Since its start in 1997, CTYC (formerly Pro Cantu) has proven itself both in South Africa and on the international stage. Some of the highlights are:
      * 2002 Winners of the "Choir of the World" title at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales
      * 2006 Winners of a gold medal at the 4th World Choir Games in Xiamen, China
      * 2008 Crowned as a "Champion of the World Choir Games" by winning the Musica Sacra category at the 5th World Choir Games in Graz, Austria
      * 2011 Winners of two gold medals at the 2nd Grand Prix of Choral Music in Austria, Graz.
      * During international tours CTYC has sung in Carnegie Hall (New York, 2008), Salisbury Cathedral (2008 and 2011), St Paul's Cathedral (London, 2008), Grosse Aula (Salzburg, 2011. This venue was home to Mozart when he lived in Salzburg).

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Born in 1987, Istanbul. His band won the first prize in 2004 at the 'Battle of the Bands' competition by Radio Boğaziçi. His arrangement was awarded the third prize at KASDAV music competition among high schools in 2005. Between 2005 and 2007 he sang with the Turkish National Radio Youth Choir. In 2007, he took over as the conductor of BUMC Jazz Choir. His composition 'Dante’s Last Day' was performed at the 3rd Young Composers Festival. He composed and arranged several choral pieces, among which 'Alive' was awarded the 'World Championship' in the World Choir Championships in Graz, Austria and 'Alive II' earned a gold medal in the 7th World Choir Games in Cincinnati, USA.

He attended countless competitions, festivals and master classes in USA, Germany, Austria, China, Italy, Sweden, Latvia and Hungary. He studied conducting with Denes Szabo, Tõnu Kaljuste, Volker Hempfling, Johannes Prinz, Elisenda Carrasco i Ribot, Bernd Spitzbarth, Wim Van Herk, Welfhard Lauber, Michael Reif, Maria Tönnesmann, Sabine Horstmann, Patrik Andersson, Franz Jochum and composing with Par Lindgren, Richard Ayres, David Lang. He won several international prizes including two 'World Championship' awards and given numerous performances both in Turkey and abroad with Boğaziçi Jazz Choir. He led some workshops and performances with choirs abroad like the worldwide known ‘Dekoor Close Harmony’ and the Swiss Youth Choir who are the owners of several prestigious awards in the international choral scene.

In 2008, he dropped out of his mathematics major at Boğaziçi University and started studying composition at Yıldız Technical University, Music and Performing Arts Department. The following year, he was accepted by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, Department of Composition and Orchestral Conducting, where he continues his studies.

In 2013, he won Yıldız Technical University 'Rectorship Award' and 'The Most Successful Young Person' award at the Turkey finals of  19. TOYP (Ten Outstanding Young Persons). In 2014, he earned the 'Young Conductor Special Award' in the 35th International May Choir Competition 'Prof. Georgi Dimitrov'. Most recently, he was awarded 'the Music Entrepreneur of the Year' by the METU Young Entrepreneurs Society.

He is currently working with Sertab Erener, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Yasemin Mori, Ali Kocatepe. He is the founder and artistic director of Boğaziçi Jazz Choir and Boğaziçi Youth Choir. He is also working with the Acappella Group 34 Choir and Sainte Pulcherie French High School Choir as the artistic director. Also, he is leading workshops, seminars and performances about choral music with several schools and associations in different cities of Turkey.

The UP Concert Chorus, UPCC, or simply Korus, is the official choir of the University of the Philippines. As an internationally-competitive performing group, Korus has perfected versatility in singing classical, folk, pop and Broadway musical genres with signature vibrant choreography. An icon of stage performance that pioneered ChoreoCapella or choreographed a capella, in the Philippines, Korus is one of NCCA's Ani ng Dangal Awardees for 2013. Ranked No. 1 in the world for Folk choral performance at the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cantonigros in Spain and the recipient of the 2012 Aliw Awards Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award, Korus soars beyond its 50th year to share its unique, fun and passionate performance to the world.

