VIII International Choir Competition
«THE SINGING WORLD»
named after Y.Falik
August 5 - 7, 2012
St.Petersburg, Russia
Aims
The International Choir Competition «The Singing World» is intended to bring together the world’s choirs
in order to provide them with the opportunity, not only to compare with each other but also to discuss choral
literature from the individual countries, interpretation, styles, traditions, voice-training and techniques.
Categories
Category 1 - the Children choirs, the number of participants is not limited.
Category 2 – the Female choirs, Male choirs
No maximum or minimum age is stipulated. A choir should not have less than 12 singers; the number of participants is not limited.
Category 3 – the Mixed choirs
No maximum or minimum age is stipulated. A choir should not have less than 12 singers; the number of participants is not limited.
Category 4 – the Choirs of boys and youth, the number of participants is not limited.
Category 5 – the Chamber choirs not more than 24 singers, the age is not limited.
Category 6 – the Female, Male, Mixed and Children ensembles, the number of participants from 3 to 12 persons in the ensemble, the age is not limited.
Category 7 – the Church, religious and gospel music - for Female, Male, Mixed and Children choirs and ensembles, the number of participants and the age is not limited.
Category 8 – the Modern music - for Female, Male, Mixed and Children choirs and ensembles, the number of participants and the age is not limited. There is the obligatory work (see the contest program).
Category 9 – the Folklore music - for Female, Male, Mixed and Children choirs and ensembles, the number of participants and the age is not limited.
Schedule of events
August 3 |
Arrival of the participants. Registration in Organizing Committee |
August 3-4
10.00 – 20.00 |
Rehearsals.
Each choir (ensemble) has the rehearsal in the classroom and 15 minutes on the stage in the contest hall |
August 5
10.00 – 20.00 |
Competition day.
Performances of the participants by categories |
August 6
10.00 – 17.00 |
Competition day.
Performances of the participants by categories.
Announcement of the results of competition |
August 7
18.00 |
The contest of the best groups in every category for Grand Prix.
Prize-giving ceremony. Gala-concert of the winners
|
|
