Saturday, May 2nd 2020
The 2020 Central Texas Children’s Choral Festival that was to be held on May 2, 2020 is cancelled. We hope to see you next year. Please stay home and safe!
About CTCCF
Fee: $100 per group entered. Registration for the CTCCF is currently open.
Eligibility: Contest is open to elementary choirs and middle school non-varsity choirs.
Judges: There will be a panel of 3 judges in Concert and 3 judges in Sight Reading.
Adjudication: Each group will receive written critiques of their performances in Concert, including a number rating. The Middle School Division will also receive written critiques in sight-reading, including a number rating, while the Elementary Division can choose to do sight-reading for a number rating, critique only, or not at all. Awards will be based on number ratings received.
Concert: Groups should come prepared to sing 2-3 pieces of music. The songs together should not exceed 10 minutes in length. Choirs will be judged on interpretation of music, tone, technique, and musicianship.
Accompaniment: If digital accompaniment needs to be used on stage, please include that in the registration or contact us immediately.
Copyright Rules: Only original scores should be presented to the judges, unless documentation of a music purchase can be provided. The director should bring 3 copies with the measures numbered in each score. Unpublished music is welcome, with the permission of the composer. Vocal and accompaniment parts must be written in staff notation.
Time preference: The Elementary Division will be assigned performance times from 8:30am-11:30am and the Middle School Division will be assigned from 12:00pm-3pm. Within those times, registrants can specify a preference by hour.
The Central Texas Children's Choral Festival was founded by the elementary music team of Hays CISD in 2012 to provide young choirs of Texas with performance and adjudication opportunities.
Contest 2019 Photos
Fee: $100 per group entered. Registration for the CTCCF is currently open.
Eligibility: Contest is open to elementary choirs and middle school non-varsity choirs.
Judges: There will be a panel of 3 judges in Concert and 3 judges in Sight Reading.
Adjudication: Each group will receive written critiques of their performances in Concert, including a number rating. The Middle School Division will also receive written critiques in sight-reading, including a number rating, while the Elementary Division can choose to do sight-reading for a number rating, critique only, or not at all. Awards will be based on number ratings received.
Concert: Groups should come prepared to sing 2-3 pieces of music. The songs together should not exceed 10 minutes in length. Choirs will be judged on interpretation of music, tone, technique, and musicianship.
Accompaniment: If digital accompaniment needs to be used on stage, please include that in the registration or contact us immediately.
Copyright Rules: Only original scores should be presented to the judges, unless documentation of a music purchase can be provided. The director should bring 3 copies with the measures numbered in each score. Unpublished music is welcome, with the permission of the composer. Vocal and accompaniment parts must be written in staff notation.
Time preference: The Elementary Division will be assigned performance times from 8:30am-11:30am and the Middle School Division will be assigned from 12:00pm-3pm. Within those times, registrants can specify a preference by hour.