THE COR DE LA UNIÓ MUSICAL SANTA CECÍLIA DE ONDA DOUBLE AWARDED IN THE 38 CORAL CERTAMEN FIRE OF ALL SANTS, THE FIRST PRIZE BEING DESERT.
last saturday 10 November, the Teular Cultural Center held the 38 edition of the Fira de Tots Sants Choral Contest that culturally closed the 672 edition of the Fair of All Saints in Cocentaina.
He Choir of the Santa Cecília Musical Union d’Onda won the Second Prize endowed with 1.800 euros and the Audience Award endowed with 600 euros. At the discretion of the qualifying jury, the First Prize was void., Consequently, the Onda group was classified to participate in the V PREMI FIRACOR in the year 2020, extraordinary edition of the contest.
The other two participating choirs, he Tiento Chamber Choir from Burgos and the Group Pax-Cor de Cambra from Sabadell, They obtained a shared Third Prize that was awarded with 1.200 euros respectively.
The three choirs opened their performance with the obligatory work “Marea de la llum” by the Basque composer Josu Elberdin, who set the poem by Manel Rodríguez from Alcoy to music.. With “Tide of the Llum” the Choral Competition celebrates the eighteen edition of the composition of the obligatory work written in Valencian which the organization commissions especially for the occasion with the purpose of disseminating choral music written in this language, being the only choral competition in the entire Valencian Community that promotes this action.
The contest was hosted by the announcer Paco Gadea and was chaired by authorities from regional and local public institutions., and the president of the Cor de Cambra Discantus.
Before proceeding to read the minutes of the ruling of the jury made up of Ana Luisa Chova Rodríguez, Eduardo Cifre Gallego, Josu Elberdin, Antonio Abreu, Francesc Gamón and Josep Robert Sellés secretary of the same, The Ancient Music Group performed Menestrils Ontinyent. After the intervention of the Mayor of Cocentaina Mireia Estepa and the Contest Coordinator Raúl Belda, the awards were presented..
The public that completely filled the capacity of the Cultural Center, He collaborated with the purchase of his ticket for a charitable cause, The entire box office proceeds went to the “Col lectius” association. 8 of March and women from the region of Alcoià and the County".
