Are you ready to have your composition performed by
one of the most prestigious choral groups in the Philippines?
The Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral
Festival (AOVICF) is now accepting entries for the first ever AOVICF Choral
Composition Competition until May 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM
(GMT+8).
Named after the founder of the world-renowned
Philippine Madrigal Singers and one of our National Artists, the AOVICF is
bound to its mission of nourishing passion for music and nurturing artistic
excellence within and beyond the country.
With the launch of the 2025 Choral Composition
Competition, the AOVICF welcomes all composers worldwide, amateur or professional, aged
18 years and above except employees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines
and the current and former members of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. Entries
must be original, unpublished, and have never been performed publicly.
Each composer may submit only one entry of an a
cappella SATB composition with no more than two divisi per voice part. The
piece must be ranging from 3.5 to 6 minutes and must be
suitable for an intermediate-level choir. Solo sections are allowed but
should not exceed 30% of the piece’s total length. Texts in any
language are welcome, but an English translation must be provided. If the text
is not in the public domain and the composer is not the author, written
permission from the copyright holder is required. All scores must be prepared
using standard music notation software.
Composers may submit their entry via email to secretariat@aovchoralfestph.com,
with a subject line “AOVICF 2025 Composition Competition.” Interested composers
must pay the registration fee before submission, amounting to PHP 2,000
for Filipino composers and USD 40 for non-Filipino composers.
To pay, please refer to the payment guide of which may be accessed
through: bit.ly/AOVICF2025CompositionPaymentGuide.
The Grand Prize winner will
receive PHP 50,000 and a certificate, while two runners-up will
be awarded certificates. The top three compositions will be
premiered by the Philippine Madrigal Singers during the closing concert of the
Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival on August 24, 2025.
The winning composition will be under exclusive
performance and publication rights of the festival for two years,
and may not be publicly performed before AOVICF 2027. All entries
will be judged anonymously, and the decisions of the jury are final and
non-appealable.
The AOVICF is a collaboration of the Cultural
Center of the Philippines, through its Artist Training Division under the CCP
Arts Education Department, with the Philippine Madrigal Singers, the first
Asian choir to win the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice (in 1997
and 2007, respectively). You may visit https://www.aovchoralfestph.com/compositioncompetition for
more details on the competition.
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