Australian Intervarsity Choral Societies Association
| Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival | |
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| Genre | Choral Festival |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Rotates between Australian cities |
| Inaugurated | 1950 |
| Previous event | Canberra |
| Next event | Perth |
| Participants | 80–200 |
| Website | |
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| Abbreviation | AICSA |
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| Formation | 1973 |
| Purpose | Musical and social |
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Region served
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Australia |
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Membership
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University choral societies and student choirs |
| Website | www |
The Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival is an annual event in which members of university choirs from all state capitals of Australia and the national capital Canberra meet for two weeks to rehearse, socialise and perform combined concerts. The Festival also serves as the annual conference of the member choirs of AICSA, the Australian Intervarsity Choral Societies Association
The festival is hosted by the AICSA choirs in a particular city on a rotational basis, the roster being maintained by AICSA's governing body, the Australian Intervarsity Choral Council (AIVCC). Most IVCFs have involved between 100 and 300 festival participants (choristers), who perform one to three concerts over the course of about two weeks, often accompanied by a major symphonic orchestra.
An example is the festival in 2008. IVCF was hosted by the Sydney University Musical Society in association with other university choirs including Macquarie University Singers, and the Music Society of the University of Technology (Sydney), and performed a concert of English works including Thomas Tallis' 40-part motet Spem in Alium and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, and one of Australian works including a commission from Anne Boyd (see Promotion of Australian Composition below).
As of January 2017[update] the next festival will be in Perth from 19-29 January 2017
The first Australian InterVarsity Choral Festival took place in 1950 when the Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) hosted the Melbourne University Choral Society (MUCS) for a week-long rehearsal camp culminating in a combined concert. Other university choirs joined over the years, with all State and Territory capitals (except Darwin in the Northern Territory) having at least one member choir by 1973. The IVCF has since become the largest regularly occurring choral festival in Australia.
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