WELCOME

GREETINGS
Dear Singers and Conductors from all over the world,
Greetings from Soegijapranata Catholic University!

As Rector of the university, I would like to welcome you all

to the 2018 Soegijapranata Choral Festival. The
Soegijapranata Choral Festival is the rst international art event
to be held by this university, which has as its background the
success story of Gratia Choir in its activities both within as well
as outside the campus, including taking part in various choir
competitions in several countries. The choir's success in these
competitions has inspired many students to develop their
artistic talents side by side their academic competence.

We recognize that promoting the success of students and creating a favourable

campus atmosphere is not dependent solely on academic activities, but is also by
giving students the opportunity to develop their interests and talents in other areas as
well. This is in line with the university's program which, over the next four years, will
among others focus on connecting the various talents within the campus with the
many opportunities and possibilities offered by society.
Gratia Choir, one of the most successful student organizations on campus, is the
natural team to organize the Soegijapranata Choral Festival in 2018. With their
experiences in various competition activities, I am sure they will provide rich
experiences for all participants from all over the world. They have prepared this event
very well and are working hard for the Soegijapranata Choral Festival to provide the
best opportunity for all who participate in this event. Their hard work aims to make all
the dreams, of all the teams, who are singing together to the world, come true for.
I am very pleased and proud to invite you to join Soegijapranata Choral Festival
in 2018. Come and join us in our beautiful city!

Semarang, December 2017

Prof. Dr. F. Ridwan Sanjaya, MS.IEC

Rector

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ABOUT SOEGIJAPRANATA CHORAL FESTIVAL

Mgr. Albertus Soegijapranata SJ is a Catholic Church gure.

He is the rst bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang who
was ordained on 1 August 1940 and also the rst indigenous
bishop in Indonesia. Thanks to his work in the life of the state to
struggle and defend the independence of Indonesia, he was
appointed as National Hero and buried in Giri Tunggal
Cemetery Park Semarang.
His name was made patron for a Catholic university in Semarang founded in
1982 and is now known as the Soegijapranata Catholic University (Source: The
Soegijapranata Institute - prole)
Soegijapranata Choral Festival is organized by the Soegijapranata Catholic
University of Semarang which has the motto "Talenta pro patria et humanitate" which
means; the best talents are given by God for sake of the nation, country, and
humanity. Therefore, Soegijapranata Choral Festival use the name of Soegijapranata
as a characteristic and foundation for developing human potential, including in
music and choir.
Let's sing and rejoice in togetherness

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juries
 BUDI SUSANTO, YOHANES
Budi Susanto Yohanes is a young Indonesian conductor and composer. He
studied choral conducting and vocal minor in Korea National University of Arts in
2012-2016 and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Music and Choir Conducting.
He started his choral music journey and established Gracioso Sonora Choir in
Malang within year 1999. Later on he became the conductor for ITS Student Choir in
2011. Under his direction, the choir has achieved numerous international awards in
Busan, Miltenberg, Cantonigros, Rimini, Debrecen, Torrevieja, Gorizia and Llangollen.
He had experience as a chorister while taking part in Asian Youth Choir 2004-
2010 in Japan and Philippines as well as Collegium Vocale Seoul in 2013-2015. Budi
has been actively contributing as speaker and coach in workshops and choral clinics
and frequently invited to participate as adjudicator in various national and
international choir competition.
As composer, Budi has produced nearly a hundred choral compositions for The
Association for Music in International Schools and many Indonesian choir groups
likewise. Moreover, some music publishing companies like Earthsongs USA, Carus-
Verlag Germany, Kontrapunkt Hungary and Singapore Choral Research Center has
published the works of Budi Susanto Yohanes.
In 2012, his work 'O Nata Lux' won the 1st prize in Universitas Parahyangan
Competition for Choral Composition. In spirit of pursuing a greater musical career,
since early 2016 Budi Susanto Yohanes has settled in Jakarta and set up to work with
some local choir groups namely difertimento vocal ensemble and Terra Voce.
During 2016, he has involved in several concert programs in Jakarta and given
workshop at Musikalinangan and Philippine Choral Director Association's Reading
Session. In July 2016, he was one of the adjudicator in The 55th Concorso
Internazionale Di Canto Corale Segghizi, Italy.

