The Centre of Initiatives of Tolosa, inside the 38 TOLOSA CHORAL CONTEST, organizes this contest according to the following Rules:
Rules
for Vocal Groups Competition
1–4 November Competition
5st of November Closing Act, with the obligatory participation of the awarded choirs in each modality.
1. Vocal groups made up of a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 16 singers may take part, so if they are male, female or mixed groups.
2. The groups may be amateur as well as professional, with no age limit.
3. The participants the obligation of being present during the entire period of the Contest and they must be ready to cooperate in the concerts that will take place in the villages around.
4. All the participating groups must take part in two Modalities:
a) Modality I: RELIGIOUS MUSIC
b) Modality II: PROFANE MUSIC
5.MODALITY I - RELIGIOUS MUSIC
The groups will have to perform a free selection programme with religious text. In this programme, they must include at least:
The programme to be performed will last, at least, 15 minutes and, at most, 18 minutes of real music time. The choir that does not respect these time limits will be penalized as it is said in point 17.
6. MODALITY II - PROFANE MUSIC
The groups will have to perform a free selection programme with non religious text. In this programme, they must include at least:
The programme to be performed will last, at least, 15 minutes and, at most, 18 minutes of real music time. The choir that does not respect these time limits will be penalized as it is said in point 17.
7. The following prizes will be given for each Modality:
8. The Organization will cover the lodging expenses (bed and meals) from the 31th of October to lunch of the 5st of November.
9. The travelling expenses to Tolosa will be on charge of the participating group.
[go up]10. Applications to take part in this Competition are now open. The Closing date will be the 15th of May, 2006.
The APPLICATION FORM must be sent to
THE CENTER OF INITIATIVES FROM TOLOSA
P.O. Box 100 - 20400 TOLOSA ( SPAIN )
Application will not be considered valid until the aforesaid Application Form has been duly fulfilled.
11. The conductor decides the order in which the works are to be performed. The Organization has to be informed of this order before September 15th, 2006. No changes will be admitted after this date.
12. Prized choirs must stay for the Closing Act and take part in it. The approximated duration of this Act is until 15:00 on the 5st of November.
[go up]13. The Jury will be made up of seven musical personalities from different countries. One month before the Competition is due to take place the members of the Jury will be published.
14. The Jury bases their decissions on the following characteristics:
15. Each member of the Jury will give up to 100 points for the global performance of each group. Maximum and minimum scoring obtained by the choirs will be cancelled and the veredict of the Jury will be made adding the scoring of the rest of its members (of the Jury).
16. The Jury, unanimously, has the power not to attribute prizes to the choirs that have not reached, at least, the following percentages:
17. The penalty for each minute out of the fixed time limit will be of 4 points.
18. The Closing Act is not valid for the classification.
19. The decision of the Jury will not be subject to appeal and will be made public during the Closing Act.
[go up]20. The Organization may record and videotape the performance in the Competition and the choirs are not allowed to claim any right of performance or image.
21. The Centre of Iniciatives of Tolosa will be pleased to send any additional information regarding the interpretation of these rules and reserves the right to modify them if it would be advisible.
22. It is understood that each choir participating in this contest fully accepts and adheres to the rules and regulations of the Competition.
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