After the competition: pure camaraderie. No egos, no posturing. Just musicians making music together - one of the most beautiful thing there is. On the bus home to Belgium now, looking forward to seeing my partner again, but I'm definitely gonna miss this rush.

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 8/8

The choirs above us had professional direction, selections, auditions. Our choir is open to anyone with musical aptitude and the will to give it everything. Scoring above 85% and not finishing last? For us, that's fan-tas-tic.

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 7/8

The result? 7th place - just 0.28 points behind 5th. What an experience. What a group. What choirs on that stage!

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 6/8

For the competition: three pieces - a 17th-century German work, a contemporary Latin piece, and one from home soil: a French work by a Brussels composer. Performed after 3 full days of non-stop singing.

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 5/8

From hushed and intimate to full-on exuberant. South African prayer songs to rainforest soundscapes. Gospel, love songs. German, French, Latin, Afrikaans, Flemish, English - all from memory, a lot with choreography. Libraries, cathedrals, and everything in between.

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 4/8

Choirs from music academies worldwide. Just two other amateur groups. Four days of singing - everything from memory, with choreography. Four+ performances a day, rehearsals in between, on and off the bus. We even rehearsed in a parking garage (our building wasn't accessible 😅).

#corkchoral #singer #tenor #choir #music 🧵 3/8