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The 10th Voice Festival-Sydney will be on the 19th of October 2019. The performance application does not open yet. Stay tune, until we will be back! Check our Facebook page.

The 10th Voice Festival-Sydney will be on the 19th of October 2019. First performer application will open at Saturday 20th July. Meanwhile, please our read information & conditions.
The 10th Voice Festival-Sydney will be on the 19th of October 2019. First performer application open until Friday 26th July. Apply Now!

The 11th Voice Festival-Sydney will be on the 18th of April 2020. For further details, please check our Japanese page: https://voifes.com/to-stage-performers/


Please read the information on this page
and then complete the application form.
Applications for the 10th Voice Festival-Sydney will soon open!
  • First performer applications: Closed. 
  • General performer applications: Saturday 3rd August – Friday 9th August

★We can accept you as first performers if the group leader is a first timer performer. Secure your spot.
★If you are late to submit to first performers application, do not worry, you can still apply in the general performers application period.

Information
Conditions
Timelines
Public performance licence
if you perform recitation
or voice drama.
Application Form

Application Information

★Please read the sections below. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any further queries.

Details

Date & Time
Saturday 19th October 2019  15:00-19:00
Venue
Seymour Center, the Sound Lounge (Cnr Cleveland Street and City Road, Chippendale)

The First Performer’s application period

  • Saturday 20th July – Friday 26th July

The General Performer’s application period

  • Saturday 3rd August – Friday 9th August
Performance spot
1spot = 10 mins. Altogether we have 13 spots available

Performance fee and payment period

  • Please send us your performance fee within 1 week after submitting your application form. Performance fee:【$50 per Performance spot + Entrance $20 per person】
    Breakdown of performance fee:
    • Solo performer:
      $50 + $20 = $70
    • Duo:
      $50 + $40 = $90
    • Trio:
      $50 + $60 = $110
  • As you can see the performance fee of $50 is fixed, but the entrance fee will be added up according to the number of group members.
  • For the first timers, the performance fees must be submitted by Friday 2nd August 2019.
  • For the general performers, the performance fees must be submitted by Friday 16th August 2019.
  • Please note, the application process is completed once we received your performance fee.

If you perform recitation or voice drama:

  • If you perform recitation or voice drama, you may be charged a license fee for the right to use literary works in the performance.
  • The license fee depends on the author. For Japanese literature, please check THE JAPAN WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION website(http://www.bungeika.or.jp/procedur.htm)or please ask us (voicefestivalsydney@gmail.com)
Rehearsal
New rehearsal day: Saturday 5th October. We will provide you with further details later.
Others
We will have a celebration dinner after the voice festival on the 19th October. We will inform you later about the cost and the venue.

Conditions

  • The performance should be using “Voice”.
  • In a group, the main aspect of the performance should be “Voice”. Musical instruments and/or dancing to support the performance are acceptable. Provision and care of any musical instruments are your responsibility.
  • Communication channels: We want to make sure all performers can access our notices. We use the Facebook group page and the information board on this site. If some members of your group are unable to access the facebook group page or this site, your group representative should ensure they are informed of our notices and any additional information. If you are a group, please chose one representative to communicate with us.
  • We do not set the maximum number of members in a performance group. However, the performance space and the number of microphones are limited. If you have more than 5 members, please contact us.
  • If you perform recitation or voice drama, you may be charged the license fee to right to use literary works in the performance. We will submit the license fee and form on behalf of you. The license fee will start at $30. It depends on the author. Please refer our . Public performance licence section
  • If you want to perform in more than one spot, we will accept your second spot application after the first application period is closed and if some places are still available.
  • If we receive more applications than the number of spots, then we will check the performance details and members. We may ask you to apply for next time.
  • We will prioritise the performer or performance group who can stay at the venue entire event. (Due to the need for flexibility in  arranging the program,  we prefer applications from performers who can remain for the entire night ).
  • We will have a rehearsal session on Saturday 5th October. If you or your group cannot attend the rehearsal, please arrange your rehearsal by yourself. On the day of voice festival, we do not have enough time for rehearsals. We will ask you to check the standing position and check the sound system.
  • We are not responsible for your music source, so please prepare the music source by yourself. The music source format is mp3, and please submit this before the due date. The due date will be advised later.
  • There is a baby grand piano on the stage, and you can play it if you wish. We do not have any other musical instruments.
  • Please advise If you or your group do not want exposure in media / social media.
  • We have the right to use photographs that we take of performers. The right of portrait belongs to the organizer.
  • Please note, we cannot take any responsibility if a third party takes your photos and uses them in any circumstance. (We may ask you and all of your group members to sign a consent to acknowledge this. )
  • We encourage you to share the voice festival information on social media. Such as advising how to buy tickets, how to access the venue, etc.
  • In order to operate the event smoothly, the organiser will be arranging the order of performance.
  • For cancellation, please advise us as early as possible.
      • Our cancellation policy is:
    • Cancellation notice within March, cancellation fee is 50%.
    • Cancellation notice in April, cancellation fee is 100%.
  • We may refuse entry or evict you if you are behaving in an intoxicated, disorderly, offensive, threatening or inappropriate manner, towards any person and event management.

