Twents gaykoor Soorten & Maten
Soorten & Maten is the first and only gay choir in Twente, and even in the province of Overijssel. The choir consists of 16 enthousiastic singers from the whole region. The voices are nicely distributed; we have 4 of each: high tenors, low tenors, baritones and basses. We rehearse every Thursday evening in a room above gaycafé Stonewall in Enschede.
Soorten & Maten was founded in 2015, by a group of regulars customers of gay café Stonewall in Enschede. They realized there was not a single Dutch choir for HBTIQ+ men in a 100 km radius. That should change! The new choir started full of energy, and soon the first performances for friends and family followed. There were big plans for our five year jubilee; but then came the corona pandemic… Many choir did not survive this period, but after corona we grew bigger. And in 2023 we reached a new milestone: our first trip abroad to Various Voices in Bologna. In 2025 we could luckily celebrate our 10th anniversary with a fantastic concert in theater Concordia in Enschede.
We very mich look forward to meeting the other choirs, renewing friendships from Bologna (our first VV) and making new ones.