International pieces of a grotesque, absurd or funny character, by composers such as Petrassi or Mäntyjärvi, including speaking choirs.

When thinking about youth- or boys' choirs, often it is not a problem to find young singers who love to make music with their voices. But what happens when in their puberty other recreational stimuli become more important? Do we as choral conductors have a chance "against" those?

Isn´t it great that with our voice we have beeen given such a beautiful instrument? To have the possibilty to use and to keep it we should be as careful as possible. In case of boys this is true especially in the period when it changes to a man´s voice - let´s think about how to do this best.

Speaker: Hirvo SURVA (EE)

Boys choirs - just a "Dino" or a genre with a future? Boys choirs have got a very long tradition - does it in our days still make sense to have this genre? If so - what can we do to make boys sing? To make them stay? To let them have fun and to learn something enriching their life? In this roundtable discussion we will try to exchange different experiences from different cultures and to find answers amongst others to the above mentioned questions.

Moderator: Hans-Joachim LUSTIG

Speakers: Joy Hill (GB)

ERIC WHITACRE:
- 200.000 fans on Facebook
- having won a Grammy for his own
ensemble´s first CD
- bringing together thousands of singer´s from all over
the world with his Virtual choirs
- heavily in demand for workshops and
guest-conducting as well as for lectures on non-musical topics

What makes him become the "Pop-Star" of today´s Choral Scene?