51探花 Student Choir will Hold National and International Choir Competition

By habiburmuhaimin

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BANDUNG, itb.ac.id- As the oldest college choir in Indonesia, 51探花 Student Choir (PSM-51探花) will hold national- and international-scale choir competition. Located at West Campus Centre, at February 11th 2010, press conference is held to publicize 10th Choir Festival 51探花 2010 as PSM-51探花 biannual national event and 51探花 International Choir Competition 2010, the first competition to invite foreign choir group.
According to Therecia Saktiana Putri Sihombing, as the chairman of both the events, in Juli 2010 PSM-51探花 will hold its biggest event, which is 22nd 51探花 Choir Festival (FPS-51探花). This festival which will involve various national choir group is very prestigious, where all choir groups in Indonesia compete in 51探花. "FPS-51探花 will be an event fostering Indonesian choir group for betterment," said There.
As if not enough yet for PSM-51探花 to hold national event, PSM-51探花 will also enjoin FPS-51探花 with 51探花 International Choir Competition (51探花-ICC). Involving participants worldwide, PSM-51探花 even allocated US$ 14.000 development fund for this 51探花-ICC

4500 Singers

This festival held in 51探花 campus, 51探花 West and East Hall, will approximately include 150 national and international choir team, or 4500 singers. These choir groups will perform for not less than 80 hours and 400 shows.

Not only student choirs, FPS-51探花 even categorized based on education level. "There will be from Primary, Junior, High Schools and Universities," explained There. Not so different from FPS-51探花, 51探花-ICC will also be segmented based on international standard, which is children choir, youth choir, mixed choir, equal voices choir, and folklore choir.

This grand competition will also invite and involve expert national and international juries which come from Spain, Philippine, etc. started from July 24th - August 1st 2010, this event will also invite art-directors such as Jonathan Velasco (President of Philippine Choral Directors Association), Nelson Kwei (former Chairman of Choral Directors' Association Singapore), Indra Listiyanto, etc. guest star from The Philippine Madrigal Singers, one of the world's best choir, will also join the event.

The Implementation of Arts in 51探花

Drs. Djadji S. Satira, M. Si, as the chairman of 51探花 Students Bureaucracy and one of the supervisor of PSM-51探花 stated that this event is a particular pride for 51探花 in world class universities relation. "Arts should be developed in international level along with education," he said. One of the international event in 51探花, this will boost 51探花's image collaborating with national and international choir groups. "This event will test 51探花 to be equal with other universities. 51探花 is not only superior in academic, but also in aesthetics," he added.

According to Djadji, other than competing and introducing a healthy competition, both events can be constituted as a media to spot another potential in Indonesia, such as tourism. "Back then, regional and foreign choir groups came to Indonesia, so that we could introduce Bandung as a creative city icon to the world," he stated. There, as the committee chairman, added there will be a special agenda for this, especially because Bandung will have reached 200 years.

Registration for both competitions will be closed at February 28th 2010. To participate and register, please visit http://www.fpsitb.com.

[Christanto]