Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival 香港校際合唱節 – Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival 香港校際合唱節

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HKICF has become a highly anticipated choral event in Hong Kong since it was founded in 2018. Over 10,000 students and teachers from more than 250 choirs have participated in the past four editions.

Entering into its fifth year in 2022, HKICF has matured into the scale of an international choir festival with multiple choral experts from around the world participating as speakers and adjudicators, locally commissioned theme song premiering during the festival, and thousands of choristers and music educators gathering to collaborate and learn from one another.

Sponsors:

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HKICF 5th anniversary theme song

Composer: Leon Ko Lyricist: Neal Fan

To commemorate its fifth anniversary, HKICF has commissioned Mr. Leon Ko (高世章) to compose a theme song for HKICF 2022. This is the first of many compositions we will commission from Hong Kong artists, in a way to support local choral music. The song can be downloaded and used for the festival only, eg, Competition cum masterclass.

The scores and demo recording of HKICF 5th anniversary theme song are now ready and can be downloaded HERE! The scores and demo recording may be reproduced and distributed free of charge*. The scores have a number of versions for different voice parts to cater for your different needs and preferences.

The Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus hopes that this annual initiative can expand the local choral repertoire and encourage choirs to pick local choral pieces for performances and competitions, so as to push for a holistic and healthy development of the local choral scene.

*The scores and demo recording can only be used for non-commercial purposes, i.e. the copy or copies of the scores and demo recording made must not be for sale, or exchange for any benefit, gain, profit or reward, or any other commercial purposes.

Find out more about HKICF2022’s theme song!

Competition Cum Masterclass

Unlike conventional choral singing contests, HKICF conducts choral competitions in the form of masterclasses. The emphasis is on learning and improvement rather than competing to win an award. At the end of each performance, the adjudicating panel offers instant feedback on stage . Each choir will then sing again, incorporating the feedback and suggestions it received. Through this exchange, students on stage and in the audience both benefit from the adjudicators’ constructive comments. From our experience over the years, we found that under this format, students listen much more carefully and thoughtfully. While Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes are awarded to teams with exemplary performances, HKICF does not rank the contestants. This is to recognize the different starting points of the choirs and to stress that the essence of music-making is more about appreciation and improvement. Click here for rules and regulations of competition cum masterclass.

Mass School Choir Masterclass

In accordance with the “Face-to-Face Class Arrangement for Schools in Hong Kong in the 2021/22 School Year” released by the Education Bureau on 2 August, many schools have not been able to host extra-curricular activities regularly. In light of this, we have organised a special featured event – Mass School Choir Masterclass. Hosted by our choral experts, student choristers will be seated in the audience while they learn and perform together during the session, including vocal training, warmup exercises and learn new songs.

HKICF2022’s artistic staff are as follow:

artistic staff

We are happy to have Prof. Matsushita to give keynote presentation in our Opening Ceremony this year. Prof. Matsushita is a prolific composer and arranger, and his works have been performed around the world. He is currently the conductor and artistic director of 13 choirs, which are often invited to perform in Japan, Europe, America, Canada, and Asia. Prof. Matsushita will share with us his choral music journey and how he has come to choose choral music to be his focus of work. Details of the Opening Ceremony and Keynote Presentation is as follows:

A Life Dedicated to Choral Music – Dialogue with Prof. Ko Matsushita

Prof.Ko

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We offer music teachers and conductors professional development sessions designed to bridge theory and practice, including lecture, demonstration, sharing and discussion. Speakers, who are prominent music educators from Hong Kong and overseas, host workshops on practical conducting techniques that are relevant to leading school choirs, as well as vocal and choir pedagogy. Upon approval, teachers may receive CPD hours for their participation.

There will be a total of 5 workshops this year, and all of them will be held in hybrid mode. Please click here for the details of workshops.

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Experienced choral conductors and vocal coaches host tailored choir clinics at participating schools. We work closely with the school beforehand to understand the choir’s needs and identify the goals and appropriate repertoire for the session.

School choirs can sign up for an exchange session with one or two other choirs. During the exchange session, the trainer will arrange for the choirs to practice, learn and perform a new piece together.

Please click here to view the list of the clinicians and rules and regulations for the clinics and exchanges in HKICF 2022.