SHE Choir Berlin:
a free women's choir in Berlin

SHE Choir Berlin is a free, non-auditioned choir for women and non-binary people in Berlin. We arrange the songs we want to sing, and everyone identifying within FLINTA* is invited to join us!

We are part of the global SHE Choir family – see our Facebook Group for the latest news and updates!

About us

We are a collectively run choir based in Berlin-Kreuzberg, founded in 2016 as part of a network of SHE Choirs. Our members arrange, teach, and conduct the songs we sing - but we welcome new members with no experience! If you can sing in the shower you can sing in our choir.

Come along for an amazing evening with some amazing human beings – everyone identifying within the FLINTA* umbrella (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender people) is very welcome.

Venue

We rehearse in a room provided by New Yorck im Bethanien, a collective that grew out of a Berlin squat located just north of Kotbusser Tor in Kreuzberg.

To find us: The address Mariannenpl. 2a, 10997 Berlin points right to the entrance but some have difficulty locating the right door. It is along the south side of the large Bethanien building, all the way to the east (see photo).

On rehearsal days, the door is propped open. Go in and climb 1.5 flights of stairs (the second landing) to find the door to New Yorck. Go through that door, then turn left and go through another door. Our usual rehearsal room is just past the bar on the left.

We currently do not have access to the elevator, limiting the accessibility to the space.

A photo of the entrance to Berlin's rehearsal venue, with a blurry choir member posing joyfully in front of the door. The door is in a brick building covered in grifitti, and the house number 2a is posted next to it.

Rehearsals

A photo of the Berlin choir rehearsing a song. A semi-circle of choir members is shown, many looking at their phones for lyrics while one choir member has her hands up to lead us.

We rehearse every Wednesday 19:00 - 20:30 in our venue in New Yorck. Our rehearsals typically include a physical warmup, vocal warmup, a short round, then we work on learning longer songs. Each segment of rehearsal is led by a different choir member, and we usually rehearse entirely a cappella (without piano or guitar).

We usually welcome new members the first Wednesday of every month (but sometimes things change so always best to write us an email). During those rehearsals, we spend more time introducing ourselves and the choir, and teach songs from the beginning instead of focusing on those we already know. There is no audition, simply show up ready to sing along!

The last Wednesday of every month we usually have an organisational meeting following rehearsal.

We are preparing for two performances in June and so will not have an open rehearsal. Newcomers are asked to email us shechoirberlin@gmail.com for details on our performances and opportunities to join a summer rehearsal instead.

Contact us

Contact us at shechoirberlin@gmail.com! We do our best to respond within a week.

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