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Dates:

July 3 - 7, 2010 - Musikverein
July 2 - 6, 2011 - Musikverein & Konzerthaus
July 7 - 11, 2012 - Musikverein & Konzerthaus

Application deadline:

April 15 of each Festival Year,
Audition by DVD or CD

Application fee:

Registration deadline	Festival fee per person
01. November 2009	Euro 95.-
01. January 2010	Euro 105.-
15. April 2010	Euro 125.-

Age:

below 26 years

Categories:

1. Choirs

Mixed Choirs
Treble Choirs
Male Choirs
Children Choirs

2. Orchestras

Symphony Orchestras
Chamber Orchestras with Winds
String Orchestras

3. Bands

The first annual Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival was hosted by VIA MUSICA (Vienna International Association for Music and Culture Exchange) in July 2007. Already during its first year, Vienna's new global festival realized its two main objectives: to provide a unique platform for the world's most talented youth choirs, bands and orchestras to perform in Vienna's magnificent Musikverein and to set new standards in the festival arena.

In 2008, the four-day Summa Cum Laude Festival was expanded to include both the Summa Cum Laude Competition as well as the Summa Cum Laude Celebration: Performing groups may compete with their peers in the prestigious "SCL Competition" or they may opt to participate in the non-competitive "SCL Celebration." Ultimately, the finalists perform in the Musikverein in Vienna, one of the world's three finest concert halls.

The Summa Cum Laude Festival offers all performing groups the opportunity to participate in unique workshops. These workshops offer an inspirational occasion where individual groups as well as combined ensembles may qualitatively enhance their musical knowledge under the tutelage of distinguished lecturers. Furthermore, performing groups are invited to represent their home country and share its respective music to the Austrian public during additional concerts taking place in and around Vienna.

SCL Competition:

The prestigious competition will be held in the Golden Hall and judged by a selection of top music professionals, all well-respected and well-known internationally. At the conclusion of the Festival, every winner of each of the different categories will perform their best work before an international and local audience in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein.

SCL Celebration:

The SCL Celebration has been introduced in order to give ensembles the opportunity to interact and to take part in the festival without having to compete in the competition. The non-competitive program will culminate with a concert in the Golden Hall.
Ultimately, this is the true focus of the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival: to create an environment where young musicians from all over the world can interact on an international level and build bridges amongst themselves.

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