The Stairwell Carollers, a charitable a cappella choir, have raised over $49,600 for needy charities with concerts, CDs and cookbooks. They have also awarded $12,500 in Music Scholarships and helped countless non-profit groups raise funds though their CD consignment program. 

From Ottawa, Canada, they sing sacred and secular renaissance music, as well as settings of traditional and contemporary Christmas carols.
Winner of the 2010 and 2013 OMFA provincial competition, they also placed 2nd in all of Canada in 2010. 

Director, Pierre Massie, has composed many original pieces for the choir, as well as creating lively and contemporary arrangements of traditional carols. 

One of his original carols, “Mourning Dove”, caught the ear of our Dominion Carillonneur, Dr. Andrea McCrady, via YouTube. She performed “Mourning Dove” on the Peace Tower Carillon at 12:00 noon, and again at 3:00 pm, Monday Dec 17th. http://stairwellcarollers.blogspot.ca/2012/12/pierre-massie-composition-mourning-dove.html

Here is a link to our charitable work thus far -- http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/Charities.html

The Stairwell Carollers is a registered Canadian charity BN: 867930711RR0001 

Les Chanteurs Stairwell forment un choeur a cappella d'Ottawa, qui chante la musique sacrée et profane de la Renaissance, ainsi que des noëls traditionnels et nouveaux.

Acappella Grup 34; başta İstanbul olmak üzere Türkiye genelinde eksikliği hissedilen acappella koro müziğini, kar etme kaygısı olmaksızın, icra etmek amacıyla çok sesli müziğe gönül vermiş deneyimli amatör koristlerin katılımıyla 15 Haziran 2004’te İstanbul’da kurulmuştur.

Acappella Grup 34 was founded on 15th June 2004 in İstanbul with the participation of experienced amateur chorists who have set their hearts on polyphonic music with the aim of performing acappella choir music,lack of which is percieved in Turkey and basically in İstanbul, without the consideration of profitting.

Koro şefi / Conductor: Masis Aram Gözbek
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Yardımcı şef: Nazlı Dönmez 
SOPRANO: Arzu Arı Demirkıran, Bahar İmren, Burcu Gündüz, Burcu Kural Bektaş, Cansu Saydan Demir, Ebru Germiyanoğlu, Ekin Çapan, Eylem Kahraman, Eylül Erkal, Funda Güleryüz, Hande Babacan, Özlem Altun, Sinem Peşket, Şule Sağıroğlu, Zeliha Çoban, Zeynep Eylül Cücenoğlu Zeynep Larçın, Zeynep Uzun
ALTO: Beyza Tuna, Bige Güntürkün, Deniz Ünan Göktan, Didem Şahan, Dikris Baltaoğlu, Elif Belen Ercan, Ezgi Fettahoğlu, Gözde Gürşün, Gül Belçim Sağnıç, Leda Kol, Mine Taşkınlar, Müge Çiçek, Selin Sıcakyüz, Sena Kızılçeç, Serap Çuhadaroğlu, Sibel Türkmen
TENOR: Cihan Koçer, Emre Aylanç Ethem Demir, M. Berkay Yılmaz, Orhun Maşlak, Şafak Çoban, Şahin Akman
BAS: Ahmet Özgün, Boray Altunay, Cem Cücenoğlu, Emrah Danacı, Hüseyin Denizli, Şamil Aktaş, Uğur Güler

Olesia Ra: A Journey of Creative Awakening

Olesia Ra is an enlightened entrepreneur and visionary based in London, UK. As the founder of RAÏ COLLECTIVE, a vibrant creative community, she organizes events across the UK, Europe, and Russia, fostering a rich exchange of musical cultures that fuels her growth as a DJ.

