Last Updated 04/23/2008

Pathmark Gospel Choir Competitions

Saturday February 16th

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Visit GospelChoirs.com for a detailed analysis on the Black Music Caucus International School Gospel Choir Olympics

 
2008 Elementary & Middle School Olympics Location
Mt. Vernon  High School
Mt. Vernon, NY
Pictures of Location

Pictures outside Mt. Vernon High School

Pictures inside Mt. Vernon High School
 
2008 High School and College/ University Location
Macedonia Baptist Church
Mt. Vernon, NY

Pictures outside Macedonia Baptist Church

 
 
Mt. Vernon, NY is 20 minutes away from the Riverfront Theater [the original location] by car
 
 

We Can Help Arrange Engagements and NYC Tours for your Choir

Some choirs combine their participation in the competitions with tours that include attending Broadway plays, television talk shows, visits to historic monuments, museums and additional paid performances in the metropolitan area. If you wish to pursue any of these outside activities while in New York, we can provide assistance. To do this we will need an early confirmation of your choir’s  participation in the competition.

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 




2008 International School Gospel Choir Choir Olympics

High School Division Part 1

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The 2008 International School Gospel Choir Olympics
Friday February 15th and Saturday February 16th 2008
Macedonia Baptist Church
141 South 9th Avenue, Mt. Vernon NY 10550



Presidents Weekend Gospel Schedule  
International School Gospel Choir Olympics
Elementary School Mt. Vernon High School, NY Thursday February 14, 2008 9:30AM
Middle School Mt. Vernon High School, NY Thursday February 14, 2008 12:30PM
High School Macedonia Baptist Church Friday February 15, 2008 6:30PM
Pathmark Gospel Choir Competitions
Youth Division World Financial Center, NY Saturday February 16, 2008 9:30AM
Open Division World Financial Center, NY Saturday February 16, 2008 1:00PM
International School Gospel Choir Olympics
College Division Macedonia Baptist Church Saturday February 16, 2008 6:30PM
Gospel Choir Performances Around the area Sunday February 17, 2008  
       
       
****CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO OPEN DOCUMENTS****

Here are the forms regarding the 2008 International School Gospel Choir Olympics.

Please click on the name below to view and print the document.

2008 Revised Letter

2008 Hotel Listing Schedule
Participation Letter Invitation Letter Commodities
Ticket Information Anniversary  
Financial Cash Awards  
***Adjudication Forms***    

We are happy and proud to cordially invite you to attend our new and exciting “2008 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GOSPEL COIR OLYMPICS”. After 30 years of organizing and presenting wholesome, inspiring and rewarding National School Gospel Choir Competitions in New York City, we have changed the name, the venue, the focus and the format of our competitions. The changes were more functional because of the tremendous increase in the international growth and popularity of school gospel choirs, the numerous changes in the performance and presentation of gospel music and thee need for an evaluation procedure that can identify and reward the superior qualities of each choir. In our new Olympic style and format each of the 16 cash awards categories are separate and independent. The winners will receive only the cash awards and trophies for the categories that they win. There will not be an adding of all the scores from the winning categories to identify 1st, 2nd and 3rd most outstanding choir. All cash award categories are separate and independent.

 The emphasis in our 2008 competitions will be placed on the quality of the singing; voice blending, diction, intonation, dynamics, harmonies, balance, rhythm with accompaniment. The larger cash award will be for the most outstanding a Gospel Selection with Accompaniment followed by the most outstanding a cappella selection. The amount of the other cash award categories vary. All choirs can compete in each by simply listing on the Total Performance Sheet the name of the selection and the name of the competitor to be highlighted and evaluated. Only one person from each choir can compete in each performing category except those categories that require the participation of the whole choir. It would be wise to rehearse assiduously on you’re gospel selection with accompaniment; you’re a cappella selection and your gospel selection with accompaniment and choreography because they will yield the greatest cash awards.

