Schiersteiner Kantorei is the name of the church choir of the Protestant Christophorus parish in Wiesbaden-Schierstein. It was founded in 1962 by Pastor Lothar Adam and Cantor Johannes Krüger. Since 1972, it has been directed by cantor Martin Lutz (born 1950, professor at the University of Mainz since 2009). Under his leadership, the Schiersteiner Kantorei has developed into an amateur choir that is able to do justice to both a cappella singing and works for choir and orchestra.

The orchestras with which the choir usually collaborates are the Bach Ensemble Wiesbaden and the baroque orchestra La Corona, which performs on period instruments. Among the vocal soloists who regularly perform with the choir is the internationally renowned countertenor Andreas Scholl.

Since 1975, the Schiersteiner Kantorei has regularly participated in the Wiesbaden Bach Festival, and since 1994 also in the Musikherbst Wiesbaden, which alternates annually with the Bach Festival - both concert series were founded and are artistically directed by Martin Lutz, the Musikherbst together with tenor Scot Weir.

The baroque Christophoruskirche is the choir's home, often used for Bach cantatas, for example, but larger performances take place in the more spacious Wiesbaden Marktkirche, in the summer months also in the Eberbach Monastery and occasionally in the Wiesbaden Kurhaus. The number of singers has increased continuously, from 38 at the beginning to 76 in 1982 and 130 today, with smaller chamber choirs being formed on a project-by-project basis.

The choir focuses on Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, whose most important sacred works are performed regularly. The Schiersteiner Kantorei's repertoire also includes the great choral works of Monteverdi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Britten as well as numerous a cappella pieces from the 16th to 20th centuries. It has also performed lesser-known compositions, such as Jean Gilles' "Messe des Morts", Handel's oratorios "Solomon" and "Athalia", the Requiem settings by Luigi Cherubini and Johann Adolf Hasse, as well as "Weltende - Gericht - Neue Welt" by Joachim Raff, who lived in Wiesbaden from 1856 to 1877. At the Bachwochen 2009, the choir gave the German premiere of a contemporary work: the "Requiem à memoria do Infante Dom Henrique" by Portuguese composer António Ferreira dos Santos. In 2010, the choir performed this work in Portugal.

The musical interpretation as well as the selection and composition of the concerts are influenced by the early music movement and historically informed performance practice, which found its audience in Wiesbaden earlier than elsewhere thanks to the Schiersteiner Kantorei. In the Christophoruskirche, the choir organizes the monthly Schiersteiner Vespermusiken, in which young artists present early music as guests. Concert tours have taken the Schiersteiner Kantorei to Switzerland, France, Portugal, England and China. There have also been radio, television and CD recordings. In 1990, the Schiersteiner Kantorei and its director Martin Lutz were awarded the Cultural Prize of the State Capital of Wiesbaden in recognition of their diverse musical activities.