Children’s choir “Omnes”

The children’s music studio “Omnes” was founded in 1999. The name reflects the aims of the group—to develop the musical hearing and vocal faculties of every child irrespective of the quality of their natual-born musical gifts and their level of development when they join the choir. In the spring of 2002, the choir was formed by the conductor and artistic director of the studio Aija Kukule. Today there are thirty-five singers aged nine to fifteen in the choir. The repertoire is quite varied—from the classics to modern Latvian and European choral music.

In 2005 the choir participated in the ninth Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Celebration and in the international project Eurotreff (Germany). The choir has participated in several international choir competitions: Tallinn, Estonia (2003), the fifty-second European Children and Youth Choir Festival in Neerpelt, Belgium (2004), Riva del Garda, Italy (2006), Budapest, Hungary (2007), Coralis in Barcelona, Spain (2007) where it was the competition winner, The Singing World in St Petersburg, Russia (2008), and Silver Bells in Daugavpils, Latvia (2009). They have also released four CDs.