 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GOSPEL CHOIR OLYMPICS

A Weekend of School Gospel Choir Competitions for Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools and Colleges

February 14th, 15th & 16th 2008

Most Outstanding Categories

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

College

     1.

Gospel Selection with Accompaniment

$ 300.00

$ 400.00

$ 700.00

$ 1000.00

     2.

A Cappella Gospel Selection

200.00

300.00

500.00

500.00

     3.

Gospel Selection with Choreography

100.00

200.00

400.00

400.00

     4.

Original Gospel Composition by Student

25.00

25.00

100.00

100.00

     5.

Student Director

50.00

50.00

100.00

200.00

     6.

Soprano Soloist

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

     7.

Alto Soloist

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

     8.

Male Soloist

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

     9.

Student Keyboardist

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    10.

Student Percussionist

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    11.

Accompaniment Section

50.00

50.00

100.00

200.00

    12.

Participation In the Grand Processional

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    13.

Individual Choir Processional/Recessional

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    14.

Mime Presentation

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    15.

Musically Inspired Dance Ensemble

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

    16.

Choral Attire

25.00

25.00

50.00

100.00

 

Trophies in Each Division

400.00

400.00

400.00

400.00

 

TOTAL AWARDS IN EACH DIVISION

$1,375.00

$1,675.00

$2,800.00

$3,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

$9,650.00

 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GOSPEL CHOIR OLYMPICS

 GRAND TOTAL OF CASH AWARDS ……………………………………………………………………….$ 9,650.00

PLUS:

·         One complimentary DVD of the Competition for each choir

·         Two complimentary formal group photographs of your choir

·         Trophies for all winners in all categories and all divisions

·         Opportunities for additional performances in the New York area

·         Professional guided tours of popular landmarks in New York City

  We do not have a headquarters hotel this year. Please note applications for participation will be studied and evaluated in the order in which they are received. The deadline is January 15th. Please submit your application early.

 Cordially,

 Camille C. Taylor, Ed. D.

President & Competition Coordinator

 

 

 

     
     
     
 
 
 


 

2008 Winners by Division

 VHS & DVD Recordings of all competitions since 1988 colored pictures of all participating choirs since 1977  

For tickets, hotels and additional information please contact Dr. Camille Taylor

400 Central Park West New York, NY  10025-5880

Email: DrCamilleTaylor@aol.com   Phone/ FAX (212) 866-2474  

International School Gospel Choir Olympics
February 14th, 15th and 16th

The Elementary and Middle School School Gospel Choir Divisions will be held on Thursday 2/14

 

There is still time for Elementary and Middle Schools to sign up for the Valentines Day Competitions.

The 2/14 event will be held at the Mt. Vernon High School

100 California Road

Mt. Vernon, NY


***Please note: School will be in session during the competition at Mt. Vernon High School. Please enter at the rear of the complex. There were will signs directing you to the


 
 

How We Evaluate Categories

Each category will be evaluated by a corresponding panel of judges during each choir’s fifteen minute performance. Five additional minutes will be given to the choirs that present processionals and or recessionals. The scores for each category are totally independent and cannot be transferred to other categories. The winners in all categories will receive recognition, trophies and the cash awards. Only the school’s students can win the cash awards except members of the accompaniment section.

New Scoring Procedures

Our professionally trained judges record their scores on our professional conceived adjudication forms that are designed to measure the salient features in each of the categories. The completed adjudication forms for all the choirs and categories will be published and made available at the end of each competition.

 

Our History of Gospel Music

The increasing popularity of gospel music has heightened the significance and the prestige of our annual Gospel Choir competitions that have been organized and sponsored every year since 1977 by the Black Music Caucus of New York. Our competitions are the oldest, the most influential and the ones that continue to give the most trophies and most cash awards of any other gospel competition in the United States. Our competitions are open only to school choirs. The cash awards and trophies are given for excellence in the 16 important categories that are necessary in the study and training to be a minister of music, a choral director, a musician, a vocalist or a soloist.