Octet Gallus, named Donit at their foundation in 1975 and changed into present name at the 400th anniversary of death of J. C Gallus, was founded to preserve Slovene traditions in songs such as nocturnal visit to one's sweetheart, celebration of a wedding and others. The octet unites singers from different parts of Slovenia.The first artistic leader of the octet was Tone Lovrenčič, followed by Marjan Trček and later on Alojz Osvald.

                      
        Alojz Osvald                 Marjan Trček                Tone Lovrenčič    


Currently, the artistic leader of octet Gallus is Tadej Osvald. He has been a member of the professional Slovenian Chamber Choir since 2001 and a member of octet Gallus since 1999. He dedicated his life completely to music. He studied singing at Srednja glasbena in baletna šola, Ljubljana and occasionally performs as a soloist.


       
                Tadej Osvald

 Octet Gallus performed on concerts across Slovenia, the republics of fomer Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria and Germany and recorded for the archive of Radio and Television Slovenia. Their visit to Carinthia and collaboration with Pavel Kernjak led to a long lasting friendship with the Kernjak family.
Octet Gallus succesfully took part at national competitons and performed with several other ensembles, especially with group Vitra from Ribnica. Octet Gallus was awarded Golden Seal by the Public Fund for Cultural Activites of Republic Slovenia and Gallus award by community Ribnica.

Their repertoire is diverse and includes works by Gallus, Russian liturgy, Russian folk songs, Slovene folk songs, contemporary music, Catholic liturgy and songs from other European nations.
At the 30 th anniversary of their foundation, octet Gallus recorded a compact disc with a profile of their artistic activity.