The First British
INTERNATIONAL MALE VOICE
CHORAL FESTIVAL
TRURO - CORNWALL - UK 1 - 5 May 2003
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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 British 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 Festival received Regional Arts Lottery Funding and as part of that process an independent an evaluation was carried out to identify the project's successes and the lessons learned for the future. Headline results from that survey were:-

Indicator Target Actual
Number of choirs (local) 24 28
Number of choirs (national) 12 10
Number of choirs (international) 6 9
Number of artists performing 1,800 2,100
Number of young people involved (based on schools'concerts) 60 800
Number of workshops 20 20
Audience numbers (formal) 8,500 8,300
Audience numbers (informal) (mostly Eden - 18,000) 16,000 19,000
Age of participants Various 13-91yrs
Number of informal performance venues 28 21
Number of enrolment enquiries 55 82
Number of new works commissioned (16 in composers' competition) 4 5 +16
Number of performances/viewing days 20/5 29/5
Number of singing artists' days 5,100 5,640

Other Quantifiable Results

Indicator Result
Number of schools involved 3
Number of outreach visits 16
Number of future choir exchanges planned 4
New audience numbers/converts (estimate) 1,600 out of 29,000
Number of formal performance locations 19
Number of choirs performing with unknown choirs 48
Number of media adverts 10
Number of hotels used by visiting choirs 19


Best Overall Choir
Revalia, Estonia.

Best Large Choir
Bela Bartok, Hungary.

Best Cornish Choir
Holman-Climax, Cornwall.