Over 3,000 sing in county
FINAL preparations are now in hand for the fourth Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival, starting on Wednesday, April 29, and forecast to inject at least three-quarters of a million pounds into the county's economy.Technorati Tags: Cornwall, International Male Voice Choral Festival,
The six-day biennial spectacular involves over 3,000 singers from 54 choirs, including 11 from overseas. A total of 39 events at 30 locations across Cornwall is expected to attract an aggregate audience of around 30,000.
Programme highlights include a bumper batch of gala concerts in Truro, starting on Wednesday in the cathedral and involving Cornwall Boys' Choir, Truro Cathedral Choristers, the Russian Boys' Choir of Dubna, Kapela Khloptchikau from Minsk, Belarus, and Russia's Sverdlovsk Male Choir College.
"This will be a great opening for the festival," said director Peter Davies. "It will be a unique combination of youth and boys' choirs involving our own cathedral choristers and Cornwall Boys' Choir sharing the concert with the choirs from Russia and Belarus. These visiting choirs will also be engaged in workshops with local schools."
Three more gala concerts follow at the Hall for Cornwall on May 1, 2 and 4. Choirs performing on May 1 will be Nankersey, Alcester, Audley, Weybridge and Sverdlovsk Male Choir College plus Sweden's Vocal Six "a cappella" ensemble.
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