In December 2025 Residentie Orkest the Residentie Orkest organized the Residentie Orkest Hague Sing-Along Messiah, a new community project in The Hague. More than three hundred singers stood on the balcony of the Amare Concert Hall Amare sing Residentie Orkest of Handel's world-famous Messiah together with the Residentie Orkest . And of course, the famous Hallelujah was not missing!

For weeks, singers of all levels and ages came together in different parts of the city (in Theater de Vaillant, Library & Culture Anchor Ypenburg, Muzee Scheveningen, and Open Amare), with one common goal: to sing together. During the grand finale, they stood in Amare Concert Hall , side by side with KZV Excelsior and the Residentie Orkest, and felt what it was like to sing Handel's Messiah together: grand, intense, and connecting. Under the direction of Chloe Rooke, everything came together. This project shows what music can do: connect people, lower barriers, and create space for encounters.

Following this huge success, we are delighted to announce that another Sing-Along Messiah will be organized in The Hague at the end of this year, with the final on Friday evening, December 18, 2026.

Special thanks to our partners who helped make this project possible: Stichting Molto, Fonds 1818, Fonds RO, Friends of the Residentie Orkest, Rabobank The Hague, Vaillant Fonds, Haags Fonds Ons Thuis, and Fonds Sluyterman van Loo. And our partner locations Open Amare, Muzee, Theater de Vaillant, and Ypenburg Leidschendam Library.