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 AGASTYA RAMA LISTYA
Agastya Rama Listya was born in February 18, 1968 in Yogyakarta. He obtained a
Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts
Yogyakarta in 1992. His master's degree in choral conducting was received from
Luther Seminary and St. Olaf College, Minnesota, in the USA in 2001. He studied
composition with the late R.M.A.P. Suhastjarja, the late Slamet Abdul Syukur, Robert
Walker, dan Carolyn Jennings. He learned choral conducting under the tutelage of
Ester Gunawan, I Gusti Ngurah Wiryawan Budhiana, Martin Behrmann, Robert Scholz
and Anton Armstrong. Currently, he is completing his nal stage of doctoral study in
Ethnomusicology at Otago University in New Zealand. His research topic is on An
Ethnomusicological Study of Gong Music from the Island of Rote. Agastya is under
supervision of Prof. Henry Johnson and Dr. Jennifer Cattermole.
As an active composer and arranger, most of his choral works are commissioned
by professional and university choirs for competitions, festivals or concerts. His
compositions span from modern to traditional ones, from twelve-tone serialism to
folksong choral arrangements. Recently, he has been interested in exploring
Indonesian folk music. The multifarious of Indonesian folk music has become
inspiration for some of his choral music.
He published his works in four books: Jalan Orang Benar: Kumpulan Aransemen
Lagu Rohani Empat Suara Campuran Jilid 1 (Penerbit Andi Yogyakarta, June 2007), A
– Z: Direksi Paduan Suara (Yamuger Jakarta, June 2007), The New Hymns of Faith
(Pustaka Muria, July 2007), Nusantara Persada (Yamuger, October 2008), Risalah
Kontrapung Tonal 2 dan 3 Suara (Yamuger, Mei 2015). Apart from these publications,
he has been a regular writing contributor to Indonesian Choral Net online bulletin and
the International Choral Bulletin published by the International Federal for Choral
Music.
He has been actively involved as the choir director of the Salatiga Indonesian
Christian Church's choir from 2007 to date and has produced some albums with this
choir, for instance, As a Family, We Thank You (2007), The Joy of Christmas (2008),
Greatness of God (2009), Sing We All Noel (2010), and Sacred Classical Pieces to
Traditional Hymns (2011). He was also the choral director of Satya Wacana Students'
Choir Voice of SWCU (1993 – 2007), Satya Wacana Students' Vocal Ensemble Lentera
Kasih (1994 – 2011), Satya Wacana Vocal Consort (2011), and recently Lux Aeterna
Vocal Ensemble (2015 – present).

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 mark anthony carpio
Choirmaster, The Philippine Madrigal Singers
Mark Anthony Carpio was personally chosen by National Artist of the Philippines,
Andrea O. Veneracion to succeed her reins as choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal
Singers in 2001. Since then, Mark has taken the group to even greater heights, leading
them to win rst prizes in the Habanera and Polyphony categories in the Certámen
Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonia (Torrevieja, Spain, 2004), the Grand Prix in the
35th Florilege Vocal de Tours, France (2006), the Grand Prize in the European Grand
Prix for Choral Singing (Arezzo, Italy, 2007) and just recently for winning top prizes at the
64th Guido D'Arezzo International Choral Competition in Arezzo, Italy (2016). Under his
leadership, the choir continues to fulll a grueling schedule of annual international
tours, national outreach programs and its regular concert season as the resident choir
of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
Mark also conducts the Sing Philippines Youth Choir, which draws its fty
members biennially from all provinces of the country, in honor of the Madrigal Singers'
founder who established the vision of a nation singing together in harmony and
united in song. Mark also directs the other Sing Philippines projects that include choral
music workshops, and conductor/singer development initiatives.
Known for his collaboration with emerging composers, innovative
programming, and approachability, Mark is a much sought-after choral clinician and
coach, frequently giving extensive and in-depth workshops all over the Philippines
and around the world. He is also frequently invited as adjudicator in choral
competitions and as guest conductor of several choirs around the world, including
the rst batch of the Indonesia Youth Choir (2015).
Mark is a faculty member of the Conducting and Choral Ensemble Department
of the University of the Philippines College of Music, where he earned his Master's
degree in Choral Conducting and his Bachelor's degree in Piano.
Nurturing young singers is a personal passion of Mark. With this, he also directs the
Consortium of Voices, a youth choir society consisting of the Kilyawan Boys Choir,
Kilyawan Male Choir and the Voces Auroræ Girls Choir.

