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15th Open New Children’s Song Contest “Birthday”
St. Petersburg 13 – 15 April 2012
Regulations
1. Open New Children’s Song Contest “Birthday” in St. Petersburg is established by “Composer Zaritskaya Fund – Children’s Creative Studio “Samanta”” with the support of Culture Committee of St. Petersburg Administration and Education Committee of St. Petersburg Administration.
The purposes of the contest are the creation of new songs for children and youth and the revival of the best Russian traditions in this genre. Our aim is also to reveal new talented composers and poets including among children and the following promotion of their music and songs in mass media (radio, TV, press) and releasing CD/MP3 discs with best contest songs and backing tracks.
On the 15th Contest we introduce the new nomination “Dance the song” for dance and choreographic groups. The main goal of this nomination is to create visual stage impersonation for new children’s songs.
2. Participants of the contest are children of 5-17 years old:
Nominations are: solo vocal, vocal group, dance the song in 2 age groups
Junior group “First chord”: 5-8 years old inclusive
Middle group “Transitional age”: 9-12 years old inclusive
Senior group “Key to success”: 13-17 years old inclusive
3. Contest slogan is “No song - no singer, no singer - no song”.
The jury decision will be formed by following criteria:
Song. The melody of children’s song should be expressive and figurative. It should fit the range and vocal talent of the child (teenager).The song should stay in memory and arouse light and kind feelings.
Lyrics. Lyrics should be original and figurative. It should be clear to the child (teenager), easy for singing and positive.
Arrangement. Presented phonograms should be professional (song image and quality of sound). They should fit children’s voice possibilities. (The song can be presented “live’ to the accompaniment of piano, guitar or instrumental group). The duplication of the main melody of the song is not allowed.
4. Every contest participant should present new native song. (Song should be created not earlier than 2 years ago, not released on CD or other media and not presented on TV or radio). Self-created song can be presented. Soloists can sing with the phonogram-1 (“live”) and the back-vocal can be recorded on the phonogram. The duplication of the vocal on phonogram is not allowed. The running time of the song is up to 4 minutes.
Performance - Vocal nomination Solo
Vocal talent, suitability of the song to the given voice and diapason, artistic impression, bright visual stage impersonation, image and other aspects
Performance – Vocal groups – up to 10 participants
2 and 3 voice singing (using of phonogram with recorded back-vocal and duplication of the main melody is not allowed), clear intonation, ensemble harmony, suitability of musical material difficulty to age of the group.
Performance – “Dance the song” (modern children’s song up to 4 minutes). Showing the song’s character by choreography with phonogram +1 according to the age category.
5. Jury – it will consist of musicians, composers, poets, producers, choreographers and dramatists who work with children’s songs and dances culture. Also there can be other culture workers – famous pop singers, children and youth mass media representatives invited from different cities, sociologists, psychologists and others.
6. Contest – 2 rounds and Gala-concert
1st round – qualifying – till 1st April 2012. Audition and viewing of sent audio and video materials by Arts Council (obligatory for vocalists).
2nd round – 13th April 2012. Presenting of contest songs and dances selected in 1st qualifying round. Concert hall “Giant-Hall” (Kondratievskiy pereulok, 44. metro Lenin Square)
Gala concert and Awarding Ceremony – awarding and show with professional artists – 15th April 2012 in Concert hall “Giant-Hall” (Kondratievskiy pereulok, 44. metro Lenin Square)
Registration of participants from other cities – 13th April 2012 from 9.30 a.m. in Concert hall “Giant-Hall”
Arriving at Hotel “Polustrovo” (prospect Metallistov, 115, metro Lenin Square) 12-13 April 2012, departing 15-16 April till 12.00 a.m.
St. Petersburg City sightseeing tour and Master-class by Evgeniya Zaritskaya – date will be confirmed later.
7. Awards in every age group:
Nomination “Solo vocal”: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Award Laureates, Winners of the 1st and 2nd rank Award Prizes
Nomination “Vocal group”: Contest Laureates
Nomination “Dance the song”: Contest Laureates
1 Audience Award and 1 Grand Prix
Contest Laureates will be awarded by valuable prizes – audio equipment, all participants will get Contestant’s Certificates and presents. There also will be special presents from the main jury and the alternative children’s jury.
8. To take part in the Contest one should fill in and send the application.
All records should be professional. High quality phonograms (+) are obligatory. They are needed for the following release of the song on CD after the approval of singer and authors. Photo and video of the song presentation on DVD or CD are desirable.
All sent materials are not returned and not reviewed.
We accept applications and materials until 1 April 2012. Send them to:
199178, St. Petersburg P/O Box 17
To Zaritskaya Evgeniya Borisovna (fill in according to sample exactly) or to e-mail:
evgzar@mail.ru
Contact phone/fax: +7 (812) 323-19-14, +7 921 911 14 26
Hotel issues +7-950-032-20-88
Registration payment:
Vocal nomination – 100 Euro per every soloist and every duet soloist
Vocal group nomination – 200 Euro
Nomination “Dance the song” – 150 Euro (maximum 16 participants)
Participants from other cities – transportation, accommodation and meals are at their own expense
Attention! 2 weeks before the Contest please check all possible changes on www.newsong.ru
Project creator and producer – Honored Culture Worker of Russia - composer Evgeniya Zaritskaya.
Downloads:
Application form - Nomination «Solo vocal»
Application form - Nomination «Vocal group»
Application form - Nomination «Dance the song»
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