The Schiersteiner Kantorei emerged from the church choir of the Protestant Christophorus parish in Wiesbaden-Schierstein. It was founded in 1962 by Pastor Lothar Adam and Cantor Johannes Krüger. From 1972 to 2011, it was directed by cantor Martin Lutz (born 1950, professor at the University of Mainz since 2009). Under him, the Schiersteiner Kantorei developed into an amateur choir that is able to do justice to both a cappella singing and works for choir and orchestra. Since 2012, Clemens Bosselmann has directed the choir, placing an even greater focus on a cappella singing and setting new priorities, for example in the area of 20th century music.

The orchestras with which the choir usually collaborates are the Bach Ensemble Wiesbaden and the baroque orchestra La Vivezza, which performs on period instruments.

The Schiersteiner Kantorei has regularly participated in the Wiesbaden Bach Festival since 1975 and the Musikherbst Wiesbaden until 2023. Both concert series were founded and artistically directed by Martin Lutz.

The baroque Christophoruskirche is the choir's home, often used for Bach cantatas, for example; however, larger performances take place in the more spacious Wiesbaden Marktkirche, and also in Eberbach Monastery in the summer months. The number of singers has increased steadily, from 38 at the beginning to around 80 today.

Johann Sebastian Bach, whose most important sacred works are regularly performed, is at the heart of the choir's work. 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 21st centuries. It has also performed lesser-known compositions, such as the Mass des Morts by Jean Gilles, 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 an 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.

In cooperation with the Kantorei St. Katharinen and the HfMDK Frankfurt/Main, a major project of special significance was carried out until 2025: the performance of all 200 church cantatas by J. S. Bach over a period of 21 years, each time as part of a specially tailored service with an additional discussion concert.