Rolnička Praha is a children's

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based in

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. It was founded in 1978 by its director, Karel Virgler. Choral Study Rolnicka has about 200 young singers from 5 to 19 years in 5 choir levels. Rolnicka's Touring Choir has 45 singers aged 10 to 19 years. Rolnicka performs yearly at 30-40

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, both in Czech Republic and abroad. The children sing at large concert halls, in festivals, and at charitable concerts. They take part in projects and cooperate with

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, notable soloists and many other choirs. Rolnicka also invites choirs and orchestras from abroad to Prague for joint performances. In recent years the choir has performed in many

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an countries and has embarked on three overseas tours. They have also received a number of international choir competition awards. Rolnicka Praha is a member of the Czech Choirs Association and cooperates with worldwide choir associations, such as the International Society for Children's Choral and Performing Arts in the United States .

Notable projects

*1997 – participated in Children of the World in Harmony Festival in

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, USA. *1999 – participated in "Voices of Europe" and Year 2000 welcome in

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(broadcast internationally). *2000 – Gold Prize "Excellent" at the International Competition in

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, Switzerland. *2001 – organization of the Prague portion of European Children of the World in Harmony Festival, with participation of children's choirs from the US, Canada and China. *2002 – winner of the 1st Prague International Festival of Folklore Songs; Bronze medal in XXth International Festival de Musica in Cantonigros, Spain. *2004 – concert tour to

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. *2006 – invitated to the Festival Noël en Alsace; a meeting of the 25 choirs from 20 states of the

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and mass concert in

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, France. *2007 – performed in the Czech music festival Prague Spring *2008 – concert tour to France. *2009 – concert tour to the US and Canada (venues included

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, Rochester,

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, St.Marys,

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), including participation in the Children of the World in Harmony festival in

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. *2010 – concert tour to France with participation in the Rencontres Internationales festival in

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. *2011 – concert tour to

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. *2012 – concert tour to Lietua and Russia. *2012 – Christmas concert tour to France (Reims, Amiens, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Paris) and Munchen.

References

External links

Official web site of the Rolnička Praha choir
{{authority control Choirs of children Czech choirs Musical groups established in 1978 1978 establishments in Czechoslovakia