2012 Tutors:

Peter Phillips, Director, The Tallis Scholars
Ghislaine Morgan, Singer, The Tallis Scholars
Andrea Angelini, Director, Musica Ficta Ensemble

Activities include:

• Choral rehearsals with Peter Phillips and the other Tutors
• Individual vocal tuition (by Ghislaine Morgan)
• Talks and workshops including:
  · History of the Polyphony of the Renaissance.
  · Directing Your Own Group
• Morning warm-up sessions with Ghislaine Morgan
• “Carpe Diem”: impromptu chats with Peter Phillips
• Concert at Abbazia del Monte in Cesena directed by Peter Phillips
• Gala concert by participants, directed by Peter Phillips and Ghislaine Morgan
• CD recording of the Gala Concert
• Party and presentation of certificates by Peter Phillips.

[All information published here is provisional and may be subject to change]

Fees

Standard Price: 430 € (Euros) will include:
1 – Workshop fees.
2 – Membership fee to Associazione Musica Ficta
3 – Music scores of the works studied.
4 – A digital copy of the CD of the Saturday Gala Concert.
5 – Pizza Party after the Saturday Concert.
6 – A Certificate of Attendance signed by P. Phillips
7 – The return private bus ticket from Rimini to Cesena

Applications, for a maximum of 40 people, are open by 26 January 2012 to 12 August 2012

For more about the Rimini International Choral Workshop, application forms, timetable etc. visit the project homepage: www.musicaficta.org

The composition of the jury is yet another special feature of the competition: the members are exclusively expert practitioners whose job it is to hire singers. The international jury consisting of opera managers and casting directors (this year the Washington National Opera, the Israeli Opera and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg will be among the opera houses represented the jury) as well as agents and inter- national media representatives have made the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition a veritable “Wall Street of Voices”.

Prizes

Main Prizes Opera
1st Prize € 7,000 donated in memoriam KS Teresa Stich-Randall
2nd Prize € 3,500 donated by Jan Meulendijks and Bart Schuil
3rd Prize € 2,500 donated by Valentin and Anni Leitgeb Foundation
Special Prizes Opera
€ 1.500 Prize of the international Media-Jury donated by RBT Reisen- und Business Tours GmbH München – Jörg A. Bachmann
€ 1.500 Prize of the audience donated by Soroptimist International – Wiener Clubs
Special prizes donated by the opera jury
Engagements to opera houses donated by
Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Operngala – Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung in Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein/Düsseldorf-Duisburg, Theater Erfurt, Oper Graz, Helikon Opera Moscow, Nordland Music Festival Norway, Washington National Opera
Special prizes donated by partners
Yasuko Mitsui Olga Warla-Kolo
Moskau-Preis Alexandr I. Gussev Opera Management
Musiktheater Irkutsk Musikfachzeitschrift Orpheus Berlin
Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française

Participation

Conditions of entry opera
Singers (male/female) of all nations are invited to enter the competition.
Age limits: Females and males born in or later 1980
To take part in the competition in Vienna, applicants must have been selected at one of the qualifying rounds.
Application
Application by Internet: The application has to be sent no later than two weeks prior to the audition date to www.belvedere-competition.com for the respective venue.
Except for the cities of Montréal, Seoul, Toronto and Vancouver; there is no fee charged for participation in the qualifying rounds.
Qualification
Preparation of two opera arias of singer’s choice, to be sung from memory in the original key and original language. The jury will listen to one or both arias.

Links

- Homepage Wiener Kammeroper -Singing Competition
- Homepage HANS GABOR BELVEDERE SINGING COMPETITION
- Brochure (PDF-file)

The International Choral Competition “City of Rimini” will take place from 4th to 7th October 2012. This Choirs Contest does not want only to put the Groups in competition but it intends to present to the audience the characteristics and the diversities of every choir and repertoire in the beautiful setting of this ancient Roman city, well-known both for the beauty of his beaches and for the remains of a gorgeous past.

