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The international Showcase
for choir singing
28 Octobre 1 er Novembre 2004 Saint-Lô Basse-Normandie - France
E-mail : polyfollia2004@wanadoo.fr 
Renseignements, cliquez informations
A new concept
for a new international project
Polyfollia 2004 is first of all a new concept : the creation of a referential meeting-point
for the best amateur groups or emerging professionals, the principal concert
promoters and organisers (festivals, theatres, musical seasons).
The idea of this new event is born of an established fact : the art of choral singing,
especially a cappella, is too often little known and unappreciated by musical
promoters worldwide, who rarely give it the place it merits in the major concert
circuits.
We have therefore formed, with the International Federation for Choral
Music-UNESCO, an artistic committee made up of personalities who have accepted
both to be a “Watcher” over a geographic area of the world, to identify the
emerging high quality ensembles and to make contact with the principal
concert organisers.
This “Watchers” committee has selected 14 excellent international ensembles.
They represent all styles of a cappella choral music :from ancient music to contem-porary,
from traditional music to jazz, from classical to pop. All types of groups too :
from 4 to 40 singers, children and adults, equal voices or mixed. As well as these
traditional criteria of quality, the committee has paid special attention to the creativity
of the groups in every area, from the performance of repertoire to their stage
presence.
Alongside the fourteen international ensembles, Polyfollia wanted to invite five
vocal ensembles, “5 French favourites”who hold a special place in the regional or
national choral music scene in their role as inspirational motivators.
These are the people who are inspiring the next generation of singers, motivating
others to discover the pleasure of singing in schools, or who carry the general
public to new horizons of choral singing with their poetic qualities or unbridled
humour.
Dear friends from abroad,
Sorry for the following brochure is only in French - or almost. We just could not
translate it all. But, a complete information in English is available on our web site :
Polyfollia.org .
And English speakers will welcome you at the festival´s desk in Saint-Lô.
See you soon !
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