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Cantabile
LLangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Results Senior Childrens Choirs Folk Song Choirs Cantabile is seeking your support - Become a "Friend of Cantabile"The Canterbury College Cantabile Choir is an internationally successful choir which represents Australia regularly at international choir competitions around the world. In 2000 the Cantabile Choir was awarded Third Place at the Vienna Youth and Music Festival. In 2002 the choir competed in the 2nd World Choir Olympics in Korea, receiving Fifth Place in the Youth Choirs for Equal Voices Qualifying Round. In 2004 the Cantabile Choir again competed at the 3rd World Choir Olympics, held in Bremen, Germany, where they won Three Silver Medals, thereby becoming the first Australian choir to ever be awarded a Choir Olympic medal. In 2006, the choir travelled to Xiamen, China to compete at the 4th World Choir Olympics (now renamed the World Choir Games) and again won Three Silver Medals for Australia. They also performed live on Chinese television in the Opening Ceremony of the World Choir Games in 2006. In July 2008, the Cantabile Choir competed again at the 2008 World Choir Games, held in Graz, Austria. The Cantabile Choir competed in three sections of the World Choir Games, winning a Gold Medal in the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices Section, with several members of the international choir jury awarding the choir perfect scores of 10 out of 10. In addition, the choir received two Silver Medals in the Gospel Open and Popular Open sections of the competition and 2nd Place overall in the Vienna Summa Cum Laude Youth Music Festival. Earlier in 2008, the Canterbury College Cantabile Choir was one of 16 choirs featured on Channel 7’s “Battle of the Choirs” television program. In recognition of their international reputation and outstanding musical achievements, the girls in the Cantabile Choir have received personal and public recognition from the then Australian Prime Minister, The Honourable John Howard on several occasions. The members of the choir were also appointed as Honorary Ambassadors for Queensland Tourism by the then Queensland State Minister for Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine, Mrs Margaret Keech MP in 2004, a position they are still proud to hold today. In addition to their overseas commitments, the Canterbury College Cantabile Choir is in high demand for corporate and community events. Past performances have included: the Australian Tourism Exchange at the Brisbane Convention Centre in May 2007, the Australian Tourism Awards in February 2006 (where they performed backing vocals for Christine Anu), Brisbane RiverFestival’s Sing for Water in 2005 (performing with Kate Cerebrano), Opera in the Canefields (an annual event in collaboration with Opera Queensland), the Tourism Futures Conference at the Marriott Hotel in 2005, the 2003 National Gospel Happening in Canberra and the Opening Ceremony of the Goodwill Games, held in Brisbane in 2001. |
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