Festival Jeunes Voix Mêlées
from 25th to 29th, may, 2022
Event
Aims of the event
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opportunity for different choirs to meet and sing together
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allow choirs to share their experiences
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organize a choral event for the city, the council and the department
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give an opportunity for singers to meet and sing with well known European choir directors
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give choir members the opportunity to listen to many concerts with choral groups of different styles
Dates
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On Monday the 23th and Tuesday the 24th of May 2022, meeting of school choirs
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On Wednesday the 25th to 29th of May 2022, European choir festival
From 25th to 29th, may, 2022
THUIR (66)
Organisation
Planning
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European children and youth choirs ( from 8 to 18 years old)
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12 choirs during school hours (on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th of May 2022)
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8 European children and youth choirs (from Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th of May 2022)
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Partner choirs (near Thuir)
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Guest choirs (thursday afternoon for Cœur de ville en chœurs)
Concerts
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Concert « Cœur de ville en chœurs » from 14h30 to 17h30 on Thursday 26th of May :
5 squares in the city will welcome the participating choirs. Each choir will give a 25 minutes concert. The afternoon will be open to all local choirs from the department (school and others). The public will have the choice between a variety of concerts and locations.​
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Concert « Mosaïque » at 21h00 on Thursday 26th of May :
Each choir will present 2 songs from their program. 8 minutes per choir.
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“Choir to choir" concert from 16h00 to 17h00 and from 17h30 to 18h30 on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of May :
Two choirs share a musical performance for 25 minutes each.
1 singing afternoon
7 concerts
Accomodation and meals
Family hosting
Collective meals
The singers will be hosted by families of our singers here in Thuir or in families from our local choirs. These families will accompany the hosted singers throughout the whole stay. The meals and picnic will be offered by these families on Wednesday night and Sunday pic nic. The other meals will be taken all together in a common lunch room. Each choir will have to make sure that they have informed us of the different diets of their singers.
Each host family will have at least two singers. Choir directors will send us the list with suggested pairings to dispatch them in the families.. We may make a few changes if needed, but anyhow none will be left alone in a family.
Organizer
The"Chanterie - Cantilène" Thuir is a choir group of children and teenagers from five to 18 years old. We were created in 1977 and we are located in Thuir in the South of France near Perpignan and 45 km from the Spanish border. Our association has three groups: the junior group between 5 and 8 years allows singers to discover their voices, the chanterie from 8 to 12 allow singers to discover polyphonic songs. The older group, the cantilène is composed by singers from 12 to 18 years old, they explore more complex arrangements.
All three groups have a rich year of musical concerts, afternoon workshops, and week-end full of songs, scenic work and plenty of fun.
Every year, singers participate in choir exchanges around France and abroad. In recent years, we have met choirs from Portugal, Estonia, Catalunya, France....
Between 1995 to 2005, during 6 editions we have held six children choir meetings, one every two year.
Association Junior-Chanterie-Cantilène de Thuir
Registration
Choirs can register online following this link :
https://framaforms.org/inscription-festival-jvm-1562230028
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from the 31st of May 2021 to the 31th of January 2022
The first payment of 50% will be asked for the 31th of january 2022. The whole amount will have to be paid by the 28 of March 2022.
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Fee for choirs singers:
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Free for 3 adults (choir director, the pianist and the choir manager). This fee includes accommodation for 4 nights, 8 meals, the open singing, the ateliers and the admissions for all the concerts. It doesn't include the trip to Thuir. Each choir will have the opportunity to perform during the “mosaique concert”, in one choir to choir concert, and in the final concert. In some cases a concert on the Friday 27th of May in the host village can be organized by the partner choir.