Coral de S. Domingos

January 1987 - Foundation of the S. Domingos Choir by Jo?o Lu?s Nabo;

Tours: Belgium (1992); Italy (1993); Spain (1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 1999 and 2000) France (1996 and 2004); Bulgaria (1998); Madeira (1999); Poland (2000) and Sweden (2001);

April 1995 - Participation in the "31?res Rencontres Chorales Internationales de Montreux" (Switzerland), one of the most prestigious and applauded choral music competitions, of Europe and worldwide fame;

Received in Montemor choirs from Belgium, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Madeira, Poland and Sweden;

Recorded, attending a request made by Editora Strauss, S. A., of Lisbon - "Da Pacem Domine" (1996), "Mare Fatum Est" (1998) and "Viagens" (2001);

Appeared in several radio and television programs: RDP Internacional (1992); Christmas Carol, transmitted live, via RDP 1 and RDP Internacional, from Igreja da Miseric?rdia, in Montemor-o-Novo (1996); Television program "Natal dos Hospitais", RTP 1 (1992 and 1996); Participated live in several television programs such as: Pra?a da Alegria, RTP1 (1996), "Jardim das Estrelas"- RTP (1999) and "Amigo P?blico" RTP (2000);

March 2003 and May 2004 - Participated in the I and II Medieval Fairs of Montemor-o-Novo;

May 2004 - Present at the V International Choir Festival in Mafra.

Organizes every year, since October 1999, in partnership with local Town Hall Culture Department, a classical musical oriented initiative called Musicalidades;

Has participated in many Festivals and Choir Festivals throughout the country; Collaborates regularly with the ?vora Delegation of Inatel and with the delegation of the Department of Culture in Alentejo;

Participated with ?vora's Music School's Orchestra in several concerts, interpreting together works by Verdi, Mozart, Saint-S?ens and Carl Orff; Promotes, annually, the city's Encontro de Coros (Choir Festival), the anniversary concert and the Christmas concert;

Participated in the I and II Courses of Vocal Technique, oriented by the professor Maria Jo?o Serr?o (2000, 2001 and 2002);

The 55 singers, young in the vast majority, who personify the S. Domingos Choir in voice, spirit and flesh, are all Montemor-o-Novo natural, and, although having followed diversified careers, they still find in this group to which they belong, a higher form of personal and collective fulfilment;

The vast repertoire of the choir is comprised of popular and scholar works, of sacred and profane origin, both national and foreign, from various ?poques and schools;

The Portuguese Prime-Minister declared S. Domingos Choir an Institution of Public Interest, by dispatch on the 27th of September of 2000.

In February 2002, the S. Domingos Choir and the acclaimed pianist, Maria Jo?o Pires, were chosen as the Portuguese candidates to the UNESCO award and the International Music Council.

During the month of July of 2004, the choir was honoured with the Diploma for Cultural Merit, attributed by the Cultural and Recreational Centre '1.? de Maio' of S. Geraldo (Montemor-o-Novo).

In April 2005, the song "Se?or, me cansa la vida", written by Spanish composer Juan-Alfonso Garcia, interpreted by the S. Domingos Choir on its third album, "Viagens", was selected by Scottish director Lee Hutcheon to be part of the soundtrack for the movie "In a man's world".

Photo gently yielded by Enric Vives-Rubio.