19 PHL choirs make it to list of 1,000 best choirs in the world

Nineteen Filipino choirs made it to the international group Interkultur's list of top 1,000 choirs around the world.  

According to its official website, Interkultur is a group that aims to bring together people from different countries through music.

 

The Philippine choirs that made it to the top 1,000 list are:

 

46. Kilyawan Boys Choir  

77. Mandaue Children's Choir  

93. The Himig Singers  

101. Miriam College High School Glee Club  

109. Kammerchor Manila  

109. University of the Philippines Manila Chorale  

124. Las Piñas Boys Choir  

157. Samiweng Singers  

185. Calasiao Children's Chorus  

209. Coro San Benildo  

221. Manila Chamber Singers  

228. Young Voices of the Adventist University of the Philippines  

497. St. Benedict Children’s Choir  

593. Polytechnic University of the Philippines Laboratory High School Chorale  

733. First Asia Minstrels  

785. San Pascual Baylon Chamber Singers  

785. Zamboanga Hermosa Chorale  

920. Vox Viri  

921. The Aquinas University of Legaspi Chorale

 

 

The world rankings are based on the following categories:

 

For over 20 years, Interkultur has been holding world-class competitions that have been recognized as the most innovative events in the global choral scene.

 

The competitions strictly comply with standards of the "Musica Mundi," a group dedicated to arranging high calibre musical festivals and custom concert tours for musical ensembles worldwide. The Musica Mundi website said it has "a reputation for providing a truly international world-class children's chorus festival has grown to become the standard by which all other festivals are measured." World choir games

• Miriam College High School Glee Club
• Category 3: Youth Choirs of Equal Voices - Category Winner (GOLD IV Diploma)
• Category 13: Musica Sacra - Category Winner (GOLD V Diploma)
• Philippine Kammerata Singers
• Category 7: Mixed Chamber Choirs - SILVER II Diploma
• Category 14: Music of the Religions - SILVER IV Diploma
• Samiweng Singers
• Category 13: Musica Sacra - SILVER MEDAL
• Category 3: Youth Choirs of Equal Voices - SILVER X Diploma
• Category 21: Folklore - Category Winner (GOLD IV Diploma)
• Zamboanga Hermosa Chorale
• Category 7: Mixed Chamber Choirs - SILVER IX Diploma
• Category 15: Musica Contemporanea - BRONZE IX Diploma
• Category 18: Spiritual - SILVER III Diploma
• Vox Viri
• Category 11: Male Chamber Choirs - SILVER MEDAL
• Category 15: Musica Contemporanea - SILVER MEDAL

• Calasiao Children's Chorus
• Coro San Benildo
• Novo Concertante Manila
• Muntinlupa Science High School Chorale
• Tarlac State University Chamber Choir, and
• Lipa Choral Ensemble  

• Adventist Glee
• Centro Escolar University Singers
• Department of Justice Chorale
• Iriga City Singing Ambassadors
• Mapua Cardinal Singers, and
• Saint Paul College Pasig High School Chorale