New ideas for church services and concerts
The Catholic and Reformed Churches of the Canton of Zurich, together with the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), are organizing the "Klang & Gloria" competition for church music. Entries can be submitted until March 31, 2016.
The organizers are looking for new ideas for church services and churches. The competition tasks also require two presentations, which will be uploaded to the website as a video. www.klangundgloria.ch The following are to be uploaded: the arrangement of a hymn and the creation of a text. The style can be freely chosen. The competition is aimed at committed amateurs and aspiring professional musicians as well as performers of other arts aged 18 and over.
With the competition, the organizers want to "draw attention to the diverse artistic and professional opportunities in church music. The ZHdK and other Swiss universities offer various attractive study programs in the field of church music. The parishes and parishes of the two regional churches offer interesting career prospects in the field of choir conducting and organ, as many positions are being filled due to retirements."
Beat Schäfer presides over the jury, which includes Burkhard Kinzler, Eugenio Giovine, Lislot Frei, Meinrad Furrer and Fabian Müller.
The website www.klangundgloria.ch provides information about the competition tasks and conditions of participation. Participants should upload their competition entries there by March 31, 2016 at the latest. The winners' concert will take place on May 28, 2016 in the lecture hall of the ZHdK.
