Download Wishful Singing is a top-ranking international a cappella ensemble

Wishful Singing have won various national and international awards
and perform at major venues in the Netherlands. Concert tours
have taken the singers to venues and festivals all around the world. Wishful Singing have travelled to many countries,
including Japan, Estonia, Spain and Italy. The ensemble frequently performs at festivals in Germany. Recently, Wishful
Singing performed at the prestigious City of London Festival and made their USA debut in the summer of 2014 with a
tour around Washington DC.
“Wishful Singing have that incredibly rare
ability to move one to tears with the sheer
beauty and pureness of their beautiful
voices and at the very next moment leave
one on the floor in a helpless pile of
laughter.”
– Stephen Connolly, King’s Singers
© Patrick Post
Wishful Singing is a top-ranking international a cappella ensemble
consisting of five young female singers from the Netherlands. Their
repertoire covers all variety of styles. Whether performing a tranquil
Renaissance harmony or a funky arrangement of a classic pop song,
this quintet engages their audience through their powerful
expression, combining a flawless vocal blend with humour and
theatrical elements.
The five singers first met in the Netherlands Youth Choir. During a
sailing trip together on the lakes of Friesland, the idea of Wishful
Singing was born.
Wishful Singing often use theatrical elements in their performances. In
2014, the ensemble presented a new show: "The Winner Takes it All".
This dynamic and vibrant theatrical concert draws parallels between
sports and singing. For this concert, Wishful Singing worked together
with a theatrical director, a poet and a composer to create new
compositions to fit the sporty theme.
In the season 2015-2016, Wishful Singing will give a series of children's
theatre concerts in collaboration with Oorkaan, a Dutch music theatre
production house.
Wishful Singing have enjoyed successful collaborations with other musicians. Together with jazz pianist Bert van den
Brink, the ensemble performed before a full house in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam at a special children's Christmas
concert. Other musicians that have worked together with Wishful Singing are the French string quartet Quatuor Hermès
and the contemporary ensembles ASKO|Schönberg and Slagwerk Den Haag. With these two ensembles, Wishful Singing
performed Steve Reich's Tehillim and Music for 18 musicians at several major venues in The Netherlands.
The members of Wishful Singing aim to share their expertise and love of music by offering workshops to other choirs
and ensembles. The ensemble is actively involved in music education and recently developed an educational program
that is designed to be spread over a number of years of primary school education.
Anne-Christine Wemekamp – first soprano
Maria Goetze – second soprano
Marjolein Verburg – mezzosoprano
Annemiek van der Ven – first alto
Marjolein Stots – second alto
“Seldom in my listening career have I heard a vocal
group as perfect as the female quintet Wishful
Singing”
– Eindhovens Dagblad