Zavod Celeia Celje will take part in this years European call for Culture, Strand 1.2.1 EACEA, applying the Festival of the Human Voice project. They are searching for partners who may find the interest in the common realization of the project.

Festival of the Human Voice is an international project, with specific objective – to research the use and expression of the human voice in contemporary creative and interpretational music and multimedia practises. In all cultural environments, the human voice plays a role of the interpreter of the national language, one of the basic elements within each culture and is even today an indispensable part of national identity.
Project is based on trans-national mobility.
The main activities are:
– educational and creative workshops
-expert consultations and artistic residences, which will be held in Slovenia and all partner countries.
Through this tools they will encourage uniqueness and seek for specific contact points in different aspects of using the human voice, from the traditional solo, chamber and choral expression to artistic manipulation of voice with modern technological equipment. With this approach we will reach general public at Europan level by involving local communities from partner countries into the role of active audience.
Main event will be held in Slovenia as an international competition for young creators. The results of all mentioned activities will be presented within exhibitions, concerts and multimedia events presented in April 2011 on the International Youth Choir Festival Celje (MMPF), a traditional ceremony, which co-creates the European Choral life since 1946. This project upgrades and re-form the old concept of MMPF into a process not only event but continous action in partners countries and Slovenia. The main event of the 29th MMPF will be a debut presentation of international productions of the multimedia spectacle, with a performance by a unique European youth choir and the creators of various profiles.
It is this event, with joining the creative energy of the young and also already recognizable authors, that will provide a new added value to the MMPF, and will also be seen on venue stages of the partner countries.

We are inviting you to prepare at least one workshop on the topic human voice between May 2010 and March 2011, and suggest the possibility of the collaboration within the International Youth Choir Festival in Celje.

Contact: Nenad Firšt
Zavod Celeia Celje, Krekov trg3, 3000 Celje, T: 00386034287939, E: nenad.first@celje.si, W: www.celeia.info