The Rimini International Competition includes five normal and one special Class. The same competing Group may participate in all the five normal Classes, if it wish.
A – Equal Voices Choirs (Male or Female)
B – Mixed Voice
C – Children and Young Choirs (Male, Female and Mixed. Singers maximum age is 20 years old. It is accepted that not more than 10% of the singers may have more than 20 years but anyway no more than 24 years)
D – Folk or Gospel/Spiritual Choirs (Male, Female or Mixed)
E – Sacred Music (Mixed, Equal Voices, Young and Children Choirs with entire repertoire of sacred music)
X – “City of Rimini International Choral Prize” Competition (the winners and runners-up from each of the classes, A, B and C – if their score is higher than 80,01 points – must be prepared to compete in this class).

The first prize-winners of classes A, B, C will receive a trophy specially hand-crafted for the Competition. The second prize-winner of classes A, B, C, D, E will receive a solid silver hand-made medal. The third prize-winner of classes A, B, C, D, E will receive a solid bronze hand-made medal. The winner of the “Grand Prix” (class X) will receive the medal given by the European Parliament.

Other prizes:

• Prize “President of the Italian Republic”
  A bronze medal given by the President of the Italian Republic to the best Choir Director of class X.
• Prize “Emilia Romagna Region”
  Diploma and plate to the chamber choir (with a maximum of 12 singers) better classified in class B.

The Committee reserves the right to add other prizes.

Deadline for enrollments is 31th of July 2011.
More information about the contest, other activities, rules or entry forms can be found on the projects homepage: www.riminichoral.it

EuroChoir was established in 1982 and since then, every year a different country organizes this event in order to promote cultural variety among young singers throughout Europe. This year the repertoire covers not only the old choral music, but especially modern pieces of sacred and secular music, including several folk songs as well (for details see the repertoire section). The rehearsals will be held under the leadership of highly professional conductors Franz M. Herzog (Austria) and Jaroslav Brych (the Czech Republic). For those members of EuroChoir 2012 interested in vocal training, a highly regarded vocal coach Nadia Ladkany (the Czech Republic) will be available for individual consultation.

The EuroChoir enriches its members not only from the musical point of view, but enables provides strong friendships of singers from all over Europe. In order to encourage the interpersonal relationships within this unique ensemble, sightseeing, cultural programe and other accompanying events are to be organized.

Participant Requirements

• 18 – 30 years of age (exceptions may only be made by Organisational Committee for the purpose of balance in particular vocal groups)
• Excellent in sight-reading
• Excellent knowledge of English, other languages being an advantage
• Significant choral experience
• Healthy voice
• Communicative personality

Registration fee

from 170 EUR to 230 EUR. Fee includes the accommodation arranged in the high school hall of residence with full pension and the programme during the EuroChoir 2012. Travel expenses and pocket money are on participant’s own expenses. (Some extra money will be charged for the scores as only originals arranged by Czech Choirs Association can be used during the event.)

Applications

are accepted by the Secretariat of the Czech Choirs Association exclusively via national choral federations (operating in the participant’s home country). Every member choral federation is allowed to send one or two complete SATB quartets to the EuroChoir 2012.

Deadline: 30 April 2012

More information

Homepage: www.eurochoir2012.cz
Flyer: Download (PDF-file)

The 8th edition of Varsovia Cantat – International Warsaw Choir Festival will be held from 26th to 28th October 2012 in Chopin Hall in Warsaw.

The festival is focusing on a cappella music and is open for all amateur choirs from Poland and abroad. Choirs may participate in one of the following categories and compete for hand made statuettes of GOLDEN LYRE.:

• Mixed choirs adults (singers above 18 years old)
• Equal voices choirs adults (male, female – singers above 18 years old)
• Mixed choirs youth (singers under 24 years old)
• Equal voices choirs youth (male, female, boys’, girls’, children’s – singers under 24 years old)

In all categories 15% of the singers may be older or younger than above requirements, minimum is 16 singers, all must be amateurs.
Non-competitive choirs participate in Gala and 2 additional concerts.

Head of the jury will be composer Romuald Twardowski together with Jury members from Austria, Hungary, Singapore and Poland. Deadline for submission of application form with attachments is 30th May 2012.

More information and also rules and application form here: www.varsoviacantat.pl

Krakow Singing Week is non-competetive choral event taking place in the beautiful and popular town of Krakow (Poland). Each choir will have a chance to perform joint or individual concerts and meet local audiences and other choirs. The most often concerts will take place in Peter and Paul church which is one of the most famous churches in Krakow located at the main pedestrian street going from Old Market Square to Wawel Royal Castle. Other churches are mostly located at the old town or in places well attended by the audiences.