Through the transformative power of sound, Olesia’s being merges with the rhythms, finding her spiritual path through Ecstatic Dance and Shamanic Music. This journey has gifted her profound wisdom and a deep understanding of the healing potential within the vibrations of music.
During her immersive three-year adventure in Bali, Olesia expressed herself through the art of DJing, from childhood she learned how to play piano and guitar, it’s amazing how classical music transformed into electronic!
Collaborating with a diverse array of specialists, from spiritual masters to fellow artists and musicians, Olesia continuously manifests her vision of connecting people and spreading joy, peace, and love 🖤

Downtempo/ Melodic Techno/ Indie Dance

Boğaziçi Caz Korosu 
Conductor & Artistic Director: Masis Aram Gözbek

Boğaziçi Caz Korosu, yaklaşık 30 kişilik kadrosuyla çağdaş müzikten caza, hatta çoksesli türkü düzenlemelerine kadar uzanan çok geniş bir repertuvara sahip. Türkiye'de birçok değişik projede yer aldığı gibi, tüm dünyada çeşitli uluslararası etkinliklerde de koroyu izleyebilmek mümkün. Koro aynı zamanda, INTERKULTUR'un yayımlamış olduğu dünya sıralamalarında Folklor kategorisinde 2. ve dünya genelinde ise 12. olarak gösteriliyor.  

Koro, 2008 yılında Avusturya’da düzenlenmiş olan “Vokal Total’’ isimli dünya çapındaki en prestijli a cappella yarışmasında, pop ve caz kategorilerinde ‘gümüş diploma’ ödülüne layık görüldü. 2010'da Çin’de düzenlenen 6. Dünya Koro Olimpiyatları'nda Çağdaş Müzik kategorisinde ‘dünya ikincisi’, Oda Korosu ve Caz kategorilerinde ise ‘dünya üçüncüsü’ oldu ve üç altın diploma ile Türkiye’ye döndü. 2011'de ise Avusturya'da düzenlenen Dünya Koro Şampiyonası'nda, Çağdaş Müzik ve Folklor kategorilerinde 'DÜNYA ŞAMPİYONU', Karma Korolar kategorisinde ise 'Dünya İkincisi' oldu ve şampiyonların yarıştığı 'Grand Prix'de ise 2 altın madalya kazanarak toplam 5 altın madalya ile Türkiye'ye döndü. 2012 yılında, Amerika'da düzenlenen 7. Dünya Koro Olimpiyatları'ndan 3 altın madalya ve Macaristan'da düzenlenen Cantemus 9. Uluslararası Koro Festivali'nden de 1 altın madalya kazandı. Mayıs 2014'te Bulgaristan'da düzenlenen ve European Grand Prix organizasyonunun 6 ayağından biri olan '35th International May Choir Competition'dan da 'Karma Korolar Birinciliği' ve 'Genç Şef Özel Ödülü' ile döndü. Ekim 2014'te Fransa'da düzenlenen ve koro dünyasının zirvesi olarak kabul edilen dünyaca ünlü koro festivali Polyfollia'ya özel olarak davet edilen 11 topluluğun içinde yer alarak, bu festivalde Türkiye'yi temsil eden ilk koro olma niteliğine sahip oldu. Eylül 2014’te, ülkemizde koro müziği kültürünün yaygınlaşması için önemli bir adım olarak 15-19 yaş arası gençlerden oluşan Boğaziçi Gençlik Korosu’nu kurdu. Mayıs 2015’te, Saygun Filarmoni Korosu’nun bünyesinde yer alarak J. Brahms’ın Alman Requiem’ini  Maestro Antonio Pirolli yönetiminde Bilkent Senfoni Orkestrası ile birlikte seslendiren koro son olarak Temmuz 2015’te, bu yıl 19.’su Macaristan’ın Pécs kentinde gerçekleşen, Avrupa’nın en büyük koro festivali Europa Cantat’ta Türkiye’yi başarıyla temsil etti. 

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