2025 Syllabus - Choirs

Refer to Rules , read all syllabus rules with care.

The Final deadline for the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival is January 29th, 2025.
Payment should be made by e-transfer an invoice that follows is available for the conductor to submitted to your Board for re-imbursement.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.

Please provide originals scores to the Hall Secretary-Adjudicator table.

Conductor's own choice of two contrasting selections.
Total performance time limit of 20 minutes.

Depending on entries, and at the Festival's discretion, the classes could be further split.

Refer to Rules, read all syllabus rules with care.

The Final deadline for the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival is January 29th, 2025.
Payment should be made by e-transfer an invoice that follows is available for the conductor to submitted to your Board for re-imbursement.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.

Conductor's own choice of two contrasting selections. Please provide originals scores to the Hall Secretary-Adjudicator table.
Total performance time limit of 20 minutes.

Primary Choir - Grades K - 3, Junior Choir Grades 4 - 6, Intermediate Choir Grades 7 and 8.
A Choir may include students in grades LOWER than the designated category, but not higher. Eg. A Junior Choir may include Grade 3 but not Grade 7 students.

Depending on entries, and at the Festival's discretion, the classes could be further split.

Refer to Rules , read all syllabus rules with care.

The Final deadline for the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival is January 29th, 2025.
Payment should be made by e-transfer an invoice that follows is available for the conductor to submitted to your Board for re-imbursement.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.
Conductor's own choice of two contrasting selections. Please provide originals scores to the Hall Secretary-Adjudicator table.
Total performance time limit of 20 minutes.

Primary Choir - Grades K - 3, Junior Choir Grades 4 - 6, Intermediate Choir Grades 7 and 8.
A Choir may include students in grades LOWER than the designated category, but not higher. Eg. A Junior Choir may include Grade 3 but not Grade 7 students.

Depending on entries, and at the Festival's discretion, the classes could be further split.

Refer to Rules , read all syllabus rules with care.
Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.

The Final deadline for the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival is January 29th, 2025.
Payment should be made by e-transfer an invoice that follows is available for the conductor to submitted to your Board for re-imbursement.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.
Conductor's own choice of two contrasting selections.
Please provide originals scores to the Hall Secretary-Adjudicator table.
Total performance time limit of 20 minutes.

Refer to Rules , read all syllabus rules with care.

The Final deadline for the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival is January 29th, 2025.
Payment should be made by e-transfer an invoice that follows is available for the conductor to submitted to your Board for re-imbursement.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form.

Conductor's own choice of two contrasting selections.
Please provide originals scores to the Hall Secretary-Adjudicator table.
Total performance time limit of 20 minutes.

Refer to Rules , read all syllabus rules with care.

Choral Speech – Choral speech is the speaking of a piece of literature by a speech choir. The focus is on the language and the text. The prime emphasis is on telling the story, rather than acting it out. Gestures and simple in-place movements may be used, but there is no movement around the stage. Variety may be created through the division of voices, use of solo voices, physical arrangement of the choir, use of props and the suggestion of a simple costume.
1.Choral speaking groups will be marked on clarity, articulation and quality of sound.
2.Props are not permitted.
3.All selections must be memorized.
4.For sample works of choral speaking the following are guidelines:
"Rotten Convention - Shel Silverstein from " Falling Up" - Harper Collins,
"The Raven" - Edgar Allan Poe - from " The Best Poems Ever" Scholastic.

Performance times MUST be included on the entry form. Scripts must be handed into the adjudicator.
Depending on entries, and at the Festival's discretion, the classes could be further split between small groups (less than 20), medium groups (21-50) and large groups (100+)