Introducing the WSCM 2026 Choirs... The Norwegian Male Choir

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Published: Feb 27,2026

The Norwegian Male Choir (NMC) is the only professional male choir in Norway and throughout Scandinavia. Founded in 2009 and consisting of 18 singers, NMCr has its home in the capital city, Oslo. NMC owes its existence to the strong male choir tradition that emerged in Norway in the second half of the 19th century along with the independence movement.

NMC aims to renew and revitalise Norwegian male choir singing through CD releases, nationwide tours, and sheet music publications. In recent years, the choir has toured throughout Norway. An important goal for the ensemble is to be a professional role model and inspiration for male and mixed choirs around the country.

As a professional choir, NMC engages classically trained singers educated at music conservatories and colleges. In recent years, the choir has been an attractive workplace due to its position as Norway's only professional male choir. NMC is an arena in whichcultural heritage is preserved; both Norwegian and European art music are performed, for which there is no equivalent exampleanywhere else in the country. NMC regularly commissions new music aiming to renew the male choir tradition in Norway. Among itsprevious and coming engagements, NMC represented Norway in the Nordic Church Music Symposium in Copenhagen (September 2024) and will be artist-in-residence at the Rencontres Internationales de chœurs d’hommes in Switzerland (June 2026).