ARIA
What is it?
This event is a Western music Competition. The main feature of this event is that it is a solo competition. The composition can be in any Western language or can be self composed. Most popular genres performed include Blues, Country Music, Disco, Punk, Metal, Rap, Rock n roll.
This event
again has two subcategories, namely vocals and instrumental:
- Solo Vocal: Any western language is allowed.
- Solo Instrumental: Any western composition is allowed. Self composition will be appreciated.
What is expected out of you?
- If you want to play a non-conventional western instrument, there are chances of its unavailability. So you are advised to bring them along with you.
- A self composed piece will be appreciated.
Judgment criteria:
It depends on the composition chosen/made and the performance by the lead performer.
SYMPHONY
This is also
a western music competition, and is different from ARIA being that
it is a group competition. The Competition consists of three
different events which are :
- Chords (Group Vocals/ Choir): Any western music piece can be
performed. The number of vocalists should be more than 1. Choirs
can sing with or without instrumental accompaniment. Also, they can
be anyone among male choir, female choir or mixed choir.
- Unplugged (Western Acoustic band competition) : The composition
can be from any Western Language or can be a purely instrumental
one. A self composed piece will be appreciated.
- Arson (Western Band competition): The composition can be from
any Western Language or can be a purely instrumental one. A self
composed piece will be appreciated. All genres like rock/ jazz/
blues/alternative/ progressive/ psychedelic/ funk etc are allowed.
What is expected out of you?
- For chords, you are expected to sing precisely in tune (on the correct pitch) and with a vocal timbre(or color) which complements the other singers , to read and pronounce the text accurately and in the pronunciation style specified by the leader.
- For Unplugged, music may still be amplified using electronic amplifiers. However, these amplification devices must be separate from the amplified instrument and need to reproduce its natural sound accurately.
- For Arson, coordination between various instrumentalists as
well as coordination between vocalist and instrumentalists should
be taken care of.
Judgment
criteria
This depends on the composition chosen/made and the performance as a whole.
