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THE 2003 FESTIVAL
The Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival Ltd company was established on 20 December 2001 and ran the 1st
Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival in Cornwall between 1-5 May 2003 which was a great success. The Festival attracted around 28,300 people to performance events all across the county.
The International Competition
Results were:
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Choirs
41 Voices and Over |
Score |
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1 |
Revalia
Male Chamber Choir, Estonia |
95 |
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2 |
Male
Chamber Choir of Celje, Slovenia |
90 |
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3 |
Torshavnar
Manskor, Faroe Islands |
87 |
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4= |
Deurnes
Mannenkoor, The Netherlands |
84 |
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4= |
St. Peters
Male Voice Choir, Eire |
84 |
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4= |
The
Harmony Men, Jersey |
84 |
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7 |
Thurnscoe
Harmonic Male Voice Choir, England |
83 |
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8= |
Newlyn
Male Choir, Cornwall |
81 |
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8= |
St.
Stythians Male Voice Choir, Cornwall |
81 |
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10 |
Loveny
Male Voice Choir, Cornwall |
80 |
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11 |
Shrewsbury
Male Voice Choir, England |
77 |
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12 |
Bestwood
Male Voice Choir, England |
76 |
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Choirs 40 Voices and Under |
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1 |
Béla
Bartók Male Choir, Pécs, Hungary |
94 |
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2 |
Jussit
Male Voice Choir, Finland |
92 |
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3 |
Holman
Climax Male Voice Choir, Cornwall |
87 |
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4= |
Haydock
Male Voice Choir, England |
86 |
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4= |
Mevagissey
Male Choir, Cornwall |
86 |
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6 |
Treverva
Male Voice Choir, Cornwall |
84 |
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7= |
Nelson
Arion Glee Union Male Voice Choir, England |
83 |
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7= |
Nankersey
Male Choir, Cornwall |
83 |
The Festival received Regional Arts Lottery Funding and as part of that process an independent evaluation was carried out to identify the project's successes and the lessons learned for the future. Headline results from that survey were:-
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Indicator |
Target |
Actual |
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Number of choirs (local) |
24 |
28 |
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Number of choirs (national)
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12 |
10 |
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Number of choirs (international) |
6 |
9 |
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Number of artists performing |
1,800 |
2,100 |
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Number of young people involved (based on
school concerts) |
60 |
800 |
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Number of workshops |
20 |
20 |
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Audience numbers (formal) |
8,500 |
8,300 |
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Audience numbers (informal) (mostly Eden - 18,000)
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16,000 |
19,000 |
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Age of participants |
Various |
13-91yrs |
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Number of informal performance venues |
28 |
21 |
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Number of enrolment enquiries |
55 |
82 |
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Number of new works commissioned (16 in composers' competition)
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4 |
5 +16 |
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Number of performances/viewing days
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20/5 |
29/5 |
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Number of singing artists' days
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5,100 |
5,640 |
Other Quantifiable Results
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Indicator |
Result |
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Number of schools involved
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3 |
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Number of outreach visits |
16 |
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Number of future choir exchanges planned
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4 |
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New audience numbers/converts (estimate)
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1,600 out of 29,000 |
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Number of formal performance locations
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19 |
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Number of choirs performing with unknown choirs
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48 |
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Number of media adverts |
10 |
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Number of hotels used by visiting choirs
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19 |
Best Overall Choir: Revalia, Estonia. |
Best Large Choir: Bela Bartok, Hungary. |
Best Cornish Choir: Holman-Climax, Cornwall. |
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