January 1987 - Foundation of the S. Domingos
Choir by João Luís 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 “31ères 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 Misericórdia, in
Montemor-o-Novo (1996); Television program “Natal dos
Hospitais”, RTP 1 (1992 and 1996); Participated live in several
television programs such as: Praça da Alegria, RTP1 (1996),
“Jardim das Estrelas”- RTP (1999) and “Amigo Público” RTP
(2000);
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 Encounters
throughout the country; Collaborates regularly with the Évora
Delegation of Inatel and with the delegation of the Department
of Culture in Alentejo;
Participated with Évora’s Music School’s Orchestra in several
concerts, interpreting together works by Verdi, Mozart,
Saint-Säens and Carl Orff; Promotes, annually, the city’s
Encontro de Coros (Choir Encounter), the anniversary concert and
the Christmas concert;
Participated in the I and II Courses of Vocal Technique,
oriented by the professor Maria João Serrão (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 époques and schools;
April 2007- Participation in the “43ème Rencontres Chorales Internationales de Montreux” (Switzerland), one of the most prestigious and applauded choral music competitions, of Europe and worldwide fame;
The Portuguese Prime-Minister declared the S. Domingos Choir an
Institution of Public Interest, by dispatch on the 27th of
September of 2000.