Sing with us
Want the whole world as your audience? Start with a dozen people.
On the one hand, OD is an internationally acclaimed male-voice choir that regularly undertakes international tours, collaborates with world-class artists, and issues CDs.
On the other hand, we are more than a choir: a society in which nearly everybody serves as a functionary alongside the purely musical activities, bringing their own special competence and experience.
Both sides of OD are highly demanding: needed are musicianship, commitment, and a whole lot of time. But we find it hard to imagine any other choirs that pay back so much in the form of musical experiences and community.
Would you like to join?
We seek new singers every year, and auditions take place in early September. Candidates are asked to sing before an audition board consisting of, among others, OD’s voice coach and conductor, in total some 12 people, and the test includes the following segments:
- Solo singing. Candidates sing a song of their choice.
- Quartet singing. The candidate sings his part together with three singers from OD in a song sent out in advance.
- Sight-reading test. The candidate sings his part in a song unknown beforehand.
- Practical ear training test. Candidates sing, among other things, various series of intervals that are first played on the piano.
Entrance examinations will take place on Sunday, September 7, 2025 in Uppsala. We want your application on Thursday, September 4, 2025, by the latest. Please use the form below to apply.
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Said about OD
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Ola Salo
Singer -
- With OD behind me, I felt unstoppable.
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Petra Mede
Comedian -
- You become euphoric when you see them, and then they start to sing. That is when you feel true bliss!
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -
- ”They really got to the depths of Sibelius music. I cannot think of any other choir to perform Sibelius with.”
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Peter Sellars
Director -
- Orphei Drängar is an explosion of intelligence, feeling, intensity and precision.
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Malena Ernman
Mezzo-soprano -
- OD is a national pride of Sweden with the best male choir sound in the whole world!
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor and composer -
- OD possesses a combination of power, energy, and culture. Joy of discovery combined with professional technical and musical prowess.
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Anne Sofie von Otter
Opera Soprano -
- It was one of my most enjoyable professional experiences to work with this collection of super nice, super good, super good-looking gents.
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Henrik Dorsin
Comedian -
- OD is like a dream (with a whole lot of tail coats in it)!
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