Champions Trophies WCG 2018 © Nolte Photography

More winners at the World Choir Games 2018

Diplomas and Medals awarded in seven competition categories

World Choir Games 2018

Friday, July 13, 2018 - a lucky day for many choirs: The Morelata Church hosted the second Award Ceremony of the World Choir Games. Participants of The Open and The Champions Competition celebrated their results, medals, certificates and trophies with exuberant joy. Without envy, the singers applauded also their choral rivals, so that the church vibrated out-and-out with Various Voices – One Harmony.

These are the newly crowned Champions of the World Choir Games 2018:

C4 – Young Male Choirs
Guangdong Experimental High School SSC Choir from China
conducted by Mingjing Xie

C5 - Mixed Youth Choirs
Guangdong Experimental High School Choir from China
conducted by Mingjing Xie

C15 - Musica Sacra a cappella
Akustika Chamber Singers from South Africa
conducted by Christo Burger

C18 - Musica Contemporanea
Guangdong Experimental Middle School Choir from China
conducted by Mingjing Xie

C19 – Jazz
Dekoor Close Harmony from the Netherlands
conducted by Christoph Mac-Carty

C21 – Spiritual
The Aeolians of Oakwood University from the USA
conducted by Jason Max Ferdinand

C28 – Open Repertoire
Harmonious Chorale Ghana from Ghana
conducted by James Varrick Armaah

The Category Winners in The Open Competition are: 

O4 – Young Male Choirs
St. Alban's College Barbershop Boys from South Africa
conducted by Mark Adrian Stenhouse

O5 - Mixed Youth Choirs
Bellville High School Mixed Choir from South Africa
conducted by Hannelize Du Plessis

O15 - Musica Sacra a cappella
Molen Kórus from South Africa
conducted by Kobus Venter & Loretté du Toit

O18 - Musica Contemporanea
Molen Kórus from South Africa
conducted by Kobus Venter & Loretté du Toit

O19 – Jazz
Quava Vocal Group from South Africa
conducted by Sabelo Mthembu

A complete list of results will be provided after the Awards Ceremony on Saturday morning. 

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