REGULATIONS OF THE COMPETITION
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Organisers of the 15th International Choral competition Gallus − Maribor 2019 are JSKD (Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities) and Municipal Community Maribor, while Organising Committee of the Competition prepares and executes the competition. Only those amateur choirs and vocal groups (from now on groups) can participate at the competition, which were selected according to the rules of application.
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Competition will be held in Maribor from 12. do 14. April 2019. Competing groups are obliged to perform in accordance with application rules. Group that does not perform at scheduled time, will be excluded from the competition − except in a case of extremly sensible reason.
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Competing groups must perform their program in the same order as is written in the brochure. Only in case of sensible reason and with preliminary announcement to the Secretary of the Jury (at least 2 hours before the competing concert) can group change the order of compositions on its program.
Offence against this rule diminishes group’s average score for 2 points.
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Modification of intonation is not allowed for compulsory Slovenian folk song arrangement. Eventual modifications of intonation for other compositions must be announced to the Secretary of the Jury at least until the opening concert.
Offence against this rule diminishes group’s average score for 1 point.
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Competing group must perform its competiong program within prescribed time limits.
Offence against this rule diminishes group’s average score for 1 point for each exceeding begun minute (shorter or longer performance).
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Group, whose performace was interrupted by major force (disturbing noise, electric failure…), can repeat its competing performance at time that will be appointed by organisers.
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President and 4 members of the Jury are appointed by the organising committee of the competition. President leads the jury and represents the jury in public. He has equal rights as other members of the jury during adjudication and voting. Organising committee also appoints the secretary of the jury, who does not adjudicate competing choirs.
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Jury is independently acting body of the competition. Its decisions are final and irrevocable.
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Jury will evaluate: technical prowess of each group, composition of selected program, artistic persuasiveness of the performance.
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Each member of the jury must be continually present during all competing performances of groups. He is independent and autonomous during adjudication. He must give numeric mark to each group (the highest mark is 100 points, fractions of points are not allowed). Members of the jury will give their marks to the secretary of the Jury immediately after the completion of each competition concert (on special form).
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Each performace of individual group is adjudicated separatedly.
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At most 5 groups with the highest average score from the compulsory and free program will qualify for the Grand Prix Competition. Jury will confirm selected groups. The sequence of groups will be drawn by lot in public.
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Summary numeric score is average of all received scores for each individual group. Summary numeric score is basis for awards and prizes of the competition.
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Jury will award additional rewards and prizes at its special session after the last competing concert. Decisons for these awards are taken by majority of votes. Rewards and prizes will be announced at the final ceremony.
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Sumary numeric scores for all competing groups will be publicly announced at the final ceremony on 14th April 2019.
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Grand Prix of the 15th International Choral Competition Gallus − Maribor 2019 will be awarded to the group with the highest average score from Compulsory, Free and GP concert. In case of more equal scores the group that gets more higher scores in different categories will be the winner.
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The best group of the 15th International Competition Gallus Maribor 2019 with at least 12 singers will take part at the finals of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2020 in Debrecen, Hungary, according to the rules of EGP.
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Each member of the jury will write down his assessment of competing performances for all groups and deliver them to the secretary of the jury before the departure. Secretary will forward these assessments to choirs and their conductors.
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Morebitne pritožbe, razen na oceno žirije, lahko zbor vloži − v pisni obliki ali ustno na zapisnik −direktorju tekmovanja, in to neposredno po koncu koncerta, na katerega se pritožba nanaša.
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Complaints will be arbitrated by the organising committee not later than 30 days after the completion of the competition.
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These regulations of the competition were approved by the organising committeee. President of the organising committee is responsible for the interpretation of these regulations.
Maribor
Dr. Andrej Fištravec
President of the organising comitee