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Justin Doyle: Workshop & 3D Choir Performance

This is a unique opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed conductor Justin Doyle at Helsinki Music Centre on Sunday, 4 October 2026! During the afternoon, you will join Doyle’s workshop and explore Baroque style, musical expression, rhetoric, and ensemble singing. In the evening, you will perform as part of the international Aria Borealis Baroque Singing Competition Final in the Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall. You are warmly welcome to take part as an individual singer or together with your choir/ensemble colleagues!
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Sunday, 4 October

15:30–17:00 — WORKSHOP with Justin Doyle
18:00–21:30 — ARIA BOREALIS FINAL
As part of the programme, the 3D choir will perform two pieces.
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Workshop programme

The workshop will focus on preparing the 2 Händel pieces, plus one more challenging piece. We will explore phrasing and musical shaping, textual rhetoric and expression, ensemble singing, creating a powerful and compelling performance. The aim is to prepare the repertoire together and to experiment with the unique possibilities of the 3D choir setting.
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Ticket price

Participants receive a 20% discount on the final concert ticket with a special singer discount code. Tickets are €29–46, depending on your seat choice. Discounted tickets are available in the areas reserved for the participating singers. The choir pieces will be performed from seating areas close to the participating singers, and participants must purchase their final concert tickets in these designated areas. Tickets are available in several price categories.
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How to participate

Register using this form.
You will receive further information by email, including your 20% discount link for advance ticket purchases.
Print the sheet music and prepare the repertoire independently before the workshop.
Join us for the workshop and the performance at the Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall on Sunday, 4 October!
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Repertoire

Two pieces (marked with orange) will be performed in the final. A third piece will be tested during the workshop, and a fourth, more challenging piece will be available if we want to give it a try. Spotify-playlist “Aria Borealis 3D-KUORO”

Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act II, Scene 1
Chorus: “Envy! Eldest Born of Hell!”
Handel: Hercules, Act II
Chorus: “Wanton God of Amorous Fires”
Handel: Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75
Chorus: “The Many Rend the Skies with Loud Applause, I”
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act III
Chorus: “How Strange Their Ends”
TBC: “Hallelujah” — possible flash mob

Justin Doyle

Justin Doyle is one of today’s most highly regarded conductors and educators specialising in early music and historically informed choral performance. He serves as Artistic Director of, among others, the RIAS Kammerchor, and is known for his inspiring, energetic and exceptionally precise approach to music-making, particularly in the Baroque and early music repertoire. The workshop offers an outstanding opportunity to work under the guidance of an internationally acclaimed musician and conductor.

A Unique Experience

The Aria Borealis finale brings international finalists, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, and a unique 3D choral experience to the Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall. The singers will be placed in groups throughout the audience, so that the music is heard not only from the stage, but from within the harmonies themselves, surrounding the audience. The result is an immersive concert experience in which performers and audience become part of the same resonant space.