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The Association of Canadian
Choral Communities presents the 2013 edition of the
celebrated National Competition for Canadian Amateur
Choirs, in collaboration with the Canada Council for the
Arts, CBC Music and Festival 500: Sharing the Voices.
A treasured Canadian choral tradition, the prestigious ACCC
National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs inspires
choirs to strive for excellence, provides visibility for
amateur choirs of all types and traditions, and encourages
the creation and performance of Canadian works. The
Competition is open to all Canadian amateur choirs and
attracts diverse participants from coast to coast.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the top performances in 11
categories for youth, adult, children’s, collegiate, men’s,
women’s, pan-cultural and contemporary choirs. The choir
with the Best Performance of a Canadian Work in any
category will also receive a cash prize of $1000.
The prestigious Canada Council for the Arts Healey
Willan Grand Prize of $5,000 will be awarded to
the choir who gives the finest overall performance in
musicianship, technique and program. Previous recipients
rank among Canada’s finest amateur choirs: most recently,
the Vancouver Cantata Singers (2011) and the Halifax
Camerata Singers (2010).
CBC Music will play an exciting role in the 2013 National
Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs, thanks to their
new free digital music service cbcmusic.ca. Each choir will create a CBC
Music artist page where they will upload their audio
entries — available not only to the competition jury,
but to the general Canadian public — encouraging
audiences from coast to coast to listen online and
engage with the participating choirs, and increasing
national awareness for choral music in Canada. Links to
each competitor’s CBC artist page and competition audio
will be available from the ACCC’s National Competition
for Canadian Amateur Choirs portal page.
A jury consisting of five of Canada’s leading choral
experts will adjudicate the entries and select up to 3
national finalists in each category. National finalists
will be announced on June 1, 2013. The winners will be
announced at a feature concert at Festival 500 Sharing
the Voices, a celebrated international non-competitive
festival of choral music that takes place in St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador. The 2013 edition of Festival 500
Sharing the Voices runs from July 3-10, 2013.
Outstanding performances from all participants will be
featured on CBC Radio 2's Choral Concert in the
weeks leading up to the prize announcements. In the weeks
that follow, select performances of the winners will be
given a special focus.
The National Competition of Canadian Amateur Choirs is
a signature program of the Association of Canadian Choral
Communities, Canada’s national service organization for
choirs and the choral community.
Extended Entry Deadline: April 15, 2013
Competition audio
will be available on the ACCC’s CBC Music
Page
Eligibility, Rules and Recording Guidelines
2013
Entry Waiver 2013
Application Form
2013
Setting Up A CBC Music Artist
Page