ARMENIAN CHOIRS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS OF CHORAL
MUSIC SOON
07-04-2008 19:40:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, APRIL 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The Singing Armenia 3rd
republican contest of youth and children's choirs will be beld
in Armenia on the initiative of the RA Ministry of Culture, the
Musical Association of Armenia, and Little Singers of Armenia
association, for the purpose of promoting, developing, and
spreading youth and children's choir music and in general choral
art in Armenia.
As David Ghazarian, the Chairman of the Musical Association
of Armenia, said at the April 7 press conference, 113 children's
and youth choirs of Armenia's, Artsakh's, and Javakhk's
comprehensive, music, and art schools will take part in this
contest organized for already the 3rd time. The first, regional
stage of the Singing Armenia youth and children's two-stage
contest will be held on April 11-25 and the republican stage on
May 3-4.
According to David Ghazarian, choral art is at a very low
level in comprehensive schools. "I wish besides singing
teachers, choir-master-teachers also worked in schools, and were
paid like teachers," the Musical Association Chairman
emphasized.
Jean-Claude Wilkens, the Secretary General of the
International Federation for Choral Music, and Sonya Grayner,
the Secretary General of the European Federation, who are in
Yerevan in these days and were present at the press conference,
said that scientific-medical studies made it clear that singing
children have a higher immune system, "they do well also in
other school subjects, are more sociable, and have positive
energy."
The foreign guests said that in countries having the most
developed economy choral art is not developed. To convince
cultural responsibles in something is rather difficult in such
countries: "in such countries rich benefactors just create their
personal cultural funds and support art development." They
affirmed that in countries having a less developed economy there
is much interest in choral art. According to studies, the
greatest number of choirs in the world exists in Scandinavian
countries, including Sweden, Finland, as well as Baltic
states.
David Ghazarian said that Armenian choirs are likely to
join authoritative international music structures soon, and
negotiations over it are underway at present.