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The II international contest of sacred music CREDO will be dedicated to the memory of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), whose life was connected to Estonia.

 

Thursday, September 30	Registration of contest participants
Friday, October 1	Rehearsals of participating groups Concerts of participants
Saturday, October 2	The day of the contest Announcement of results
Sunday, October 3	19.00 – Concert of prize winners and diplomands of the II international contest CREDO Awarding of contest participants

 

Every group will have 20 minutes for performance. At least 4 compositions will have to be performed:

1.      A composition by P.Tchaikovsky.

2.      A traditional sacred song of Orthodox Church

3.      A sacred composition by choice

4.      A sacred composition by choice

A choir can perform extra songs if the songs fit into the maximum performance time (20 minutes). The jury will take the infringement of the time limit into account when deciding over the results of the contest.

The prizes of the first international contest of orthodox sacred music:

THE GRAND PRIZE – 1000 euros

PRIZES AND DIPLOMAS

 

All choirs which have obtained a permission may participate in the contest. By filing an application for participation, a choir will express their acceptance of the terms of the contest and also of television recording and photographing, TV and radio broadcasts, recording of performances and the possibility of listening to recordings during the contest. All rights of television and video recordings, photographing and sound recording shall be owned by the organisation committee of the contest.

 

The participation of the choirs to the contest will be decided by the organisation committee of the international festival CREDO.

 

 

1.      Résumé of the choir (group) (up to 20 lines) in Russian and English and a CD with the choir’s recordings.

2.      Résumé of the choir leader (in Russian and English);

3.      A digital colour photograph of the choir (group);

4.      Initial program for the contest with the duration of performance of each composition;

5.      An application for participation filled out in full;

6.      Upon request of a group, concerts in Estonian towns may be arranged. (The terms shall be agreed upon separately).

 

To participate in the contest, attendance fee in the sum of 200 EUR for choirs and 150 EUR for groups will have to be paid. Payment is to be made before September 1, 2010 via the organisation committee of the international music festival CREDO. If a choir is deprived of the right to participate, their attendance fee will not be refunded.

 

 

1.      To prepare and deliver 5 copies of the scores of the compositions which will be performed and 5 sets in case of a vocal group;

2.      To send the exact performance program, including given and last name and birth and death date of the composer, with the exact name of the composition, the date of composing and duration of the composition.

3.      The program cannot be changed after September 1, 2010. If the previously sent program does not match the one submitted at the contest, the group will be disqualified immediately.

All expenses of regarding the stay of a group, including accommodation to hotels provided by the organisation committee, will be incurred by the participants themselves.

The III international contest of sacred music CREDO will be dedicated to the memory of composer Bortnyansky, Dmitry  (1751 -1825). "... In 1796 he became the first manager of the Court Choir and retained the post until his death; he was named “the Director of vocal music”. ..."