We are happy to announce the successful conclusion of the inaugural edition of Sing’n’Joy Bohol 2024! From October 2-6, choirs from all over the world gathered in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, to share their passion for choral music and compete for Golden, Silver and Bronze Diplomas in various categories. After days of exciting performances and inspiring encounters, our international jury had the difficult task of selecting the best choirs to participate in the highly anticipated Sing’n’Joy Bohol Grand Prize Competition. On October 5, these talented choirs took the stage to perform one final time:

• Holy Name University Chorale, Philippines
• LSPR CHOIR, Indonesia
• UiTM Women's Choir, Malaysia
• HUNI Mandawe, Philippines
• Seongbuk District Women's Choir, Republic of Korea
• Koro Seraphim, Philippines

Each choir presented captivating performances that were met with great enthusiasm from both the audience and fellow competitors. But only one choir could take home the Grand Prize and a USD2000 Award:

Congratulations to

Seongbuk District Women's Choir, Republic of Korea
conducted by Jungsoo Park

Additionally, we’d like to recognize the winners in each of the competition categories:

Category A1 – Mixed Choirs - Difficulty Level I

Koro Seraphim, Philippines
conducted by Mari Aleli Antoni-Inting

Category A2 – Choirs of Equal Voices - Difficulty Level I

Seongbuk District Women's Choir, Republic of Korea
conducted by Jungsoo Park

Category G2 – Youth Choirs

LSPR CHOIR, Indonesia
conducted by Sonia Nadya Simanjuntak

Category F – Folklore

Holy Name University Chorale, Philippines
conducted by Irvin Garsuta

Category R – Religious Music

Holy Name University Chorale, Philippines
conducted by Irvin Garsuta

MUZIKSEA, the first fully digital choral music publisher and distributor in Southeast Asia, is offering a Special Award for USD 500 to the choir that gives the best interpretation of a choral work by a Southeast Asian composer. This Special Prize was awarded to Holy Name University Chorale from the Philippines for their performance of the piece "Missa Austri – Himaya” by Jem Talaroc.

Another Special Prize was awarded to LSPR CHoir from Indonesia for the outstanding choreography. The Conductor's Prize was awarded to Maryann Magdalena Linnis, conductor of UiTM Women's Choir from Malaysia.

Congratulations!

For a complete list of results and to see more details about the evaluation in the different categories, you can download the list of full results here:

Sing'n'Joy Bohol 2024_Results

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