Partner Choirs
The Elora Singers, under the direction of Mark Vuorinen, has established an international reputation as one of Canada’s finest professional choirs. Founded in 1980, it is the ensemble-in-residence of the Elora Festival for three weeks each summer, in addition to presenting a regular concert series, producing recordings, and touring across Canada and internationally.
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) is one of the Philippines' foremost choral groups. From its humble beginnings in 1980 at the Kalayaan Residence Hall, UPSA has gone a long way; earning for the country and for the University 8 Grand Prizes, 36 First Prizes, and other awards in 20 international choral competitions in ITALY, FRANCE, HUNGARY, GERMANY, SPAIN, BELGIUM, POLAND, the CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, BULGARIA, the NETHERLANDS, WALES, and SWITZERLAND.
The Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprising some of the UK’s finest consort singers, directed by Owain Park. Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend, the ensemble formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories in Cambridge and has gone on to perform at numerous major festivals across UK, Europe, North America and Australia.
The University of Santo Tomas Singers was named the Choir of the World Champion on July 9, 2019 by Llangollen.tv of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales, United Kingdom. Established in 1987, the annual Choir of the World competition has become one of the most respected accolades in the choral calendar with the winners receiving the prestigious Luciano Pavarotti trophy. Having been the only choir to win the coveted title twice, first in 1995 and second in 2010, the UST Singers has now bested 31 previous Choir of the World winners in the online voting campaign.
Swara is a Brussels-based vocal ensemble dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary a cappella music from around the world. Under the guidance of its founding director, Ivan Yohan, twenty professional young singers have come together as a group to perform modern choral music to an exacting standard.
With a mission of nurturing children living in Singapore to the highest levels of choral music, VOSCC is led by a team of some of the nation's most experienced and renowned children's choir pedagogues, the Voices of Singapore Children's Choir has built a progressive system of 12 different training and performing choirs that are focused on grooming some of the most talented young singers.
Considered a trailblazer and standard-bearer throughout its history, the SYC was the first Singaporean choir to win an international competition, the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod. It was also the first choir to receive the President’s Charity and the Excellence for Singapore awards. To celebrate Singapore’s 50th year of independence, the choir performed in Washington D.C. at the invitation of the Embassy of Singapore.
The Young Voices of the Philippines is one of the scholar choirs of the Treble Choir Association of the Philippines. The members were selected from the various choirs under the choral program of Dr. Maria Theresa Vizconde-Roldan and Prof. Jude B. Roldan.
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The INTERKULTUR Center for Culture & Tourism Development is an office in the city of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines, that promotes the worldwide events of INTERKULTUR Germany and that gives advice and support to choirs in the Asia Pacific region.
