VIDEO – International choirs flooded Powell River with singers and visitors during 2012’s world-renowned festival, July 3 to 7.
Photos by Alicia Baas
2012 Competition Winners
Choir of the World at Kathaumixw
Birralee Blokes, Australia
Children’s Choir
First Place: Hangzhou Tianshi Aiyue Choir, China
Seconda Place: Alaska Children’s Choir, USA
Youth Choir SSA or SATB
(maximum age 25)
First Place: Birralee Blokes, Australia
Second Place: Alaska Children’s Choir, USA
Adult Mixed Choir
First Place: Ascendit Chamber Choir, Puerto Rico
Second Place: Manila Chamber Singers, Philippines
Adult Equal Voices Choir
(female or male)
First Place: Encanta, Canada
Second Place: Ensemble Laude, Canada
Chamber Choir
(not less than six and not over 16 singers)
First Place: Ascendit Chamber Choir, Puerto Rico
Second Place: Hexaphone, Canada
Contemporary Choral Music
First Place: Manila Chamber Singers, Philippines
Second Place: Hexaphone, Canada
Folk & Cultural Traditions
First Place: Manila Chamber Singers, Philippines
Second Place: Hangzhou Tianshi Aiyue Choir, China
Vocal Solo
(maximum age 16)
First Place: Julia Woodring, Alaska Children’s Choir, USA
Second Place: Jiang Zheng, Hangzhou Tianshi Aiyue Choir, China
Vocal Solo
(maximum age 25)
First Place: Amanda Boger, Alaska Children’s Choir, USA
Second Place: Yao Jing, Hangzhou Tianshi Aiyue Choir, China
Vocal Solo
(over 25)
First Place: Daniel Smerdon, Birralee Blokes, Australia
Second Place: Susan Gallagher, Murwillumbah Philharmonic Choir, Australia