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important dates
No Activities Date
1 Last day of registration April 18th, 2018

2 Announcement of recording selection May 1st, 2018

3 Conrmation of participation May 1st - 5th, 2018

4 Deadline of score submission July 16, 2018

5 Final conrmation August 1st, 2018

6 Soegijapranata Choral Festival September 6th - 9th, 2018

grand schedule
DATE MORNING AFTERNOON NIGHT

Opening Ceremony &

Thursday, Sept 6th 2018 Registration, Stage Rehearsal Friendship Choncert

th
Friday, Sept 7 2018 Choral Competition

Saturday, Sept 8th 2018 Choral Competiton

th Choral Meet the Grand Prix Awarding & Closing

Sunday, Sept 9 2018 Competiton Jury Competiton Ceremony
CATEGORIES
 durasi
jumlah batasan jumlah
kategori ketentuan lagu (pure
lagu usia penyanyi
singing)

Ÿ Two freely chosen works with

accompaniment. Max. 6
Kindergarten Max. 6 Min. 12
2 songs Ÿ Which one of them is written by years
Choir minutes person
Indonesian composer or old
arranger.

Ÿ One work by composer or

arranger from the choir's home
country.
Ÿ One work by composer or
arranger from the outside of Max. 12
Children Choir Max. 12 Min. 16
3 songs choir's home country years
S (S) A (A) minutes person
Ÿ One freely chosen work. old
Ÿ The programme can be with
accompaniment or a capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs.

Ÿ One work by composer or

arranger from the choir's home
country.
Ÿ One work by composer or
Teenager Choir
arranger from the outside of Max. 15
S (S) A (A) / Max. 12 Min. 16
3 songs choir's home country years
S (S) A (A) minutes person
Ÿ One freely chosen work. old
Cambiata
Ÿ The programme can be with
accompaniment or a capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs.

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 durasi
jumlah batasan jumlah
kategori ketentuan lagu (pure
lagu usia penyanyi
singing)

Ÿ One work composed or

arranged before 1750.
Ÿ One work by composer or
arranger from the choir's home
Mixed Youth Max. 18
country. Max. 12 Min. 12
Choir 3 songs years
Ÿ One freely chosen work. minutes person
SATB old
Ÿ Minimum one work must be a
capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs.

Ÿ One work composed or

arranged between 1720 - 1900.
Ÿ One work by composer or
arranger from the choir's home
Min. 18
Mixed Choir country. Max. 12 Min. 16
3 songs years
SATB Ÿ One freely chosen work. minutes person
old
Ÿ Minimum one work must be a
capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs

Ÿ One work composed or

arranged before 1800.
Ÿ One work composed or
Equal Voices
arranged between 1820 – 1900.
S (S) A (A) / Max. 12 Min. 16
3 songs Ÿ One freely chosen work. -
T (T) B (B) minutes person
Ÿ Minimum one work must be a
capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs.

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 durasi
jumlah batasan jumlah
kategori ketentuan lagu (pure
lagu usia penyanyi
singing)

Ÿ One work composed or

arranged before 1600.
Ÿ One work composed or
arranged between 1600 - 1950.
Sacred Music Ÿ One work by composer or
Max. 12 Min. 12
Mixed / Equal 3 songs arranger from the choir's home -
minutes person
Voices country.
Ÿ Minimum one work must be a
capella.
Ÿ The programme does not
include folk songs

