2015 Choral Competition and Results
Adjudicators
Chief Adjudicator
Prof. Wing-wah CHAN, JP (Hong Kong, China)
Adjudicators
Prof. Martin BERGER (South Africa)
Prof. Scott FERGUSON (USA)
Dr. Zechariah Toh Chai GOH (Singapore)
Dr. Cristian GRASES (Venezuela)
Dr. Steve HO (Hong Kong, China)
Dr. Ralph HULTGREN AM (Australia)
Dr. Milan KOLENA (Slovakia)
Ms. Urša LAH (Slovenia)
Ms. Maria Vanessa LEAO (Macau, China)
Prof. Jing Ling-Tam (USA)
Mr. Pei-zhi LI (China)
Mr. Da-peng MENG (China)
Prof. Ragnar RASMUSSEN (Norway)
Prof. Bao-ping REN (China)
Ms. Aida SWENSON (Indonesia)
Mr. Soma SZABÓ (Hungary)
Ms. Kaie TANNER (Estonia)
Prof. Yan WANG (China)
Dr. John WINZENBURG (USA)
Ms. Nancy YUEN (Hong Kong, China)
Prof. Jin-ming ZHU (China)
Grand Prizes
World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association – The Choir of the World Trophy
HK$ 40,000
Wenzhou Children’s Arts School Treble Boys’ Choir (Zhejiang, China)
Conductor: Qiaogu CHAN
Jury’s Prize
HK$ 20,000
Biak Faiman Indo Choir (Indonesia)
Conductor: Sonia Nadya SIMANJUNTAK
Best Interpretation – Mr. Ka-ki Lee Memorial Trophy
HK$ 10,000
Keiwanian Singers (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Anne CHU
Best Folk Song Performance – Mdm. Barbara Fei Memorial Trophy
HK$ 10,000
Chao Hua Art Group Chao Hua Children’s Chorus of Chaoyang District (Beijing, China)
Conductor: Xiang LI
Outstanding Conductor Award
HK$ 5,000
Belilios Public School Choir (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Chun-ho CHAN
Best A Cappella Performance Keiwanian Singers (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Anne CHU
Best Stage Effects Chao Hua Art Group Chao Hua Children’s Chorus of Chaoyang District (Beijing, China)
Conductor: Xiang LI
Musica Connection Audience Award I Biak Faiman Indo Choir (Indonesia)
Conductor: Sonia Nadya SIMANJUNTAK
Musica Connection Audience Award II Keiwanian Singers (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Anne CHU
Category A1 Champion
(Children’s Choir aged under 12)
HK$3,000
Wenzhou Children’s Arts School Treble Boys’ Choir (Zhejiang, China)
Conductor: Qiaogu CHAN
(Gold A)
Category A2 Champion
(Children’s Choir aged under 16)
HK$3,000
Dongguan Songshan Lake High School SSL Chorus (Guangdong, China)
Conductor: Jiang ZHU
(Gold C)
Category B1 Champion
(Youth Choir, Soprano & Alto Voices, aged 29 or under)
HK$3,000
Belilios Public School Choir (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Chun-ho CHAN
(Gold C)
Category B3 Champion
(Youth Choir, SATB Voices, aged 29 or under)
HK$3,000
Biak Faiman Indo Choir (Indonesia)
Conductor: Sonia Nadya SIMANJUNTAK
and
Keiwanian Singers (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Anne CHU
(Gold B)
Category C Champion (Contemporary Music, aged 29 or under)
HK$3,000
The Sea Blue United Children Choir of Songbai Middle & Primary School in Xiamen (Fujian, China)
Conductor: Xin XU
(Gold B)
Category D Champion (Folklore, aged 29 or under) The Rainbow Chorus of Xiamen No. 1 High School (Fujian, China)
Conductor: Baofu YANG
(Gold C)
Category E Champion (Show Choir)
HK$3,000
Chao Hua Art Group Chao Hua Children’s Chorus of Chaoyang District (Beijing, China)
Conductor: Xiang LI
(Gold A)
Category F Champion (Ensemble Singing Choir, aged 29 or under)
HK$3,000
CANTUS12 (Hong Kong, China)
Conductor: Timothy Tim-Yui YU
(Gold B)