List of choral festivals

The following is an incomplete list of choral festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on choral music.[1] The topic will have some or complete overlap with the list of opera festivals, list of early music festivals, and list of Bach festivals.

Main articles: Choral and List of classical music festivals
List of choral festivals
General Information
Related genresChoir
LocationWorldwide
Related eventsCategory:Music festivals, concert tour, music festival, opera festivals, Bach festivals, Celtic music festivals, maritime music festivals, folk festivals, world music festivals, Christian music festival, contemporary classical music festival


Festivals
Festival name Location Years Notes
International Stasys Šimkus choir competition Lithuania,
Klaipėda		1976–presentCompetition is open to mixed, male, female, youth, children‘s choirs, sacred music, vocal ensembles, folk choirs.
Festival de Música Coral Renascentista Gil de Roca Sales  Brazil 2017-present Choirs performing "a capella" renaissance music in Porto Alegre in honoring the conductor Gil de Roca Sales.
American Music Performance Invitational for Mixed Choirs United States2011–presentseries of music festivals for top school choirs
Cincinnati May Festival United States; Cincinnati1873–presentfestival roots go back to the 1840s
Cork International Choral Festival Ireland; Cork1954–presentfeatures choirs from all over the world
Festival 500 Canada; St. John's, Newfoundland1997–2013International biennial non-competitive choral music festival
Intervarsity Choral Festival (Australia) Australia1950–presentmembers of university choirs from all state capitals of Australia meet for two weeks
InterVarsity Choral Festival (Canada) Canada1949–presentuniversity choirs from Ontario and Quebec, Canada, meet up and perform a combined concert.
MasterWorks Festival United States; Cedarville, Ohio1997–presentmonth-long summer training program for classical performing artists
Nordic Student Singers' SummitScandinavia1987–presentarranged every third year in a Nordic or Baltic country.
Ohrid Choir Festival Macedonia; Ohridheld in the second half of August
PICCFEST United States; Eugene, Oregon1998–presenttreble choir festival held in conjunction with Oregon Bach Festival
Three Choirs Festival United Kingdom1719–presentAlternates between three churches
Universitas Cantat Poland; Poznań1998–presentInternational Festival of University Choirs is non-competitive
Nordic-Baltic Choral FestivalEurope1995–presentbiennial music festival for Nordic and Baltic choirs
Summa Cum Laude Festival Austria; Vienna2007–presentInternational Festival for Choirs and Orchestras, every year in early July with a competition in the Wiener Musikverein

See also

References
  1. Page, Anne, B mus. "Of Choristers – ancient and modern, A history of cathedral choir schools Archived 2006-09-23 at the Wayback Machine". ofchoristers.net .
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