Choirs can choose 5-6 days which suit them the best to come to Krakow. Participating choir can choose between three travel packages from 149 EUR up to 319 EUR per person.

More information on the festival webpage

The ICFM World Choral Summit in Beijing from July 15-20, 2012 is a great opportunity to share ideas and thoughts about the future of choral music with thirty leading choral representatives from around the world.
A second reason to visit Beijing is the parallel running 11th China International Chorus Festival, the most prestigious of its kind in China with competitions, workshops and the opportunity to hear many of China´s best choirs and the top five invented choirs from around the world.

Links to more information:

Festival Homepage
Festival Form, Flyers, Brochure

Downloads:

IFCM Homepage
IFCM Broschüre
ICFM World Choral Summit Application form choirs
ICFM World Choral Summit Application form individuals

Participation in this non-competitive event is open to all types of choirs and vocal groups.

Participants will have an opportunity to perform at various venues of cultural interest as well as attending practical, educational workshops with the Maestros Jonathan Rathbone, David Azurza and Josep Prats.

Deadline: The registration form must be sent via email or conventional mail before the 30th of March 2012.

More information: please visit Corearte Barcelona

Choral managers, conductors and singers interested in the promotion and marketing of choral music are invited to share professional experiences and discuss valuable guidelines and key processes to manage the many aspects and challenges of organizing an international choral event, and rooting it in a regional context with a dozen staff members and international experts. Guided tour with insight into all sectors of the organisation:

• preparation of the event
• artistic selection procedure
• technical production (sound and light)
• communication and PR
• crossed artistic and technical perspective on concerts
• looking after invited ensembles, amateur choirs and guests before
  and during the festival
• management of a large group of volunteers
• dealing with audience in the concert halls
• working with local partners
• conferences with international experts of the choral world
• international networking and marketing

Participants can share and learn with colleagues from all over the world, develop their own international network, discover and take part to an unique event in the world from inside.

Practical Information

Date:

October 29th to November 5th 2012

Location:

Saint-Lô (France | Map)

Application deadline:

March 31st 2012

Fee:

from 230 € (depanding on country/organisation)
incl. accommodation, food, local transfers, free access to all concerts

Language:

English (basic knowledge of French might be useful but is not mandatory)

Links:

Program
Details

The International Music Commission has put together an exciting programme which has something to offer for everybody. Male choirs, children’s choirs, female choirs, mixed choirs and vocal ensembles, individual singers, conductors, composers and managers will find a rich and flexible programme on offer.

Almost 50 ateliers with a duration of 4 to 8 days offer vocal music from Gregorian Chant to premieres of commissioned works, from folk to classical music, vocal pop and jazz, gospel and spirituals, renaissance music, classical music and opera. There is something to choose from for every choir, for beginners and those who are already experienced, for normal choirs and auditioned choirs of the highest level, but also for individual singers and groups of friends – they can all learn new repertoire under the direction of renowned and experienced conductors from all over the world and present the results to the audience. In addition they can offer their own repertoire in concerts, participate in the fringe programme or sing in the region, join the Open Singing and many other intitiatives to spread the festival atmosphere and sounds in less conventional ways and places and involve the whole city in a great choral celebration.

Conductors, composers and choral managers will find a separate programme with presentations, workshops, round‐table discussions and practical exercises, enough space for personal contacts and exchange among colleagues as well as the possibility to watch the renowned atelier conductors at work in the frame of a Study Tour.

Those who cannot be there all the time are also welcome for one or two days ‐ for a taste of the festival we offer the so‐called “Discovery Ateliers” in which a different music style can be experienced every day, but singers can also experiment with body percussion, beatboxing or belcanto, get a feeling of what it means to conduct a choir or improve their breathing techniques.

Most of all the EUROPA CANTAT festival offers a lot of opportunities for meeting others, people with similar interests, coming from up to 50 different countries, Italian and Mediterranean culture and atmosphere, and choral music from all over the world which will transform the city into a huge choral platform under the motto “On Stage – Festa – Soul Food”. And you, are you ready TO sing?”

For further information go to www.ectorino2012.it, watch the film on the festival and get an overview on all offers (you will find the list of ateliers on ectorino2012.it/ready‐to‐sing/ateliers), or write to info@ectorino2012.it, the festival office.

Download flyer (klick)