Over its 30 years of existence, the Tuira Chamber Choir program has consisted of music of many different periods, styles and directions in both domestic and foreign choir music. In addition to traditional chamber choir music, our choir has presented several orchestral compositions in cooperation with, e.g., the Oulu City Orchestra or currently, the Oulu Symphony (e.g., Mozart's Requiem and Haydn's Creation) as well as with the Oulu Conservatory and the local military band (Hildas' Requiem). Since the year 1990, our choir has collaborated annually with the Oulu Opera in the city theater of Oulu, presenting operas, the most recent being in 2006 Mozart's Don Giovanni and Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann).

Cooperation with the Oulu parish has continued for a long time and we have had several presentions in the events of the parish. Our choir has also arranged church concerts, e.g., Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, in the original version for soloist, choir, two pianos and harmonium, and also Dvorak's Mass in D major and Janacek's Mass in E flat major, both for soloist, choir and organ. 

In addition to our local concert tours, our choir has made several concert journeys to foreign countries (e.g., Canada, Japan, Mexico and Switzerland). In our choir, there are currently about 50 singers, aged 20 to 62. Also, many parents participate in the activity of the choir, because child care is provided during the weekly practice time.

6.5.2009 OP