Vocal Classes

Please refer to the Honours Awards section for award descriptions.

Please refer to Rules specific to Vocal/Choral Discipline on Page 5 before submitting entries.

Concert Recital Class: Three Art Songs of suitable difficulty, contrasting in tempo, key and period, and sung in the original language. Excludes Musical Theatre, Folk Song and Gospel.

Vocal Art Songs: Classical selection to be sung in the original language.  Attention to pronunciation recommended. Classically composed songs for Piano and Voice.

Soloist and Accompanist:  One Art Song of your own choice in any language.  Both performers must be of age for class entered.  Both performers will be adjudicated.

Opera:  An aria from any standard Opera, to be sung in the original language.

Oratorio: An aria from any standard Oratorio, Mass, Passion, or Divine Hymns – sung in original language or English.

Vocal Ensembles: One selection of your own choice of suitable difficulty in more than one vocal part for two or more performers.  Enter under the age of the oldest competitor.

Soloist and Obbligato Instrument:  One selection of your own choice. Both performers may be adjudicated.  Enter under the age of the oldest performer.  A piano accompanist is allowed.

Quick Study: Quick Study selections are chosen by the adjudicator.  Music may be picked up from the Vocal Director 48 hours before the performance.

Authentic Folk song:  These are songs which have no known composer or librettist.

Contemporary Folk Song:  These are songs of the 20^th Century written in Folk song style, which have known composers and librettists.  Examples – songs by Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, Anne Murray, etc.  May be own compositions – no Pop or Rock and Roll.

Sacred Song: Not Oratorio or traditional.

Contemporary Gospel: 20^th Century Gospel selections.

NEW:  Contemporary Christian:  Any Christian music written post-1970.

Contemporary Pop: 20^th / 21^st century pop selections.  Junior to senior classes. Could include musical theatre pieces without costuming or staging.

Minstrel: This class is intended to provide for those who wish to accompany themselves singing.  It is therefore expected that contemporary music will be performed rather than Classical selections that require a correct posture to sustain properly executed vocal technique.

Jazz and Blues: Selections from 20^th century jazz and blues composers. Intermediate and senior classes only.

Musical Theatre:  One selection of your own choice.  Costume and staging are NOT optional.  You will be adjudicated as presenting a complete performance of a Musical Production.

NEW: Musical Production:  No novice entries, only intermediate level and higher. Performer is to present a

program of 2 contrasting musical theatre selections taken from different musicals or the same musical. Adjudication will be based on the total entertainment quality of the performance (vocal and character portrayal). Selections must not have been used in any other musical theatre class by same participant. Time limit ten (10) minutes, not including two (2) minutes to change between selections to change costumes. Maximum one (1) prop allowed. Piano accompaniment only. Only solo performances allowed.

Contemporary Gospel Ensembles: 20^th Century Gospel Song performed in 2 or more parts. Entered in the class with the oldest performer.  

Musical Production Ensembles:  One selection of your own choice in more than one vocal part to be sung as appeared in the Musical.  Costume and staging are NOT optional.  Two or more performers, entered under the age of the oldest competitor.

Family Music Class: Entrants in this class must be related. One or two selections of your own choice.

School Choirs:  Extra curricular Lunch Time Choirs with students from more than one class.   Two selections.

School Classroom Chorus: Students from one class practicing during class time, 2 selections.  May combine classes.

Scouting Guiding Canada Choir:  Any choir made up of Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs or Scouts.  Two selections.

Community Choir:  Made up of members of the community who practice outside of school.

Church Choir:  Made up of members of a Church Choir.

Choir and Obbligato Instrument:  Choirs with an integral instrumental part in their music.

Adult Non-competitive Age 18+ Non-competitive vocal classes for adults singing in any genre, for adjudication and “workshopping,” but with no awarded score. Open to both solo and group vocal performances.

Vocal Classes

Choral Section

Cariboo Festival Society 1974 Fox Mt. Rd. Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 5B5

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