The Espoo based Candomino Choir Family: Joy of singing in a family of choirs

Choir singing is a rewarding hobby, and Espoo offers good opportunities for those interested.

“The Candomino chamber choir for young adults was founded in 1967, which means that we are approaching our sixtieth anniversary. Our choir has won awards in several international and national choir competitions, and our repertoire includes classic choir pieces as well as newer choral music,” says Administrative Curator Kirsi Kujanpää.

The CandoMini choir for singers aged 11–17 was founded in 2013. It has already recorded three albums and achieved success in competitions.

“In addition, we have the CaMinus choir for primary school pupils who have no background in music and want to know what it’s like to sing in a choir.”

All choirs practise at Olari Church on Mondays, and Candomino also on Thursdays. Each year, the choirs give four to six concerts.

If you want to join one of the choirs, auditions are held in January. Applications can be sent all year round.

Kujanpää praises choir singing as a fun community activity.

“Our singers say that they enjoy being in the choir because it’s such a nice group of people with good leaders. You make friends who you also meet outside the choir, and breaks during practice are fun with them.”

The Candomino choir family’s concert in Olari Church will get you into the Christmas spirit. Familiar Christmas songs will fill the church, sung by up to 70 singers, as all the choirs in the choir family perform both together and separately.

“Last year, Candomino held a popular Christmas concert, performing all the songs from the 1994 album Iloinen joulu. This year, we will have a similar concert aimed especially at families with children,” says Esko Kallio, Conductor of the Candomino choir.

Candomino choir family’s Christmas concert ‘Iloinen Joulu’

14 December at 17:00

Olari Church, Rälssitilankuja 1

Tickets: Adults €10, children and students free

Read more: : candomino.fi(external link, opens in a new window)

Text: Minna  Saano

This article was originally published in the Espoo-lehti magazine 3/2025. Read other Espoo-lehti articles.