The Golden Choir of Olivia Centre! Our choir, under the direction of Wiktoria Pagieła, won the Golden Band in the category of “Mixed Choirs” in the XVIII National Competition of Christmas Carols and Pastorals in Chełmno. This is the first competition in which our artists have participated. The greater the admiration and the greater the joy. Congratulations!
The competition took place on 21 January this year and was attended by choirs from all over the Polish, m.in from Warsaw, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Grudziądz, Gdańsk and Łódź. The GRAND PRIX OF THE XVIII National Competition of Christmas Carols and Pastorals – Chełmno 2023 was awarded to the Canto Youth Choir of the Music School Complex named after Czesław Niemen in Włocławek under the direction of Marian Szczepański.
Jury: prof. Ph.D. Andrzej Ryłko (Chairman), Ph.D. Joanna Maluga and Michał Rajewski (members of the jury), Martyna Jarzębska and Marta Frąckiewicz, organizational directors (secretaries of the jury) decided to award the Golden, Silver and Bronze Bands in the category of “Mixed Choirs” to the following ensembles.
Gold Band:
- Olivia Centre Choir from Gdańsk – Conductor Wiktoria Pagieła – Cup funded by the Deputy Mayor of the City of Chełmno, Piotr Murawski
- Medici Cantare Choir of the Bydgoszcz Medical Chamber – Conductor Joanna Krause – Cup funded by the Chairman of the Chełmno City Council, Wojciech Strzelecki
- Corona Borealis Choir from Toruń – Conductor Ariel Radomiński – Cup funded by the Mayor of Chełmno, Artur Mikiewicz
Silver Band:
- HARMONIA Choir from Strzelno – Conductor Ewelina Boesche – Kopczyńska – Cup funded by the Deputy Starost of Chełmno Wojciech Bińczyk
Brown Strand:
- Choir Constellatio SM Copernicus from Toruń – Conductor Małgorzata Jankowska – Cup funded by the APIS Education Centre in Świecie
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