10. INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION
MARIBOR 2009, SLOVENIA

17. - 19. April 2009

MAILING ADDRESS:
JSKD
10. INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION MARIBOR 2009
Štefanova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: + 386 1 24 10 525
Fax: + 386 1 24 10 510
E-mail: mihela.jagodic@jskd.si
Home page: www.jskd.si

ORGANISERS:

Organising Committee of the Competition
Municipal Community Maribor
JSKD (Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities)
and it's regional office in Maribor
Union of Cultural Societies of Slovenia
Union Societies of Maribor

SCHEDULE OF THE COMPETITION

SCHEDULE OF THE COMPETITION

Friday, 17. April 2009
12:00 Welcome of competing choirs, time for acoustic rehearsals.
Evening: non-competitive concert of all participating choirs with music from choirs native country

Saturday, 18. April 2009

Morning: competition - compulsory program

Afternoon: competition - free program.

Sunday, 19. April 2009

Morning: non-competitive concert of choirs that will not qualify for the Grand Prix Competition - optional.

12:00 Competition for the Grand Prix of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.

16.00: Official announcement of results and awards

17.30: Festive banquet and farewell meeting of all participants.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Compulsory Compositions:
Monday, 15. September 2008 - the scores of the compulsory Slovenian contemporary compositions will be available
Application deadline:
Monday, 24. November 2008 - last date on the post office seal
Announcement of the selected choirs:
Monday, 15. December 2008
Scores and eventual changes of the program:
Monday, 23. february 2009 - by that day the choirs have to send the even eventual changes of the program and the scores for the jury members.

RULES OF THE COMPETITON

I. APPLICATION

1. PARTICIPANTS

10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009 is intended for female choirs, male choirs, and mixed choirs.
Only amateur choirs can participate at the competition.
Conductor and eventual instrumentalist can be professional musicians.
Number of singers is limited: choir must have at least 16 and at most 48 singers.
Number of participating choirs is limited: at most 12 choirs can participate at the competition.
Artistic Council of the Competition (appointed by the Organising Committee) selects participating choirs according to their artistic merits, inherent in the application materials.

2. APPLICATION MATERIALS

Choirs must send to the organiser their application, consisting of:
* Precisely filled-in Application Form.
* Recording of at least 3 compositions on CD or DVD, recorded in the period from 1 January 2008 to the time of application. The recordings should be a cappella music of 3 different periods/styles (for example: one from the renaissance period, one romantic and one contemporary composition).
* Short description of choir and its activities (at most 15 typewritten lines) with good (sharp) photography of the choir sent by e-mail to mihela.jagodic@jskd.si.
* One clearly readable score of each composition, entered in the competition program, only exception is the score of contemporary Slovenian compulsory composition.
* Selected choirs will be obliged to send 6 additional copies of other competing compositions for the members of the Jury and the archive of the competition (photocopies are allowed only with publisher's written approval - or composer's written approval for manuscripts) till Monday, 23 February 2009.
5 copies will be returned to the applicants. One copy of the scores will be held in archive of the competition.

3. APPLICATION DEADLINE

Application must be sent not later than on Monday, 24 November 2008 (date on the post office seal).
Choirs will be sent notice about their participation till Monday, 15 December 2008.
Choirs will receive invoice for the admission 200 EUR to be paid in January 2009.
Choirs have time to make eventual changes to their competition program till Monday, 23 February 2009.

II. PROGRAMS

1. THE COURSE OF THE COMPETITION

10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009 is divided into 2 non-competitive and 3 competitive events.

A: NON-COMPETITIVE EVENTS

1. Opening concert is the first non-competitive event.
* Each choir must present musical program with stylistic integrity, characteristic for its native country.
* Performance in national costumes and singing by heart in case of folk-song program is much desired for.
* The entire duration of the selected compositions should not exceed 7 minutes of pure music.
* Selected compositions cannot be repeated in the competitive programs.
2. Choirs that will not qualify for the Grand Prix competition will perform in a non-competitive concert in Maribor or its vicinity on Sunday morning, 19 April 2009, if requested by organiser.

B. COMPETITIVE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 3 PROGRAMS

1. Compulsory Program

Mixed choirs:
1. *Composition by Iacobus Handl Gallus of choir's own choice from Monumenta artis musicae Slovenie (MAMS), volume 14, 15, 16 or 17.
2. Composition from the Romantic period of choir's own choice.
3. **Compulsory contemporary Slovenian song: Lojze Lebič (1934): Vem, da je zopet pomlad (N.N.)

Male choirs:
1. *Composition by Iacobus Handl Gallus of choir's own choice from Monumenta artis musicae Slovenie (MAMS), volume 14, 15, 16 or 17.
2. Composition from the Romantic period of choir's own choice.
3. **Compulsory contemporary Slovenian song: Lojze Lebič (1934): Čas (Jakob Šešerko)

Female choirs:
1. *Composition by Iacobus Handl Gallus of choir's own choice from Monumenta artis musicae Slovenie (MAMS), volume 14, 15, 16 or 17.
2. Composition from the Romantic period of choir's own choice.
3. **Compulsory contemporary Slovenian song: Lojze Lebič (1934): Čas (Jakob Šešerko)

* Program must be sung a cappella. Entire duration of all 3 compositions must not exceed 12 minutes.
* Compulsory program must be performed in the prescribed order.

