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Founded | September 27, 1996 |
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Type | Students Choir |
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The Blue Choir of Sam Ratulangi University is a students choir of Indonesia that consists of around 50 singers selected from full-time engineering students at Sam Ratulangi University. Between auditions, each new choir meets around six times to learn new repertoire, tour both urban and rural parts of North Sulawesi, provide choral workshops for schools and to tour internationally. The choir has received international attention and critical acclaim from overseas audiences but limited publicity in Indonesia itself. Their repertoire, although widely varied in style, age and language, specifically emphasises works by Indonesian composers and music from Asia Pacific and other cultures. Performances by the choir regularly include commissioned works showcasing these uniquely North Sulawesi and Indonesian traditions.
Blue Choir was founded in 1989 with the name "The Bureau of Students Choir, Engineering Faculty", and legally became a student organization of the Faculty of Engineering, Sam Ratulangi University September 27, 1996, and began to use the name of "Blue Choir" in 1999. The choir presently has about 60 singers from four majors including civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering with informatics joined in 2007 then urban planning joined in 2008 and they perform an extensive repertoire from Latin works to Contemporary Asian and Western song. The choir also occasionally participates in national and international choir competition and hold concerts in various churches the whole year. Nowadays, Blue Choir has renowned as one of the best choir in North Sulawesi.
Year | Competition | Category | Award | Location |
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2002 | 18th ITB Choir Festivals [1] | University & Public Mixed Choirs | Successfully Participants (1st Round) | Bandung, Indonesia |
2004 | 19th ITB Choir Festivals [1] | University& Public Mixed Choirs | 6th Placed (Silver Diploma) | Bandung, Indonesia |
2005 | Male Competition "Yudea Bermazmur" | Male Choirs | 1st Prize | Manado, Indonesia |
2006 | 4th World Choir Games [2] | Musica Sacra | Golden Diploma (1st Round), Silver Medal (2nd Round) [2] | Xiamen, People's Republic of China |
2006 | 4th World Choir Games [2] | Gospel & Spiritual | Silver Diploma (1st Round) [2] | Xiamen, People's Republic of China |
2007 | Held a "Christmas Concert" collaborated with Manado State University Choir | Manado, Indonesia | ||
2008 | Genezareth Bermazmur | Mixed Choirs | 1st Prize | Bitung, Indonesia |
2008 | Tomohon Choir Competition | Mixed Choirs | 3rd Prize | Tomohon, Indonesia |
2009 | 1st Parahyangan International Chamber Choir Competition [3] | Folklore | 8th Prize [4] | Bandung, Indonesia |
2009 | 1st Parahyangan International Chamber Choir Competition [3] | Classic & Art Song | 6th Prize [4] | Bandung, Indonesia |
2012 | 23rd ITB Choir Festival [1] | Mixed Choirs | Silver Medal (2nd Round) | Bandung, Indonesia |
2012 | 23rd ITB Choir Festival [1] | Folklore | Silver Medal (2nd Round) | Bandung, Indonesia |
2013 | 3rd Asia Pacific Choir Games | Musica Contemporanea | Category Winner (2nd Round) | Manado, Indonesia |
2016 | The 1st Lanna International Choir Competition | Folklore | Silver Medal Lever IX | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
List of Choral Works sung by Blue Choir of Sam Ratulangi University in several competitions and concerts:
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