Program yang dibawakan bukan

merupakan lagu medley dan
Folklore
wajib dinyanyikan secara a Max. 8 Min. 16
Mixed / Equal 2 lagu -
capella (penggunakan iringan menit orang
Voices
alat musik etnik daerah tersebut
diperbolehkan).
GRAND PRIX
1. (a) The Choir which achieved Gold Medal with the highest score
(catergory champion) in the category of Children Choir,
Teenager Choir, Mixed Youth Choir, Mixed Choir, Sacred Music,
Equal Voices, and Folklore will advance to the Grand Prix.
(b) With special consideration, the jury can choose The choir group
that does not achieve category champion to advance to the
Grand Prix.
2. The Choirs who pass the Grand Prix must attend the round. Sanctions
against Choirs who do not take part in the Grand Prix round is the choir
will not get the prizes that should be their right, but still hold the title
according to their achievement during the competition.
3. The Choirs that achieve more than one Category Champion, will only
appear once in the Grand Prix.
4. The choirs are required to perform two freely chosen works. It is
allowed to repeat a maximum of one song that has been performed
in the competition.
5. The maximum duration of choirs performances is 10 minutes (pure
singing).
6. The Choirs are required to ll out Repertory Form for the Grand Prix.
7. The nal adjudication on the Grand Prix will be decided
independently by the jury and the jury will decide the rst, second and
third winners of the Soegijapranata Choral Festival Grand Prix.
8. The announcement of the Choirs who pass to the Grand Prix will be
delivered via SMS and email.
9. The order of the Choirs performances for the Grand Prix will be
determined by randomly by the committee and artistic team.

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RULES
general rules
1. The Choirs can follow more than one category as long as they still meet the
requirements of that category.
2. Conductors and singers can only perform to represent one choir in one category.
3. All members of the choir group that follows the Kindergarten Choir, Children
Choir, Teenager Choir, Mixed Youth Choir and Mixed Choir categories must
match the intended age group, except for the musician and conductor. Age
tolerance for the Kindergarten Choir, Children Choir, Teenager Choir, Mixed
Youth Choir and Mixed Choir categories are allowed for a maximum of four
persons one year older than or less than the age limit specied in that category.
Violation of these provisions will cause the choir group to be disqualied from the
competition. If necessary, the committee shall be entitled to clarify the provisions
of that age to each member of the choir group concerned.
4. The song should be an original piece for the choir, not reduction.
5. Not allowed to bring a song in the medley (merging two or more songs).
6. The works should be in accordance with the score;
a. Works created with accompaniment, must be performed with the
accompaniment of the score.
b. Works created with a capella can be performed in a capella or by a non-denite
pitch or without a tune.
7. The committee will only provide an acoustic piano.
8. The use of amplication and electric musical instruments are not allowed in this
competition.
9. The artistic team reserves the right to reject the work to be sung, if it is not to
comply with the provisions of this competition.
10. The Choirs are not allowed to repeat the performance, except at the request of
the jury.
11. All COPYRIGHTS or authority on the use of songs is entirely the responsibility of the
participants.
12. The order of choirs performances during the competition will be fully regulated by
the committee.
13. The rehearsal stage will be scheduled for 10 minutes for each choir for each
category followed. The rehearsal stage schedule will be arranged by the
committee and will be informed to the participants after the announcement of
the recording selection.

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jury & evaluation
1. Soegijapranata Choral Festival will be judged by ve juries who have experience
in music and choir, both at national and international level.
2. The scoring in this competition is based on the following criteria:
A. Intonation
B. Sound / vocal quality
C. Fidelity to the score
D. Overall artistic impression
Ÿ The criteria for the scoring of points A and C will be scored on each song being
performed; for the B and D points scoring criteria will be scored on the overall
performance.
Ÿ The score assigned by each jury on each valuation criterion is an integer with a
range of 50-100 and the result of subsequent score calculation uses a value
with a decimal point system two digits behind the comma (provided that a
decimal number less than 5 will be rounded down and a decimal number
more than 5 will be rounded up). Example: the 78.643 value will be rounded to
78, 64 and the value 84.465 will be rounded to 84, 47.
Ÿ Delays of the performances will be penalized 3 points from the total temporary
score.
Ÿ Excess duration of performance will be penalized 1 point from the total score
while each entering the rst 60 seconds.
Ÿ The total temporary score is obtained from an average of ve juries' score.
Ÿ The total nal score is the total temporary score minus the total penalty.
3. The decision of the jury is absolute.
scoring example
1. Scoring from each jury (example)
B D
A C
NO song SOUND OVERALL ARTISTIC
INTONATION FIDELITY TO SCORE
QUALITY IMPRESSION

1 Song 1 84 85

2 Song 2 83 83 84 83

3 Song 3 82 83

83 83

83,25

2. Total nal scoring for Children category (example)

Jury 1 Jury 2 Jury 3 Jury 4 Jury 5
Jury’s score
83,25 84,28 81,30 85,20 82,16

Total of temporary
416.19 : 5= 83.238 83.24
score

Penalty of delay (-3)

(-2) Duration of performance is 13 minutes and 20 seconds.

