Dear friends,
Starting in 1968 a distinguished international choral festival has been held every two years in Pardubice, Czech Republic. In 2018 it will be 50 years since the first festival.
We heartily invite you to bring your choir and celebrate this festival jubilee with your singing.
The 25th anniversary Biennial of the International Festival of Academic Choirs
IFAS 2018
will be held during the 4th to 9th of July 2018
The competition for the Bohuslav Martinů Award is included in the IFAS competitions.
It is open to all kind of the choirs (excluding childrens choirs).
We urge you visit our web page www.ifas.cz, where you will find all the necessary festival information, including the festival’s history, competition rules, preliminary program, participation conditions, and a list of past festival participants.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES
• A1 – mixed choirs with a required composition (min. 25 singers)
• A2 – mixed chamber choirs with a required composition (max. 24 singers)
• A3 – women’s choirs with a required composition
• B1 – folklore
• B2 – folklore of choir’s nation
• C1 – compositions of one style of art music – e.g. Renaissance or Baroque music, sacred music, etc.
• C2 – jazz, pop, spirituals, gospel
• BM – Bohuslav Martinů Award
Festival is intended for following types of choirs:
IFAS – Categories A1, A2, A3 with chance of participation in Grand Prix
• academic choirs
• vocational schools’ choirs
• choirs in which at least 75% of the membership is 18 – 30 years old
Bohuslav Martinů Award – BM
• all types of choirs (except children choirs)
Other categories – B1, B2, C1, C2
• all types of choirs (except children choirs)
Please let your associated choirs know about our festival.
Thank you very much.
We are looking forward to meet you at IFAS 2018.
Sincerely,
Alena Mejstříková, president of IFAS 2018, and the festival organizing team
www.ifas.cz
+420 777 630 083
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