2025 World Choir Festival
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Opening Ceremony
The 2025 World Choir Festival will have an opening ceremony with a number of dignitaries and will have performances by the Festival’s Resident Choral Artists .
Masterclass
Masterclasses are in lecture style and the target audiences are conductors and teachers. Tentatively the classes will be delivered by 8 choral experts on 8 different topics. Each class will last around 90 mins and are aimed at enhancing the attendees’ conducting techniques, leadership skills, introducing note-worthy repertoire etc.
International Choir Competition
The Interational Choir Competition is divided into two stages, the group competition and the final competition. It is judged by a jury of 20 to 30 international experts, the jury meets to discuss the results of the competition according to international rules.
Interactive Workshop
Competing choirs will attend an Interactive Workshop in the festival. The Workshop will be presented by one of the Festival’s Resident Choral Artists (RCA) and will be conducted in two parts: Educational Concert and Massed Choral Singing. In the first part the RCA will have warm up exercises and play choral games with the choirs, followed by a mini concert with presentation by the conductor.
Starry Concert
The Starry Concerts are the highlights of the festival. Resident Choral Artists together with other Guest Choirs will present 5 - 6 concerts throughout the festival.
Friendship Concerts
A selection of competing choirs will be invited to perform for each other in a non-competitive environment and receive instant feedback from choral experts.