The Aarhus Girls' Choir (''Aarhus Pigekor'') is an organized group of young female singers based in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

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. The choir, which has up to 35 members aged between 15 and 25, is currently under the direction of Birgitte Næslund Madsen. It forms part of the Aarhus School of Music, the city's largest music school. The choir regularly performs concerts in Denmark and has an international orientation with tours and participation in international contests. A voice test is required of those wishing to join the choir and its members are expected to be active in secondary social activities. The choir cooperates with the

Danish National Opera Den Jyske Opera, also known as the Danish National Opera, is based in Aarhus, Denmark. Established in 1947, it's Denmark's largest touring opera company, and the second only to the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Description Founded in Aarhus in ...

and

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra The Aarhus Symfoniorkester (Aarhus Symphony Orchestra) is the principal orchestra for the Danish city of Aarhus. Description Established in 1935 as ''Aarhus By-Orkester'' (Aarhus City Orchestra), since 1982 it has performed most of its concerts in ...

and frequently holds concerts both nationally and internationally. The choir has recorded two CDs, ''Jorden rundt med Aarhus Pigekor'' in 2008 and ''Perler og Krystaller'' in 2015.

Awards

The choir has participated in the World Choir Games numerous times and won gold in 2006 (Xiamen) and 2014 (Riga). In 2016 the World Choir Games ranked the choir 41st out of 1000 overall and 5th in the Female Choir category.

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* {{authority control Danish choirs Music in Aarhus Organizations based in Aarhus