Competition Festa Choralis

Categories:

A     Pre-school children's choirs

B     Children's choirs up to 12 years of age

C     Children's choirs up to 16 years of age

D1    Boys' choirs (SA)
D2    Boys' choirs (SATB)
D3    Boys´choirs up to 19 years of age (TB)

E1    Youth choirs up to 19 years of age (SA)
E2    Youth choirs up to 19 years of age (SATB)

F1    Adult choirs - women
F2    Adult choirs - men
F3    Adult choirs - mixed

G     Adult choirs - chamber (men’s, women’s, mixed)

H1   Sacred and church music a capella for categories B, C, D1
H2   Sacred and church music a capella for categories D2, E, F, G

I1     Folk songs for categories B, C, D1
I2     Folk songs for categories  D2, E, F, G

J1    Spiritual, gospel, jazz for categories B, C, D1
J2    Spiritual, gospel, jazz for categories D2, E, F, G

K     Vocal Groups (4-14 singers)

X     Non contesting choirs - participating as spectators, may sing in a concert, masses

competition rules

• The competition is determined for amateur choirs
• One choir may participate in several competition categories
• The number of singers is not limited (except for category G where maximum is 24 singers)
• Age limitation: singers must not reach the age that is given in the competition category as of the day of competition
• Every choir should send 1 scores of the competition compositions, which will not be returned, but will remain in the festival archive
• The competition repertoire sent cannot be changed
• Acoustic rehearsals of choirs in the competition hall are not allowed
• The time limit for the categories of children's choirs (A, B, C, D1, H1, I1, J1) is 10 minutes of clear time
• The time limit for categories of youth and adult choirs (D2, E, F, G, H2, I2, J2, and K) is 15 minutes of clear time
• Should the time limit be exceeded, the jury will terminate the competition performance of the choir
• In all categories one a capella composition must be performed
• In categories H1 and H2 all compositions must be performed a capella
• Depending on the achieved points, the jury shall award:

gold medals   90 – 100 points
silver medals  75 – 89 points
bronze medals  60 – 74 points

• Apart from the point classification, the jury shall not issue any other evaluation of the choir performance in writing