VII World Children and Youth Choral Championship
Vocal/ChoralDiplomaPrize
7th World Children-Youth Choral Championship was held from 19 to 23 of February 2020 in St. Petersburg.
The purpose of World Choral Championship for Children and Youth is to detect and support gifted children and youth, to introduce young musicians to the spiritual heritage and world singing culture by means of the choral singing art. The Championship sets up conditions for creative communication and cooperation of children and youth choral collectives from different regions of Russia and foreign countries.
Participation in the Championship must facilitate preservation and development of choral singing traditions and help both participants and leaders of choruses in their creative growth, communication, increase of professional skills. In the process of the Championship, participants will have the possibilities to establish new creative contacts with each other, as well as with prominent workers of the singing art.
Choral Competition
The jury consists of the international expert adjudicators.
Jury will judge the performance by eight positions, maximal point is 10 in each position and the total point of one member of jury is 80.
| difficulty of the performance | Vocal, quality of choral sound | intonation | ensemble | rhythm, tempo, dynamic, agogics | accuracy of style | Emotions, expressiveness | disclosure of the content, presentation, artistic | TOTAL |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 80 |
The decisions of the jury are final and may not be legally challenge.
Wednesday, February 19
| Arrival of the participants, accommodation check-in. Registration of the participants. | |
| 18.00 | Official Opening Ceremony, Gala Concert |
Thursday, February 20
| Excursions and city tours | |
| Rehearsals on the stage. 1/8 of final (first half of the choirs). | |
| Announcement of results |
Friday, February 21
| Excursions and city tours | |
| Rehearsals on the stage. 1/8 of final (second half of the choirs) | |
| Announcement of results |
Saturday, February 22
| Excursions and city tours | |
| Morning |
Rehearsals on the stage.
Bronze round for children groups. 1/4 of final for children groups. Announcement of results. Draw of conductors for Semifinal |
| Afternoon |
Rehearsals on the stage.
Bronze round for teenage groups. 1/4 of final for teenage groups. Announcement of results. Draw of conductors for Semifinal |
| Evening |
Rehearsals on the stage.
Bronze round for youth groups. 1/4 of final for youth groups. Announcement of results. Draw of conductors for Semifinal |
Sunday, February 23
| Rehearsals on stage | |
| 19.00 |
First part Semifinal. Pause (Announcement of results)
United choir with singing of two common songs |
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Second part FINAL. Announcement of the results. Prize-giving ceremony.
United choir with singing of Championship hymn
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| Departure of the championship participants |
«Championship’s package A» 120 EUR per 1 person (in hostel)
«Championship’s package B» 148 EUR per 1 person (3* hotel)
«Championship’s package C» 160 EUR per 1 person (4* hotel in center)
Attention! The choir may arrive earlier and leave later than the Championship dates, in this case they pay additional nights by accordance with the selected package.
- Division of the participants into age groups will be in 1/8 and in 1/4 of final (by lists with dates of birth of the choir members); then in 1/2 and final will be three age groups: children (age from 7 to 12), teenage group (age from 12 to 16) and youth (age from 16 to 25).
You can submit Online Application Form.The deadline is December 1, 2019.
With entry form must be applications the following documents:
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