Youth Choir "Voices for living in harmony"
https://www.youtube.com/user/aelorria
This choir was founded in January 2008 by Alfonso Elorriaga in order to create a mixed youth choir that promotes singing among adolescents as well as the values ​​of school life. Since then, the choir has performed at several schools, churches and social centers around Spain. The choir has made several trips throughout Spain and exchanges with other youth choirs. The choir has also participated in several competitions, obtaining more than 20 National awards. The choir has been invited in several international Choral Festivals in Romania, China, Germany and France. We have been also singing recently in Paris Eurodisney.
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1 First Prize in the International Choral Youth Contest of Habaneras in Torrevieja, Alicante, 2022
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2 First Prizes in the National School Choral Contest of Spain, category of Middle School (2022 and 2023)
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5 First Prizes in the Madrid School Choral Contest, category of Middle School (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023)
Dr. Alfonso Elorriaga has made all his research about the male changing voice, publishing several national and international articles (and books) about this topic. He has been the assistant director of the Children's Choir of Madrid. He studied Music Education in the High Music School of Madrid and a postgraduate degree in music pedagogy at the Orff Institute Mozarteum University of Salzburg (Austria). He also studied choral conducting and singing at Madrid Teacher's Choir during three years. He has been a lecturer in several Spanish Universities, actually teaching at the Autonoma University of Madrid (Music Department). Recently, he's been accepted as a member on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing published by the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). Alfonso has been recognized several times as the best conductor within the premium category of youth choirs in Madrid.
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Main readings by Alfonso Elorriaga:
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https://ifcm.net/public/enews/eICB_2017-4/eICB_2017-4_English.pdf
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0255761411421091?etoc=