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Vox Aurea ("The Golden Voice") is a children's choir formed from the special music classes of the city of Jyvaskyla, Finland. The choir consists of 35-45 singers aged 11-17. The conductor of the choir is Sanna Salminen.

Vox Aurea was founded in 1968 and its first conductor was Torsten Lindfors. His successor, Kari Ala-Pollanen, was appointed conductor of the illustrious Tapiola Choir in 1994. Under Pekka Kostiainen since 1994 the choir continued to exel in varied and demanding repertoire the emphasis being on modern works, most of them composed by Pekka Kostiainen.

The singers in Vox Aurea are aged 11-17. They are chosen for the choir after auditioning. There are also two training choirs for younger singers to practise choir singing before joining Vox Aurea.

Vox Aurea choir gives its singers an opportunity to practise singing under professional guid-ance, and it also develops them to perform at an international level. Singing in Vox Aurea means goal-directed , long-term work. Working under professional guidance supports the growth of these young people and develops their musical skills - for many singers of Vox Aurea music has become a profession or, at least, a lifelong hobby.

Vox Aurea is one of the best children's choirs in Finland and is also internationally known. The choir has been one of the top children's choirs in the world for over 40 years. It has won awards in various national and international competitions.

The choir has had concerts all over the world and has fascinated audiences in the USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Greece, South Korea, Latvia and Spain. The choir has recorded both classical and very demanding modern choral music.

Sanna Salminen, who had previously worked as a voice trainer and assistant conductor of the Vox Aurea for several years, started conducting the choir in 2009. Salminen brought new things, for example a lot of multicultural influences, to the repertoire of the choir. Sanna Salminen has also worked as the conductor of Ruamjai Youth Choir, which she founded in 2001 from older singers of the Vox Aurea Choir. Ruamjai Choir was selected the Youth Choir of 2009 by the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation.