CHORAL REGULATIONS
NOTE: Choirs submitting tapes to the Provincial Level of Competition must perform the same selections on which they were recommended by the adjudicator at the local level.
- Participation is limited to amateur Canadian Choirs, performing in the appropriate class(es) at affiliated festivals.
- A festival official must supervise and witness the recording of the performance of choirs recommended for Provincial/National competitions. Taping guidelines are available from your Provincial Festival Office or the Executive Director, Federation of Canadian Music Festivals.
- If a tape or CD is submitted for adjudication at the Provincial Festival, the same tape must be submitted to the National Festival. Conversely, a live performance at the Provincial level shall be taped and that tape submitted to the National level.
- The performance should be recorded on good quality cassette tape. No acoustic or electronic compensation, filtering or other enhancement is to be used while recording.
- Tapes, CDs and music should contain no reference to the name of the choir, its conductor or the festival from which they have been sent.
- It is preferable to have the taping done during the actual performance but should this not be feasible, it should be done within three weeks with the same choir, conductor, accompanist, and accompaniment as in the original performance. The recording shall be its first take.
- A complete original music score for each selection, containing choral parts and accompaniment, in the proper key is required for the adjudicators. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification. As an aid to the adjudicators, the first bar of each line in the score must be numbered.
- All copyrights regarding music must be observed. Manual copies or photocopies of copyright music will not be accepted.
- An entry fee of $50.00 per choir is required at the National Level.
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