Penalty of
Durasi of performance exceed 80 seconds.
performace duration
Penalty = 80 seconds = 2 points

Total score 76.91

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pRIZES & aWARDS
1. Each choir in each category will receive an award with the following
conditions :
Score : 60.01 – 65 Bronze Medal B
Score : 65.01 – 70 Bronze Medal A
Score : 70.01 – 75 Silver Medal B
Score : 75.01 – 80 Silver Medal A
Score : 80.01 – 85 Gold Medal B
Score : 85.01 – 100 Gold Medal A
All choirs will receive award certicates and medals according to the
achievement of the choir.
2. The choir which achieved Gold Medal with the highest score in each
category (category champion) will get a trophy, certicate and
money of 3.000.000 IDR.
3. The jury will give a special award (if any), ie:
Ÿ The best conductor selected from the choirs who advance to the
Grand Prix.
Ÿ The other special jury award, which is deemed appropriate after
the jury's consideration.
The winner of the special jury award will get the award certicate.
4. The Soegijapranata Choral Festival organizers will give the award
certicates for favorite champions in all categories. Favorite
champions are determined based on audience choice. Favorite
champions have no effect whatsoever on the results of the juries'
judgment.
5. The rst winner for the Grand Prix will receive award trophy, award
certicates, and money of 10.000.000 IDR.

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REGISTRATION
1. The choirs must ll in the Registration Form available on the website of
Soegijapranata Choral Festival (www.soegijapranatachoral.com) and include
some of the following requirements, ie:
a) Upload a short biography of the choirs, in Indonesian or English, a maximum
of 300 words (MS Word).
b) Upload the latest photo of the choir (max 5MB, JPEG format, 300dpi)
c) Upload a recording le of the choir (MP3, max size 8 MB) for each of the
categories followed. The recording must match the selected category.
d) Upload the proof of payment of registration fee.
2. The choirs are required to ll out the Repertory Form at Soegijapranata Choral
Festival website (www.soegijapranatachoral.com).
3. Soegijapranata Choral Festival registration deadline is April 18th, 2018. All
participants are expected to have submitted the Registration Form and
th
Repertoire Form before April 18 , 2018, through the website..
4. Announcement of the results of the recording selection will be announced on
May 1st, 2018.
5. The choirs which pass the recording selection are required to submit ve copies of
original or authorized works for each category entered including the Grand Prix
not later than July 16th, 2018 (postmark) to the address:
Panitia Soegijapranata Choral Festival
Jalan Siblat 2 No. 11A Candi Stoom, Candisari, Semarang, Jawa Tengah
Postal Code : 50257
Contact Person: Kinanthi Sekarlangit - 081229496873
6. The choirs which are late in submitting ve copies of repertory will be charged a
ne of 500.000 IDR for each category.

ENROLLMENT FEE
· Kindergarten Category : 1.000.000 IDR
· Children Choir Category : 1.500.000 IDR
· Teenager Choir Category : 2.000.000 IDR
· Mixed Youth Choir Category : 2.000.000 IDR
· Mixed Choir Category : 2.000.000 IDR
· Equal Voice Category : 2.000.000 IDR
· Sacred Music Category : 2.000.000 IDR
· Folklore Category : 2.000.000 IDR

Enrollment fee can be transferred to the following account:

BANK DETAIL
Name of Bank : Bank Maybank Indonesia
Bank Address : KANTOR KAS UNIKA SEMARANG, INDONESIA
Account Number : 2-575-000023
Account Name : UNIVERSITAS KATOLIK SOEGIJAPRANATA
Receiver Address : JL. PAWIYATAN LUHUR IV/1, BENDAN DUWUR, SEMARANG, JAWA
TENGAH, INDONESIA
Swift Code : IBBKIDJA

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 CONTACT US :
SMS, Whatsapp : Theresia (+62856-4340-8670)
Email : soegijapranatachoralfestival@unika.ac.id
Instagram : @soegijachoralfest
Website : www.soegijapranatachoral.com