We are delighted to announce that our new Music Director from September 2025 will be Barbara Höfling!

Barbara is a highly respected conductor and vocal health specialist. With a successful career as a soloist, Barbara is also the Music Director of the Deutscher Chor London and the Winchester City Festival Choir. She was also Associate Choral Director of the London Symphony Chorus.

She has worked alongside conductors such as Simon Rattle, François Xavier Roth, Kevin John Edusi, Lionel Sow and others and with orchestras such as Chineke! (for the Proms 2022), The London Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Barbara says: “I am delighted to be working with this excellent choir from September. Vivace Chorus stood out the moment I first heard them with excellent singing, flexibility and a warmth in tone that is rarely found elsewhere. I can't wait to create new and exciting projects with them!”

We had a great time when Barbara joined us for her audition, and we're looking forward to starting our 2025-26 season with a bang!

See also Barbara-Hoefling.de.