: Odysseus

Beethoven Hall (Beethovensaal)

Max Bruch: Odysseus. Scenes from the Odyssey, Op. 41 — oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, text by Wilhelm Paul Graff. A joint performance by the Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein (KMGV) with friendly choirs from Stuttgart, Leipzig and Bonn and the Philharmonie Südwestfalen.

Odysseus

Kölner Philharmonie

To mark the end of our musical semester, we celebrate the conclusion together with all of the choirs at the Taborkirche. The concert has been cancelled and will be rescheduled; the new date will be announced later.

Summer Concert

Taborkirche

Under the theme Summer - Singing - Sun, this year's Night of Choirs is held annually to foster better networking and exchange among Leipzig choirs. Each ensemble offers insight into its thematic approach and its own repertoire with a 15-minute performance.

Night of Choirs – Parents' Choir

Timed to coincide with the astronomical start of summer on July 21, we celebrate the Fête de la Musique in the green garden of the Mendelssohn House! Together with the children of our early music education program, along with parents and friends, we will make music on this day, marking the world's largest music festival. We warmly invite everyone to join in singing and to listen, especially our youngest listeners between the ages of 2 and 5.

Fête de la Musique

Mendelssohn-Haus

Recital of arias, art songs and duets from various eras, performed by students of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig as soloists, accompanied on piano by Aya Kugele.

Vocal Class Recital

Oberlichtsaal der Stadtbibliothek

Children's opera based on the classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, new production

The Little Prince

Theater der Jungen Welt

Children's opera based on the classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, new production. Premiere.

Benefit concert in support of St. Nikolai Church, with the Wartburg College Choir (Iowa, USA) on its European tour. The entire proceeds will go to St. Nikolai Church, which is raising donations for a roof renovation.

Benefit Concert with Wartburg College Choir

Instrumental and vocal music from various eras. The Hausmusikabende of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig have, since 2013, continued the tradition of singing and making music together among family and friends in the Biedermeier era. Performers: members of the choir, music educators and guests of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig.

22nd Hausmusikabend

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion

St. Matthew Passion

This evening you have the opportunity to experience the music teachers and faculty members of the Schola Cantorum on stage. Both vocally and instrumentally, a carefully curated and varied program awaits, featuring virtuosic chamber music and well-known arias and songs.

Faculty Concert

Traditional spring concert by the Schola Cantorum, featuring spring, folk and children's songs from around the world, rounds and poems for the season, as well as works by great composers.

Spring Concert

Experience the girls' and women's choir of the Schola Cantorum at an organ vespers service in the magnificent St. Nicholas Church! Nikolaikantor Markus Kaufmann and other organists present the largest organ in Saxony in all its sonic splendor and variety, with a range of diverse programs.

Organ Vespers at St. Nicholas Church

On this evening we revive the tradition of singing together as a family. All choir members, children from the early music education program, and anyone interested are warmly invited to join, along with family and friends. No sheet music is needed; the songs will be learned together on the spot.

Family Singing

Schola Cantorum Leipzig

Arias, art songs and duets from various eras. Solo performances by the students of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig, accompanied on piano by Aya Kugele.

Recital of the Voice Classes

As every semester, we play big sounds for our youngest listeners. In this format, children experience a wide variety of instruments up close, performed by professional musicians. All children taking part in the Musical Early Education program in the winter semester 2025/26 may attend the concert accompanied by a parent.

Great Music for Little Ears – Percussion

A contemplative choral concert by the children's choir of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig under the patronage of the Diakonie Leipzig. Christmas choral and instrumental music from various eras.

Advent Music of the Diakonie

Every year, the singers of the girls' and women's choir of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig enchant hundreds of listeners with traditional and new Christmas carols in the atmospherically lit St. Peter's Church. A festive highlight for anyone who wants to escape the hectic pre-Christmas season for an evening.

Traditional Christmas Carol Singing

In a cozy atmosphere, we kick off the festive Christmas season together with cookies and hot drinks in the garden house of the Mendelssohn-Haus! The Hausmusikabende of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig have been continuing the tradition of singing and making music together in family and circles of friends from the Biedermeier era of the 19th century since 2013.

21st Hausmusikabend

As every year, we festively usher in the Advent season in the Upper Promenade Hall of the Neues Rathaus. What began as a wish for all the choirs of the Schola Cantorum to sing and make music together has since become a labor of love and a Leipzig tradition.

Opening of the Advent and Christmas Season

To mark the anniversary, the children's choir of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig will sing historical songs from the Imperial era at the Schulmuseum Leipzig, accompanied by harmonium. Following its restoration, the instrument will be rededicated. A sociable get-together in the foyer will follow.

Anniversary Celebration at the School Museum

Schulmuseum Leipzig

The Hausmusikabende of the Schola Cantorum Leipzig have, since 2013, continued the tradition of communal singing and music-making in family and friends' circles of the Biedermeier period of the 19th century. Set in the historic ambiance of the Mendelssohn House in Leipzig, they offer members of the choirs, parents, music educators and guests a platform twice a year to publicly perform, in various ensembles, what has been practiced and learned in voice training, singing or instrumental lessons.

23rd Hausmusikabend

To kick off the busy Christmas season, the Schola Cantorum has invited audiences to an evening of music in the Upper Promenade Hall of the Neues Rathaus every year since 2015. This evening, the seven choirs of the Schola Cantorum present a varied program of Christmas music.

Opening Concert for the Advent and Christmas Season

To close the concert year, the Children's Choir and the Sparrows Choir of the Schola Cantorum invite you to an atmospheric musical Advent evening for the whole family. With familiar melodies, festive choral sounds and songs for everyone to sing along to, the evening creates a warm, festive atmosphere that puts you in the mood for the upcoming Christmas days.

Christmas Concert of the Sparrows and Children's Choir

A festive afternoon concert by the children's choir and the girls' and women's choir of the Schola Cantorum, in benefit of the Leipzig Diakonie, accompanied by the Leipzig Wind Ensemble. Admission is free; donations will go to the Leipzig Diakonie.

Advent Music for the Leipzig Diakonie

On the fourth Advent weekend, the Girls' and Women's Choir of the Schola Cantorum invites you to its traditional Christmas concert at St. Peter's Church. The tenor Patrick Grahl appears as a special guest.

Schola Cantorum Leipzig

Nov 20, 2026

23rd Hausmusikabend

Dec 1, 2026

Opening Concert for the Advent and Christmas Season

Dec 11, 2026

Christmas Concert of the Sparrows and Children's Choir

Dec 13, 2026

Advent Music for the Leipzig Diakonie

Dec 19, 2026

Traditional Christmas Carol Singing with the Girls' and Women's Choir

Oct 4, 2026

Autumn Concert of the Children's Choir

Oct 2, 2026

Uplifted Voices

Schola Cantorum Leipzig