*You can get additional information on Gallus compositions and required volumes of MAMS at Astrum music publications, info@astrum.si and acquire licenced copies of the selected piece from muz_ist@zrc-sazu.si.
** Compulsory contemporary Slovenian song will be available from October 5, 2008. Choirs can get scores, English translation of their text and mp3 with pronuncination in Slovene leanguage from JSKD (Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti), Štefanova 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (Ms. Mihela Jagodic, mihela.jagodic@jskd.si).
Each choir will receive additional copies for all members of choir after the payment of admission (mailing expenses are included in the admission).

2. Free Program

* Choirs perform original compositions in this category (folk songs and their arrangements are not allowed).
* Program must comprise at least 2 compositions.
* Program must be sung a cappella.
* Compositions from the compulsory program are not allowed in the free program.
* Entire duration of all compositions must be in the range of 10 to 15 minutes.

3. Grand Prix of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009

At most 5 choirs with the highest average score from the compulsory and free program will qualify for the Grand Prix Competition. The sequence of choirs will be drawn by lot in public.
Program:
* Program must comprise at least 3 compositions.
* Only one composition can be repeated from the compulsory or free program.
* Only one composition can be folksong.
* Only one composition can have instrumental accompaniment, if it is prescribed in the original score of the composition.
* Entire duration of all compositions must be in the range of 10 to 15 minutes.

Piano will be available for eventual accompaniment. Organiser is not obligated to provide any other instrument.

III. JURY AND AWARDS

1. COMPOSITION OF THE JURY

Jury will comprise 5 renowned members - experts in choral music: 2 from Slovenia and 3 from abroad.

2. WORK OF THE JURY

Each member of the jury will evaluate all competitive performances of each choir with numeric mark (the highest mark is 100).
Jury will evaluate:
a) Technical prowess of each choir.
b) Difficulty of selected program.
c) Artistic persuasiveness of the performance.

3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

List of choirs that will be allowed to compete at the Grand Prix Competition will be made known at most one hour after the completion of the free program.
The results of the competitive performances will be officially announced only at the final ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
All Jury's decisions are final and can not be appealed.
All competing choirs will receive a written appraisal of their performances by each member of the Jury.

IV. AWARDS

GRAND PRIX OF THE 10. INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION MARIBOR 2009
will be awarded to the choir with the highest average score from all 3 categories (Compulsory Program, Free Program and the Grand Prix Competition). The winner will be also chosen to compete for the EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX FOR CHORAL SINGING in 2010.

MONETARY AWARDS

Monetary awards will be given according to the received scores at the competition.

* 1st place: the Grand Prix of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009, the monetary award 2.000 EUR, and memorial plaque of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.
* 2nd place: the monetary award 1.500 EUR and the memorial plaque of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.
* 3rd place: the monetary award 1.000 EUR and the memorial plaque of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.
* 4th place: the memorial plaque of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.
* 5th place: the memorial plaque of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009.

In the case of two or more equal scores, the actual prize and the following prize(s) will be divided between the choirs in the equal amounts.

ADDITIONAL MONETARY AWARDS AND PRIZES

* To the best choir of equal voices if it is not the winner of the Grand Prix - 500 EUR.
* *To the conductor for the best performance of composition by Iacobus Handl Gallus - 200 EUR.
* *To the conductor for the best performance of compulsory contemporary Slovenian composition - 200 EUR.
* The award of public to the best choir of their choice at the Folk Song Concert - The Memorial Award.
* The panel of Slovene conductors will give the prize to the choir that will present the most original concept and convincing performance at the opening concert.
* Monetary Award for the best Slovenian choir - given by JSKD.
*On Jury's proposal

Jury can also propose some additional diplomas.
Organiser will give Certificate of Participation at the International Choral Competition Maribor 2009 to all participating choirs.
Radio Slovenia will make, free of charge, archive recordings of all awarded Slovenian choirs, but not later than at the beginning of the 21th National Choral Competition Naša pesem 2010.

V. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS

1. ACCOMODATION

1. Choir - its singers, conductor and instrumentalists (up to 50 persons) have free accommodation in student dormitories from Friday (beginning at lunch) to Sunday (ending at the final banquet). In case the choir would prefer to stay in the hotel the organiser covers the accommodation costs in the amount of the student dormitories. The choir has to pay the additional costs.
2. All travel expenses are covered by the participating choirs themselves.
3. All expenses due to premature arrival or postponed departure are covered by the individual choirs themselves.

2. RECORDING RIGHTS

1. All rights on audio, video and photographic recordings made at the competition belong to the organiser. Choirs will not get any recompense for their performances; they will receive only recording of their performances on CD's.
2. Each choir will also receive official photography of its performance.

VI. LEGAL MATTERS

1. Organiser is not responsible for any eventual mishaps, loses, thefts, or alike during choir's stay in Maribor.
2. Slovenian and English are official languages at the competition.
3. Original Slovenian text will be given preference in cases of dispute.
4. Course of competition and its realisation is fully covered in the Regulations of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009 that can be obtained from the organiser.
5. Organising Committee of the 10. International Choral Competition Maribor 2009 approved this document at its 1st session.
6. Organising Committee has the sole responsibility to interpret it.
7. Choirs confirm their approval of above-mentioned rules by sending filled-in application form.
8. Organising Committee retains the right to alter rules of competition in the case of unexpected vis major. In such case it must give written notice to all participating choirs.

Additonal information:
Mihela Jagodic,

adviser for vocal music at JSKD
Tel: +386 1 24 10 525
E-mail: mihela.jagodic@jskd.si

Program booklet (pdf, 13 MB)

List of compositions by Gallus, volume 14, 15, 16 or 17

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