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The First Festival: 1 - 5 May 2003

Some statistics and the competition results

The Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival Ltd company was established on 20 December 2001.
The Company organised the First Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival across the County between
1-5 May 2003. It was a great success. The Festival attracted around 28,300 people to performance events
all across the county.

The International Competition Results were:
 

Choirs 41 Voices and Over

Score

1

Revalia Male Chamber Choir, Estonia 

95

2

Male Chamber Choir of Celje, Slovenia 

90

3

Torshavnar Manskor, Faroe Islands

87

4=

Deurnes Mannenkoor, The Netherlands

84

4=

St. Peters Male Voice Choir, Eire

84

4=

The Harmony Men, Jersey

84

7

Thurnscoe Harmonic Male Voice Choir, England

83

8=

Newlyn Male Choir, Cornwall

81

8=

St. Stythians Male Voice Choir, Cornwall

81

10

Loveny Male Voice Choir, Cornwall

80

11

Shrewsbury Male Voice Choir, England

77

12

Bestwood Male Voice Choir, England

76

   

 

 Choirs 40 Voices and Under

 

1

Béla Bartók Male Choir, Pécs, Hungary  

94

2

Jussit Male Voice Choir, Finland  

92

3

Holman Climax Male Voice Choir, Cornwall  

87

4=

Haydock Male Voice Choir, England

86

4=

Mevagissey Male Choir, Cornwall

86

6

Treverva Male Voice Choir, Cornwall

84

7=

Nelson Arion Glee Union Male Voice Choir, England

83

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:-

 

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 school 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.