Mundi Cantant Superior

competition with obligatory songs

Categories:

A - SUPERIOR Categories with obligatory songs

A 1 – Superior for children's choirs up to 16 years of age
Obligatory composition C. Porta: Regina coeli 
  
A 2 – Superior for youth choirs up to 19 years of age (S, A)
Obligatory composition F. Anerio: Hunc coelum, terra 
 
A 3 – Superior for youth choirs up to 25 years of age (S, A, T, B)
Obligatory composition A. Tučapský: Gloria 
 
A 4 - Superior for chamber adult choirs (S, A, T, B - max. 24 singers)
Obligatory composition A. Tučapský: Suscipe Domine 
 
A 5 – Superior for mixed adult choirs (min. 25 singers)
Obligatory composition Gesualdo da Venosa: Io pur respiro  

Obligatory songs:

COMPETITION RULES
MUNDI CANTANT SUPERIOR

• the contest is open for non-professional choirs
• one choir may take part in more categories of the competition
• there is no limit as to the number of singers, save for the A4 - chamber adult choirs (max. 24 singers) and A5 - mixed adult choirs (min. 25 singers)
• age limitation: singers must not reach the age that is given in the competition category as of the day of competition
• the choir sends one copy of scores of the contest compositions, the copies of scores are not returned, they are supposed to stay in the festival archive
• the programme the choir sent cannot be changed
• the compulsory song will be sent to the choir after the request
• no acoustic rehearsal performance is allowed to be done at Competition Venues
• the time limit for the categories Superior is 15 minutes of clear singing time
• in Superior categories the compulsory song is included in the whole competition time
• in the case of the given time limit being surpassed the jury will terminate the contest performance of the choir
• in all categories the singing is expected without a microphone and other devices
• according to the number of gained points the jury will award:

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

• besides the point classification, the jury shall not issue any other written evaluation of the choir performance