3rd Hainan (21st Century Maritime Silk Road) Choir Festival Pitch Deck
2. COMPETITIVE PARTICIPATION
GENERAL RULES
2.2 COMPETITION RULES
a) All non-professional choirs are welcome to compete in this event. With the exception of the conductors, its members must
all be amateurs, e.g. they are not allowed to earn their livelihood by professional singing.
b) In categories with age limits, a maximum of 20% of the members may exceed/fall below the age limit by 5 years. The
organizers reserve the right to check the ages of the singers.
c) The order of performances within a category is scheduled at random.
d) INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES: During their stay the participating choirs are not allowed to give further
concerts or performances without the organizer's approval in advance.
MULTIPLE PARTICIPATION a) For organizational reasons, we recommend each choir to register for a maximum of 2 competition categories. Participation
in more categories cannot be guaranteed.
MUSIC
b) Individual choir members may participate in smaller ensembles formed out of their primary choir but may NOT sing in more
than one primary choir.
c) All choirs may participate in only one of B, G or SE.
d) In addition, mixed choirs can participate with their male or female voices in the same category (i.e. category B1+B2). Choirs
may additionally choose to participate in categories F and P independent of their participation in B, G or SE. Within the
category all pieces have to be performed with the same line-up (e.g. it is not permitted to perform 2 pieces with equal voices
e) and 2 pieces with mixed voices).
f) Conductors are permitted to conduct only one choir per category, however conducting in different categories is allowed.
Exception is category B2. A choir may also perform with several conductors.
a) The Artistic Committee decides on the admission of the program to the competition. The approval of the Artistic Committee
is usually not given when it comes to opera choirs or when the character of the composition conflicts with a choral
interpretation (such as "Nabucco - Prisoners' Choir" by Giuseppe Verdi edited for children's voices, "Träumerei" by Robert
Schumann edited for choir). In addition, none of the programs may include topics such as war or glorification of violence and
may not be against other nations and nationalities.
b) It is NOT permitted to sing the same pieces in different categories.
c) Some categories require a composition which does not originate in the COUNTRY, LANGUAGE AREA OR CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT of the participating choir. Examples of compliance:
• Choirs from English-speaking countries should choose compositions written in a different language.
• A choir from a Slavic country should not select a work from another Slavic nation, even if the two countries naturally have
different cultures and languages.
• A choir from Latin and South America should select a piece that does not come from the same region.
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