Festival 2012 Denver
Festival 2012 Denver
• Performance Venues
• Festival Village
• Housing and Registration Timing
• Schedule
• Performance Options
Denver Performing Arts Complex
Boettcher Concert Hall – 2,700 Seats
Buell Theater – 2,884 seats
Ellie Caulkins Opera House – 2,225 seats
Festival Village Layout
Housing and Registration Planning
• Chorus/ensemble registration will open ~ March 2011
• Early delegate registration will open ~ June 2011
• All delegate registration will be online; no paper registrations
• All scholarship decisions will be made by the choruses
• Housing will open ~ January 2012
• Housing will be through Denver CVB PassKey
Goals for Artistic ProgrammingFestival 2012
• Energize programming by creating opportunities for performances beyond the traditional 30-min performances
• Encourage creativity, community building and collaboration between choruses
• Infuse more flexibility into Festival schedule
• Create a dazzling Opening and Closing Ceremony
What’s New for Festival 2012?
Opening Carnival
• Ensemble Festival in Ellie Opera House and Cabaret spaces.
• Two staggered welcome concerts in performance halls
• Quiet space or piano bar for delegates that want to relax
• Food, drinks and outdoor stages in Gallery and green space
• Youth delegate party at a nearby hotel
What’s New for Festival 2012?
Closing Festival Party
• Food and drink all evening at Red Rocks or Gallery space
• Festival highlights video
•Show Stoppers
• Wizard of Oz sing-along (with costumes, of course)
What Stays the Same?
• Fabulous performance halls
• Morning workshops and clinics
• Ensemble performances on the first day of Festival and in late night Cabarets
• All choruses welcome to the stage
Special Evening Concerts
• Big Gay Sing (Broadway and GLBT Sing-along)
• Classical Masterwork Sing-along with orchestra
• Women’s Chorus Sing-Off - Mixed Chorus Sing-Off
• GLBT History and Commission Concert
• Collaboration Specials: multiple choirs may request to collaborate on a special project or theme
Flexible Concert Blocks
• Smaller, newer or any chorus may select a shorter 15-min set
• Opportunities to collaborate with another chorus or multiple choruses
• Morning Concert Specials: 30-60 minute concerts in performance halls for choruses needing more time or more complicated set-up
Performance Opportunities in addition to your concert block
• Big Gay Sing: Open with choruses performances
• Chorus sing-offs in the round
• Concert celebrating historical commissions from GALA choruses
• Special concert block of sacred music or global music
• Show Stoppers at the Closing Festival Party
• Concerts in the green space and Gallery
• Ensemble late-night Cabaret spots