Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam

Together DNO&B and NVA organise educational days during which children are trained for the opera profession. verzorgen samen educatiedagen waarin kinderen worden opgeleid voor het opera-vak. Other regular partners of NVA are the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Cappella Amsterdam, Muziekschool Amsterdam and Leerorkest Zuidoost. The choruses of NVA also collaborate regularly with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. NVA students have been conducted by, among others, Mariss Jansons, Ed Spanjaard, Ton Koopman, Matthew Rowe, Ingo Metzmacher and Marc Albrecht. 

The more than 300 students of NVA receive weekly singing and solfège lessons and sing in one of the 24 choirs. Children who have gone through various training choirs and who have plenty of talent and motivation may be invited to sing in one of the three ‘Talentenkoren’ (Talent Choirs): the Nieuw Amsterdam Kinder (Children), Jeugd (Youth) or Jongens (Boys) choir. These choirs are among the best in Europe in their fields.

The choirs of NVA have won several international awards. In 2010, 2012, and 2018 the Youth Choir won silver in the prestigious International Cantemus Festival in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. In 2017 they received the first prize Summa Cum Laude in the highest category at the European Youth Music Festival in Neerpelt, Belgium.