Evaluation Regulation of
The 16th China International Chorus Festival
1. Categories
Categories |
Age Limit |
Number of Singers |
Children |
6-12 |
25-45 |
Youth |
13-18 |
25-45 |
Youth Student |
15-27 |
25-45 |
Adult Mixed |
19-49 |
25-45 |
Adult Male |
19-49 |
18-45 |
Adult Female |
19-49 |
18-45 |
Senior Mixed |
Above 50 |
25-45 |
Senior Male/Senior Female |
Above 50 |
18-45 |
Teacher |
Unlimited |
18-45 |
Vocal Ensemble |
Unlimited |
4-16 |
Pop/Jazz/A cappella |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Show |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Folklore |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
According to the regulation of the Committee, a maximum of 10% of the singers may exceed the age limit.
Note: Those who do not meet the requirement in each category will be disqualified.
For choir that participate in multiple categories evaluations, each choir can participate in a maximum of two categories evaluations. Participating in each category is required to pay the corresponding evaluation fee.
2. Requirement of the repertoire
(1) Subject of the composition
The content of the composition should be healthy, positive, and the ideological orientation shall be correct. The original composition is supported and encouraged.
(2) Accompaniment
The forms of accompaniment include piano, accordion, unaccompanied or musical instruments with regional and ethnic characteristics (5 accompanists or less).
(3) Repertoire
Considering the current situation of COVID-19, the participating choirs could select two pieces.
For the published musical scores, legitimate musical scores or authorized musical scores shall be used; unauthorized copies shall not be used. Musical scores shall not be adapted without permission from the authors. Liabilities for any legal disputes arising from the copyright shall be borne by the performing choirs.
(4) Score
Each evaluation score must be submitted to the committee, and the score should be the internationally accepted stave, and the name of the song, songwriter and adaptor (if has) shall be included. The provided scores should indicate the order of singing. The organizing committee will no longer accept changes of the scores after June 1.
(5) Duration of singing
The singing time for participating choirs shall not exceed 12 minutes. The singing time starts from the beginning of the prelude to the end of the performance. Points will be deducted if the choirs sing beyond 12 minutes. For overtime less than one minute, 0.3 points will be deducted from the final score; for overtime more than one minute, 0.5 points will be deducted from the final score.
3. Evaluation
(1) Evaluation Committee and Evaluation System
China International Chorus Festival has set up an Evaluation Committee, under which an evaluation group is responsible for professional evaluation for participating choirs. The Evaluation Committee is composed by senior experts in the music field, including composers, conductors, theorists, singers, scholars, etc., and each evaluation group will be composed of 5-7 evaluation experts.
The experts of the Evaluation Committee will judge the performances of the participating choirs in accordance with the Evaluation System of China International Chorus Festival, which mainly focuses on the Basic Skills, Vocal Techniques and Artistry of the choirs. Details are as follows:
ⅠBasic Skills: Intonation (the distance of interval & absolute pitch), Faithfulness (Rhythm, Beat, Speed & Tempo, Dynamics, Style, Accuracy of Expression Mark);
ⅡVocal Techniques: Tone Production, Diction, Blending, Balance, Overall Harmony;
ⅢArtistry: Stylistic Performance of structure, moderation, rhythm and color & General Impression and Dynamics;
To make the evaluation more scientific and accurate, experts will give scores according to the criteria (Ⅰ) Basic Skills, (Ⅱ) Vocal Techniques, (Ⅲ) Artistry. The maximum score for each above three items is 10 points, and the average score which given by the five experts is the final score. The fraction is kept to two decimal places. Example is as follows:
Ⅰ |
Ⅱ |
Ⅲ |
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1 |
First composition |
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2 |
Second composition |
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Score for the overall performance: Criteria (Ⅰ)+(Ⅱ)+(Ⅲ) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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Final score |
21 |
The evaluation regulation is fully in line with international standard, and the evaluation system has been unanimously recognized by the International Federation for Choral Music and China Chorus Association. In order to reflect the international authority of China International Chorus Festival, an independent scoring system has been established instead of presetting number of awards.
4. Evaluation results
There is no proportion for each evaluation awards diplomas, and the proportion of the awards for each category will be determined by expert. The Organizing Committee will award the digital certificates to the choirs that have won diplomas.
1) The final evaluation result will be divided into four diplomas: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
2) Peace and Friendship Reward: award to overseas choirs with digital certificates.
Category: |
组别: |
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Choir: |
合唱团: |
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Conductor |
指挥: |
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Accompanist |
伴奏: |
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Song 1: |
参评曲目1: |
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Song 2: |
参评曲目2: |
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Judging Criteria/评测标准 |
Full Score /最高分 |
Awarded Score /得分 |
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Basic Skills /基础能力 l Intonation (the distance of interval & absolute pitch) /音准(横向旋律 纵向和声) l Faithfulness /对作品的忠实度 ①Rhythm/节奏 ②Beat /节拍 ③Speed & Tempo /速度 ④Dynamics /力度 ⑤Style/风格 ⑥Accuracy of Expression Mark/各种表情记 号的准确度 ⑦Accuracy of Language/语言的准确度 |
10 |
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Vocal Techniques /声音技巧 l Tone Production /音色美感 l Diction /用声力度 l Blending /声部统一 l Balance /声部间的平衡 l Overall Harmony /整体的和谐度 |
10 |
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Artistry /艺术表现 l Stylistic Performance of structure, moderation, rhythm and color & Geneal Impression and Dynamics /情感层次、舞台效果等诸方面的综合艺术表现力、整体的完整性及感染力 |
10 |
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Total Score /合计 |
30 |
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l Nomination for Excellent Conductor /优秀指挥提名( ) l Nomination for Excellent Accompanist /优秀伴奏提名( ) | |||
Comments /评语:
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Jury Member’ s Signature /专家签字 | |||