From the school year 2022/2023, the Domspatzen grammar school will be a mixed school.
The traditional cathedral sparrows, however, remain a boys' choir.
Regensburg - From the school year 2022/2023, girls can also attend the Domspatzen high school in Regensburg *.
The high school announced.
That doesn't mean, however, that there will be a mixed choir from then on.
Instead, the Regensburg Cathedral Music also has a girls' choir.
The Regensburger Domspatzen remain the cathedral choir and as a pure boys' choir.
By opening up to girls, the grammar school would like to make "the high-quality musical education of this institution" possible for them too, it is said.
The new students should form their own pillar of Regensburg Cathedral Music, as the Board of Trustees of the Regensburger Domspatzen decided unanimously.
From the school year 2022/23, girls of every grade can register at the Regensburger Domspatzen high school.
Despite the innovation: Regensburger Domspatzen value tradition
"We are pleased that we will also be able to welcome girls to our grammar school in the future and that we will be able to offer them our great opportunities," Domkapellmeister Christian Heiß is quoted as saying.
At the same time he made it clear that the "more than 1000-year-old tradition of the boys' choir" continues unabated.
“As a boys' choir, the Regensburger Domspatzen remain the cathedral choir,” says Heiß.
But he assures: "After a certain development phase, the new girls' choir will meet the highest musical standards."
“It is our responsibility to lay the foundations for an excellent education for children.
By accepting girls, we can set a lot of new accents, ”he and headmistress Christine Lohse explain.
“With a view to the unique tradition of Domspatzen, we are embarking on this new path with courage and vigor,” added Heiß.
Regensburger Domspatzen school was renovated
Provost Dr.
Franz Frühmorgen says that the time for girls at school is ripe and that the best opportunity for it after the renovation work in the house has been completed.
"We think this opening makes sense and we warmly welcome the girls to the grammar school and as a choir in our cathedral." The cathedral chapter and bishop would support the project.
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