SingFest congratulates Suade as the 2010 Australian Champion aCappella Ensemble and The Blenders as the 2010 Australian Champion aCappella Choir.

SingFest 2010 T-Shirts

The inaugural SingFest aCappella harmony festival is being hailed as a triumph with 14 school and adult choirs and 26 ensembles groups performing and competing over the Queensland labour day long weekend on the beautiful Gold Coast. The original intention was to hold the festival every two years but the overwhelming response from the first event is that it simply must be held yearly. Keep watching the website for the next SingFest date.

Six concerts were performed over the two days at the All Saints Anglican School Nairn Theatre and Holloway Music Centre. Performers were astonished and envious of the superb facilities in the 500 seat auditorium.

SingFest congratulates Canterbury College Cantabile as the Schools Division champion.

One of the biggest success stories of the weekend was the popularity of the Chorditorium where groups could casually entertain on the outdoor stage during the social spaces of the festival. SingFest judge Alex Morris joined in with the fun and won the chocolate medal for the highest note with male voice. Lowest note sung by a female voice was taken out by Benowa State High School student Kiah Leslie, who was singing with the 7 voice ensemble group La Bella Voce. Longest male sustained note was Brisbane barbershopper Paul Wood and female was taken out by Gold Coast local Rina Mahon.

1st runner up in the Ensemble Division was Ginger and Tonic
2nd runner up in the Ensemble Division was Blue Notion

They must put something in the water down south as the top three ensemble groups had flown up from Melbourne to attend the festival. Local vocal band Vocaleez was a close fourth and is consoling itself by claiming it is Queensland's top aCappella ensemble.

1st runner up in the Choral Division was Vocalescence
2nd runner up in the Choral Division was Harmony in Paradise

Gold Coast water must suit choirs rather than ensembles as the top three places in the choral division were taken out by Gold Coast choirs. The judges ensure me that the fact that the Blenders were the host chorus for the festival had nothing to do with their outstanding win.

SingFest is held on Australia's Gold Coast. The cream of Australia's choral groups, school choirs, vocal bands and quartets, converge for a weekend of aCappella vocal harmony. The event is hosted by The Blenders, Australia's most successful Barbershop chorus and is sponsored by All Saints Anglican School through the use of the superb Nairn theatre and music centre.

The program consists of a series of concerts by choirs and small ensembles. Each group strives to entertain the audience and it's peers in a concert format. A single concert consists of 8-10 groups and the general public is invited to attend. Registration entitles singers to perform in the concert series as well as to attend an extensive series of workshops where they can hone their craft as well as just have some fun. There are casual performance opportunities outside of the concert series at the Chorditorium during the social activities.