Casual public performance licence

★If you chose to perform recitation or voice drama, please read carefully. 

1. What is the casual public performance licence?

Any literary works and music are protected by copyright. The casual public performance licence gives you the right to play/ perform music or recitation of literary works in public.

2. Why do we need to apply for the casual public performance licence?

The voice festival is a public performance.
We want you to perform your stage act without limitations. Therefore, we need to get a license to play/perform the music & literary works in this event.

For music, the license fee is charged as per event. For example, the license fee is $83.00 per event as of Jan 2019. So, we will use the part of your performance fee to obtain the license.

However, the license for literary works is charged per piece of work. Also, the cost of the license fee is different depending on the author. For example, the license fee of Yasunari Kawabata is 3000yen, Haruki Murakami is 5000yen.

For performers who want to play recitation or voice drama, we will ask you to be ready to pay the license fee of the literary work.

3. What should I do if I want to perform recitation or voice drama?

You can find literary works which are out of copyright protection period, hence no licence fee is required.
Please refer to the site: http://hi.fnshr.info/2018/01/01/2018-pd/.

If you want to know more about the license fees, please refer to  THE JAPAN WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION website. (http://www.bungeika.or.jp/procedur.htm).
Or please contact us (voicefestivalsydney@gmail.com).

4. We are here to help you to shine!

The voice festival-Sydney is different from the other music festivals.
The character of this festival is very special as we present any performance using “Voice” such as the recitation of literary works and voice drama.

We challenge and encourage you to explore different performance arts using “Voice”! There are so many ways of entertaining with the voice such as recitation, drama, Rakugo, Utai, Manzai, and talk.

If you want to have help finding how to chose a theme, how to arrange your stage performance, how to display, how to prepare,  and voice training, we are here to help! Please do not hesitate to ask.

Timelines until you shine on the stage!

STEP1

Recruiting new performers

We start to recruit new performers!
Saturday 20th JUL – Friday26th JUL:New performers recruiting period.

If you or your group have not attended our voice festival before, this is the exclusive period to submit your interest. We reserve only 3 spots exclusively for our new performers.

Please submit your interest in our application form.
We need to know your contact details and performance details.
Once the spots are filled up, we close the applications. If the spots are overfilled, we will check your application carefully to chose the performer.

STEP2

New performer
Submit performance fee + Entrance

Performance fee submission period for new performers.
Until Friday 2nd AUG / within 7days of your application.

We accept payment by direct bank transfer.
We will advise you of the payment instructions. Please submit your payment within 7days of your application.

Please note, if you do not submit the performance fee within the 7 day period, you will lose your performance spot.

STEP3

Call to all to apply!

We open performance applications to everyone from
Saturday 3rd AUG – Friday 9th AUG: We have 10 spots available.
Please submit your interest in our application form. We need to know your contact details and performance details.
Once the spots are filled up, we close the application. If the spots are overfilled at the same time, we will check your application carefully to chose the performer.

STEP4

Submit the performance fee + Entrance

All applicants submit the performance fee includes admission.
Until Friday 16th AUG / within 7days of your application.

We accept payment by direct bank transfer.
We will advise you of the payment instructions. Please submit your payment within 7days of your application.

Please note, if you do not submit the performance fee within the 7 day period, you will lose your performance spot.

STEP5

Submit your performance details

This is the final period to submit your final performance details.
Saturday 14th September

Beforehand, we will send you a form to fill in.
Please let us know in as much detail as possible:

  • performer name (or group name)
  • all members contact details
  • performance details
  • the approx time required for your performance
  • If you chose to perform recitation or voice drama, we would ask you to charge the license fee.

STEP6

Rehearsal

Rehearsal
Saturday 5th October

If you want to get used to standing on the stage, using microphones, prepare anything before the voice festival day, please join our rehearsal.

We will advise the rehearsal venue, time, and fee later.

STEP7

The 10th Voice Festival-Sydney!

This is the day you to shine on the stage!
Saturday 19th October15:00-19:00

Venue: Seymour Center, Sound lounge (Cnr Cleveland Street and City Road, Chippendale)

We will advise the standby time later.

This is your turn to shine!

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