The choir was founded by composer and conductor Knut Nystedt in 1964, and has given valuable musical experience to generations of Norwegian musicians.
[neutrality is disputed] Affiliated with the University of Oslo, Department of Musicology, the choir recruits most of their singers from this institution, as well as the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl became conductor in 2002, and has further established the choir’s firm position in Norway’s musical life.
In recent years the choir has visited Ukraine, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Russia, England and the Nordic countries.
The choir also contributed to American composer Christopher Tin's second album The Drop That Contained The Sea which was released in 2014.