COMPETITION for budding composers - there's still time to enter!

Compose for Concentus

Composers are invited to submit works of up to four minutes in length, suitable for performance by a mixed choir (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) of over sixty voices, a Capella or with piano accompaniment.

Deadline for submissions is February 28th 2018.

The prize is £100 and the winning composition will be performed by the choir in the Summer.

Rules:

One participant can submit no more than two compositions.  A composition cannot be earlier performed, published in any form or awarded in any competition.

Recordings (mp3 format) of the entire composition are highly recommended, but not mandatory.

The Jury of the Competition will comprise the main choir committee and their decision will be final.

The decision will be announced 19th March 2018 on this website

Participating in the Competition, a composer declares that the composition can be performed and recorded for purposes of the choir, without any financial claims from his side, and without being subject to the contingencies of royalties or performing rights payments nor any restrictions on duplication of music for copying purposes in aiding distribution of scores to performing members.

Applications and any questions should be sent to the Competition organiser – Louise Soper, E-mail address:info@concentus-sings.com

Concentus with Voice and Spirit

Concentus exchange visit with Voice & Spirit
Last week popular Eastbourne choir Concentus welcomed back their friends and fellow choristers Voice & Spirit from Appen in Germany for their second exchange visit.   In the six years that the two choirs have known each other a very special bond of friendship has been formed.  
The German visitors, who once again stayed predominantly with Concentus choir members as their host families, were entertained, transported, fed and treated to fun and laughter over five days just after Easter.
In a week that saw them perform in both Christchurch in Seaside and Arundel Cathedral, take over Simply Italian for food and singing, make fun of themselves and each other at a barn dance in Willingdon School, and take part in a church service in Alfriston, the German gospel choir returned to Hamburg last Sunday exhausted but happy with yet more fond memories to treasure of their Eastbourne hosts.
Unless you have spent some time in the company of this amazing amalgamated group of singers, watched them perform together, seen the obvious affection, listened to the harmony of more than voices and witnessed first-hand just how much this all means to them, then it is difficult to convey in mere words just how deep and powerful a relationship this is. Overcoming their language barriers and any ideas of politics or religion, the choristers use their mutual joy in the language of music to spend the time they have together in perfect harmony.  This was never more evident than when they performed one of their favourite pieces “Peace Shall Be With You” both at Christchurch and in Alfriston and the whole choir spontaneously joined hands.  The emotion, like the performance, was overwhelming.