The Copenhagen Girls Choir (Sankt Annæ Pigekor) and has its home at the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, the Copenhagen Municipal Choir School. The choir was founded in 1973 and is under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Benedikte and is resident choir at Helligaandskirken in central Copenhagen (Church of the Holy Spirit).

The choir is characterized by its homogenous sound, partly resulting from the fact that the girls are of the same age, partly a result of the careful voice-training that all the pupils of the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium go through. The choir consists of all girls from grade 6 through 9 at the Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, nearly 140 girls altogether. The choir usually performs with somewhere between 35 and 70 voices.

The Copenhagen Girls’ Choir has made numerous album releases, has toured all over the world and is always aiming to spread knowledge of Danish and Scandinavian music and choir sound. Collaborating with high profile musicians and orchestras is also an important part of the choir activities. 

Creating new music for equal voices is crucial for the choir, and numerous Nordic composers have written works for the choir. The repertoire thus ranges from baroque to contemporary music. The choir strives to create a good balance between the more demanding and the more accessible music in its programs. 

In 2024, the Copenhagen Girls Choir won the prestigious Silver Rose Bowl, the main prize in the international choir competition ‘Let the Peoples Sing’, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Anne-Terese Sales has been chief conductor of the Copenhagen Girls Choir since 2022. She has many years of experience as a conductor and teacher of both children’s choirs, youth choirs and adult choirs – e.g. with the Vigdis Chamber Choir, the Danish Girls’ Choir, and as an instructor at choir courses. Anne-Terese Sales is also a composer and has studied at the Southern Danish Conservatory of Music and the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, where she has also been a teacher. 

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