Regional Festivals for Aspiring Choirs
San Francisco • Salt Lake City • Buffalo • Columbus, OH
Welcome to CODA Concerts, an extraordinary festival experience designed to elevate your choir’s performance and celebrate musical excellence. Each participating choir will receive dedicated solo stage time at a prestigious venue, with recorded observations from our esteemed faculty panel of nationally-acclaimed conductors. Clients can choose either a competitive track, where they will compete against other ensembles, or opt for a non-competitive track, focusing on solo stage time without the competition aspect. Choirs will be awarded a festival plaque to commemorate their participation, concluding with an exciting Awards Ceremony and Final Concert, featuring the top winners and a combined festival chorus, offering a thrilling culmination to this enriching experience.
2025 Dates, Venues & Adjudicators
March 10, 2025
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, CA
May 5, 2025
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Buffalo, NY
Pricing
per person
$149
+ $30
Optional Participation in Combined Festival Chorus
Inclusions
1.
Every participating choir receives solo stage time at a prestigious venue. That performance will receive recorded observations from our faculty panel of nationally-acclaimed conductors and each group will receive a festival plaque for their choir room.
2.
Every participating choir receives a 20-minute clinic with one of the adjudicators after their performance.
3.
Each participating ensemble may elect participation in a combined chorus that prepares a piece conducted by one of our guest faculty.
4.
Each ensemble may elect to have their performance entered into a competition with other participating choirs. Trophies will be given for the following:
- Gold – Outstanding Ensemble
- Silver – Runner Up
- Bronze – Third Place Finish
Commendation certificates will be awarded for:
- Most adventurous programming
- Outstanding soloist
- Outstanding accompanist
- Most engaging ensemble performers (text characterization and facial expression)
- Attendance and support of other choir performances
- Professionalism in stage appearance (entrance, exit, demeanor between pieces)
5.
The festival will conclude with an Awards Ceremony Final Concert featuring Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in performance, a guest choir, and the festival chorus of combined choirs who elect participation
