Competition Pampa Canta

Categories:

B – Children's choirs up to 16 years of age

D1 – Youth choirs up to 19 years of age (S, A)

D2 – Youth choirs up to 19 years of age (S, A, T, B)

E1 – Adult choirs - women

E2 – Adult choirs - men

E3 – Adult choirs - mixed

F1 – Folklore a capella for all choir categories without age differences

F2 – Folklore with instrumental accompaniment for all choir categories without age differences

G – Chamber choirs (women, men, mixed, max. 24 singers)

H – Vocal groups without age differences (8 – 16 singers)

I – Pop, spiritual, gospel, jazz without age differences

competition rules

•  The competition 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, beside the category G - Chamber choirs - maximum of 24 singers, and category H - Vocal Groups - from 8 till 16 singers
• Age limitation: singers must not reach the age that is given in the competition category as of the day of competition.
•  If the choir takes part in more then 1 competition category, each song in all competition programmes must be presented only once.
• The time limit for all categories 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 the singing is expected without a microphone and other devices.
• In all categories one composition must be performed a capella.
• 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.
• 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.