We have the pleasure to inform you that in our home page has been published the new regulation of 57th INTERNATIONAL CHORAL SINGING COMPETITION (20th – 22nd July 2018) and FESTIVAL SEGHIZZI (19th, 20th and 23rd July 2018) with the opportunity of different repertoires and interesting conditions of participation.
The deadline is 1st March 2018.
1396 choirs from 75 Countries of 5 continents took part at the competition from 1962 to 2017
SYNTHETIC GENERAL FEATURES OF SEGHIZZI 2018
Main aspects of the competition:
Choirs and musical groups, with programmes articulated by musical genres and historical periods.
Choirs are admitted after the selection of the presented materials.
The chosen Choirs will be judged by an International Jury who expresses a classification and merit ranges.
THE COMPETITION IS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
1a Polyphonic Category “Historical Period 1400-1643”
1b Polyphonic Category “Historical Period 1644-1820”
1c Polyphonic Category “Historical Period 1821-1910”
1d Polyphonic Category “Historical Period since 1911 to the present day”
2a Category for choral arrangements of folk and traditional songs
2b Category for choral arrangements of spirituals and gospels
2c Category for choral arrangements of pop and jazz music
3 Special Category with contemporary music program
4 16th Seghizzinregione – Choral concert circuit in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
One of the selection criteria for acceptance is the number of categories a group registers in (except the Grand Prix).
The organization will give a refund of the expenses proportionally to the distance from the home town to the venue of the competition.
Choirs can also participate in the concert festival SEGHIZZINREGIONE which will take place in our region (Friuli Venezia Giulia) on one of these dates: 19th, 20th and 23rd July 2018, according to the regulations.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE PRIZES AMOUNTS TO 20,000 EURO
20 more special prizes and medals for merit range
PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS
1. The choirs that will be admitted to the Seghizzi International Competition of Choral Singing will have free exhibition spaces at their disposal, in order to expose their own materials (CDs, records, DVDs, books, publications, scores, projects, proposals, small presents, etc.). The choirs that are interested in this proposal must fill in an enquire contained in the application form of the competition.
2. The Organizing Committee will arrange a web page for every choir attending the competition with photographs and curriculum.
Thank you for your attention!
Best regards
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