{"id":7084,"date":"2013-07-25T16:26:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/nigerias-global-gold-winning-choir\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:26:45","slug":"nigerias-global-gold-winning-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerias-global-gold-winning-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s global gold-winning Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lagos City Chorale, a Nigeria Choir group\u00a0 has won two Gold and two Silver Diplomas at the first European Choir Games held in Graz, Austria\u00a0 July 13 \u2013 22.<\/p>\n

The awards won by the Choir directed by the maestro, Sir Emeka Nwokedi , makes Nigeria the only participating nation with the highest number of awards in the Austrian Open Competition for choirs worldwide.<\/p>\n

According to a statement, the\u00a0 group contested in four categories (Folklore, Music of the Religions, Music Contemporanea and Mixed Choir)<\/p>\n

As part of this global choral festival, the Lagos City Chorale also participated in two friendship concerts in Murau, a typical Austrian village with great antiquity and Schloss Eggernberg in Graz.<\/p>\n

The group performed in Songs of Spirit Festival in Minoritensaal, Graz (met the Mayor of Graz) and in Heiligenkreuz a. Waasen. The Song of Spirit Festival is designed to bring together people of different religions and to foster peace and unity amongst them using the medium and potency of harmonious choral music.<\/p>\n

Lagos City Chorale was also invited to lead the service in a Catholic Church at Heilingenkreuz a. Wassen on Sunday July 22.<\/p>\n

The 10-day event brought together over 50 choirs from different countries to contest in the Austrian Open Competition.<\/p>\n

Each choir displayed the best of her country\u2019s culture through indigenous choral music, costume and choreography. Nigeria\u2019s Lagos City Chorale being the only choir from Africa in attendance was the cynosure of all eyes.<\/p>\n

The sparkling and varied costumes in National colours did not go unnoticed as they were cheered with loud ovations in public places and after each performance. Their performances which attracted large audiences were adjudged to be of high standard by the international jury, hence the top awards. They were specially selected with other choirs to perform at the closing concert at Congress Graz.<\/p>\n

The festival was brought to a climactic close with colourful parade of participating nations which commenced at Stubenberggasse, Graz through some major streets to Congress Graz.<\/p>\n

The Mayor of the City of Graz, Siegfried Nagl accompanied by representatives of the City of Graz expressed great pleasure over the success of the 10-day global event. The President of Interkultur, G\u00fcnter Titsch in his speech conferred on Graz the World\u2019s Music Capital in appreciation of regular hosting of International Music Festivals.<\/p>\n

Lagos City Chorale has in the past few years been showcasing Nigeria\u2019s positive abilities in the world\u2019s center stages through participating and winning laurels for Nigeria in global chorale music festivals and competitions.<\/p>\n

In July 2012, the group participated in the 7th<\/sup> World Choir Games in Cincinnati Ohio, USA and won three Silver medals in three different categories of the competition.<\/p>\n

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