26 - 30 March 2010; International festival of choirs and orchestras; Venice, Italy
For full details and application information visit http://www.venezia-musicfestival.com/index-en.htm

A new and exciting North American Festival is announced. Concerts take place in the splendid Palais Montcalm, the grand Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec amongst other wonderful venues in the city. Choirs gather together in a city ranked as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Masterclass workshops, massed choir performances and Friendship concerts are part of the international programme of events. The Festival is a cultural exchange of choral music and open to all choirs from Québec and the rest of the world.

Choir registration now open for 2010.
Contact the Festival Co-ordinator, Caroline Dunn more information. Tel:+ 44 01935 810810 E-mail: caroline@casterbridge-tours.co.uk
http://www.leipzigchoralfestival.com/quebec2010_home.htm

It’s a great chance to compete (7 categories, some songs with piano allowed) and give concerts with other choirs in Krakow one of the most beautiful city in Europe.

Concerts take place in the magnificent Great Hall of the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, the renowned St Thomas Church amongst other wonderful venues in the city. Choirs gather together in one of the most musically dedicated cities in Europe. Masterclass workshops, massed choir performances and International Friendship concerts are part of the programme. The Festival is a cultural exchange of choral music and open to all choirs.

Registration now open for 2010 Festival
Contact the Festival Co-ordinator, Caroline Dunn more information. Tel:+44 01935 810810 E-mail: info@leipzigchoralfestival.com
www.leipzigchoralfestival.com

9-13 July 2010; Orientale Concentus III; Yilan County, Taiwan
Further information and prospectus with booking form: (.pdf file - Acrobat Reader required - free download)
Also see Flyer

End of July 2010; th 26th International Chamber Chorus Contest; Takarazuka, Japan

24 July 2010: Saturday Chamber Chorus Contest
25 July 2010: Chamber Chorus Contest: Prizewinners’ Concert

Full details obtainable from:
2-1-1 Sakaemachi, Takarazuka
Hyogo 665-0845 JAPAN
Tel : +81-797-85-8844 Fax : +81-797-85-8873
E-mail : ticc@takarazuka-c.jp
Please contact in English or Japanese.

www.schoolschoralfestival.co.nz

New Zealand's annual schools' choral festival will inaugurate in 2010; 2009 was a bad year to try start a festival.

Australian and northern hemisphere school choirs are invited to come, sing stay with ours. Beginning in Auckland, home to almost half our school choirs, (61 choirs from 47 schools this year), we're running a choral festival for 13 days; we hope you can come. The first week will culminate in a two day competition in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell www.holy-trinity.org.nz on July 31st. Six days will be spent touring and singing in the snow in the high country of the South Island. The event will finish on August 6th after a concert in Christchurch Cathedral.

Contact the Festival Director Owen Sharpe secretary@schoolschoralfestival.co.nz for information.
Owen will be in Britain in October 2009 speaking to choirs who have already signalled their interest and he will gladly come to your school or choir.

31 July-7 August 2010; Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop; Sarteano (Tuscany), Italy

Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop with
Simon Carrington, Bronislawa Falinska and Brian O'Connell

This intensive conducting workshop is geared for music educators and choral conductors with strong vocal ability who are interested in rehearsing and performing chamber choral music. We heartily welcome qualified singers who are interested in attending the workshop in a non-conducting capacity; who love to sing in a chamber group environment and/or are very specifically looking to learn rehearsal and conducting techniques. Up to two graduate credits are available through The Boston Conservatory.

There are three possible tiers of participation: Full Conductor, Conducting Auditor, and Singer.

The afternoon session will consist solely of daily conducting Master Classes with Simon Carrington. Each Full Conductor will conduct in every master class. This year we are again delighted to offer a Q&A/Dialogue session with Simon.

The two-part morning session will consist of group Vocal Pedagogy with Bronislawa Falinska utilizing the Rohmert Method of Functional Voicetraining; and clinics on developing a vital chamber choir, with Brian O'Connell. Conducting Auditors will also have time to conduct the ensemble.

For a detailed description of the workshop and an online application form, please visit our website at http://www.sarteanochoralworkshop.com

Contact: Gail Leicher + 1 781.652.0158

24-26 September 2010; International Choirfestival Tonen2000; Westland, Netherlands
For details visit www.tonen2000.nl

12-14 November 2010; Varsovia Cantat - 6th International Warsaw Choir Festival; Poland www.varsoviacantat.pl

It’s a great chance to compete (4 categories only a cappella choirs) in Fryderyk Chopin Music University and give concerts in Warsaw