CHOIR ACTIVITIES
Concerts
Motýli Šumperk annually holds a few dozen concerts. Besides events they either co-sponsor or take part just as guests, throughout the year the choir organizes several concerts on its own – First Concert of Pink Kids in November, Christmas Concert and downtown Christmas caroling in December, Spring Concert in March and Benefit Concert in June. In spring, it conducts the Golden Lyre Festival for children's choirs. The choir annually participates in an advent concert in Želechovice nad Dřevnicí, home village of the choir founder Alois Motýl and his family.
Tours and competitions
At least once a year, the concert choir embarks on a tour abroad. It participates in various international choir festivals and competitions. Below can be found only the most significant since year 2000. Pink Kids annually embark on their single-day tour. Colorful Kids and Flamingoes get excited about their weekend-long tour.
- 2019 – tour of Germany
- 2018 – GRIEG International Choir Festival, Bergen, Norway
(placed 3rd in sacred music category, placed 3rd in contemporary music category) - 2017 – Malta International Choir Festival 2017, Malta
("Honorary Diploma of Excellence" in sacred music category with obligatory repertoire, "Honorary Diploma of Excellence" and victory in the category of youth choirs aged up to 25, Grand Prix Award in the category of children´s and youth choirs) - 2017 – tour of Switzerland
- 2016 – Canta al Mar, Barcelona, Spain
(Gold Medal and victory in the category of youth choirs aged up to 19, Gold Medal in sacred music category) - 2016 – Preveza Choral Festival, Preveza, Greece
(Gold Medal in the category of children's choirs, the Best Outstanding Choral Pedagogy Award) - 2015 – tour of Slovakia
- 2014 – tour of Italy
- 2014 – European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel, Switzerland
- 2013 – tour of Luxembourg, France and Switzerland
- 2012 – tour of Switzerland
- 2012 – Prague Advent and Christmas Choral Festival with the Petr
Eben's Prize
(chamber choirs: Gold Band; children's choirs: Gold Band and victory in the category) - 2011 – Choral Festival Alta Pusteria, Italy
- 2011 – International Festival of Advent, Christmas and Sacred
Music, Bratislava, Slovakia
(Gold Medal and the highest number of points achieved across categories)
- 2010 – Music Festival for Young, Neerpelt, Belgium
(Grand Prize cum laude) - 2009 – tour of Switzerland
- 2008 – TOLOSA Choral Festival, Tolosa, Spain
(children´s choirs aged up to 16: Bronze Medal) - 2008 – Prague Spring International Music Festival
- 2008 – tour of France
- 2007 – Montreux Choral Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
(placed 2nd and a prize for the best performed obligatory repertoire) - 2006 – Choral Festival Alta Pusteria, Italy
- 2005 – tour of the United Kingdom
- 2004 – Fröhlich sein und singen, Halle, Germany
(Günter Erdmann Prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary author's composition) - 2003 – tour of Italy and Switzerland
- 2000 – Choir Olympics, Linz, Austria (Silver Medal)
Summer Camp
Our summer camp is with no doubts a part of our choral life. The choir holds it annually in August. Younger kids spend five days there, the concert choir eight. Holding summer camps pretty much started when the choir was founded in 1962. Švagrov became choir´s haven in 1981 and has been ever since except for three years when the premises were under reconstruction.
