E xtracts of recordings of the Chorus " Claye Vocale " and "Odyssées" Clic on the icon in front of chosen extract then on "enregistrer" then "ouvrir" Ave Maria (Giulio Caccini) 3 min. 17 sec - MP3 Choeur "Odyssées" - Quintette Eterna Soliste : Sanaé Rodière - soprano Gloria (Christmas Oratorio, C. St-Saëns) From the Christmas CD, with the Khro

Marie-Hélène CASPAR - choirmaster P h.D of Arts, Professor Emeritus – has taught contemporary Italian literature and civilisation for 35 years in Paris X University. A specialist of the Italian writer Dino Buzzati, she has also published many books and articles on 20th century Italian writers and supervised a seminar and a journal on the Italia

Foreign guest choirs and groups performing in Claye-Souilly June 1992 : Choir St Norbert from Cologne-Dellbrück (Germany) November 1993 : Choir Praetorius Gezelshap et "Quintette de flûtes" « La Capriola » from Bornem (Belgium) April 1994 : Choir « Città di Soave » from Soave (Italy). www.corosoave.altervista.org November 1994 : Choir Vlasti

History The Claye Vocale Choir was founded in 1984 in Claye Souilly, a small town east of Paris (France). Marie-Hélène Caspar has directed the choir since 1986. Composed of about 60 mixed voices, the choir has participated in international choral gatherings in France and abroad. It has had the opportunity to sing with prestigious Directors : Jean

Recordings "Claye Vocale" Choir - "Tutte Voci" Choir- Ensemble Naïri (2004) - Spendiarov (Etudes symphoniques, Etudes sur des thèmes juifs) - Baghdassarian (Nocturne pour alto et orchestre), Puccini (Messa di gloria) "Claye Vocale" Choir - Khroma quintet (2002) - Christmas songs - Douce nuit, Noël (Praetorius) - 2 Noëls (F. A. Gevaert) - Adeste

Concerts given abroad The "Claye Vocale" Choir performing in Notre-Dame de Kazan Saint-Petersburg (Russia) - August 2006 May 1991 : Cologne (Germany) June 1993 : Soave (Italy) May 1994 : Bucarest, Targoviste (Roumania) August 1996 : Prague, Litomysl, Kraliky (Czech Republic) September 1998 : Walferdange (Luxembourg) May 1999 : Soave (Italy) April 2

General information The information below concerns the Choir " Claye Vocale " and the Choir "Odyssées" which took its succession in 2010 Marie-Hélène Caspar President of the choir "Odyssées" C hoir "Odyssées" of the "Claye-Souilly Music Festival" Head office : Town Hall - Claye-Souilly (France) President : Marie-Hélène Caspar Vice-President

Repertoire Hymns, masses : Gaude, Mater Polonia (anonyme), Dio vi salvi Regina (Corse), Psaume 103 (liturgie hébraïque), Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille (H. Berlioz), Ave Maria (G. Caccini, F. Engelhart, T. Rougié), Requiem et Cantique de Jean Racine (G. Fauré), Gallia, Messe aux chapelles (Ch. Gounod), Messe en ut (A. Gramente), O quam

Claye-Souilly : a small city with assets Claye-Souilly enjoys a number of key advantages : Paris itself, Roissy airport and the EuroDisney® resort are all within close reach, high-speed trains are available from the nearby TGV stations at both Roissy and Chessy - while motorways and the ‘RER’ rapid transit train service provide full local link

To read the website of the "Festivalclaye" Choir in French, click here Welcome on the website of Festival "Musiques du Monde" Claye-Souilly 9th Claye-Souilly Music Festival 2014 Click HERE General display of the Festival "Musiques du Monde" Click the page below If you wish to participate in the Festival "Musiques du Monde" - Claye-Souilly near Pari