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Music lovers on Bali are due for an amazing treat between 20th and 26th July this year. Choirs from all over Indonesia will assemble in Denpasar for the Annual Bali International Choir Festival, organised by the Bandung Choral Society. Besides the musical entertainment, colourful costumes are seen at these festivals, some choirs wearing their indigenous dress and representing far flung parts of Indonesia, with its 489 tribes within many ethnic groups.
BCS organised the 4th Symposium on Choral Music in Bandung and the Bandung International Choir Competition, July 2011. Since its foundation in 2000 the mission of Bandung Choral Society has grown, with the organising of large events involving hundreds of participants. BCS organised the Symposium on Church Choral Music in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2011, the North Sulawesi International Choir Competition in 2008, the Tomohon International Choir Competition in 2009 and 2010.
Its mission is to build a strong choral life in Indonesia by organising concerts, seminars, workshops, choral music camps, competitions and symposia. Through these projects, singers and conductors gain experience by building skills, knowledge, and attitudes in workshops, rehearsals, and concerts. These projects involve various levels of choirs from children’s choir, to youth and seniors choirs. BCS’s events involve various institutions, choral communities, schools, and churches from all over Indonesia and internationally.
Apart from these interesting musical activities, Bandung Choral Society builds mutual understanding and friendships among singers, conductors and islands and nations.